Posted by Steve3211 on January 15, 2004, at 16:12:53
Hi Guys,
Has anyone here had any experience with Lexapro and sleep meds. Specifically, has anyone successfully stopped taking sleeping medications while on Lexapro. I am on 7.5 mg of Lex in the evening as of two nights ago and 30 mg of Restoril. Last night I tried to cut down to 15 mgs of of Restoril and only got about 3-4 hrs sleep. On top of that just as I was dropping off last night I got horribly dizzy! The room started spinning and I almost lost it, before I calmed down and told myself it was probably just a side effect although I have been on Lex now for three weeks. Anybody else experience dizziness while trying to sleep? Needless to say today has not been that great. Every time I up my dose I seem to feel the side effects again. Is this normal? Anyway after digressing way off subject, once again has anyone got off sleep meds while on Lex and has anyone experienced side effects while increasing dosage? This board has been so helpful. Steve
poster:Steve3211
thread:301323
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040114/msgs/301323.html