I've managed to get myself completely off of the Wellbutrin XL, but I can't yet quite shake Lexapro. Every few days, I start getting these strange fuzzy head withdrawal symptoms, and they're consistent with what used to happen when I'd skip my Lexapro a few days in a row. I only take a quarter tablet now (2.5 mg) when that happens, but it doesn't always fully fix things; it just takes the edge off of it. However, I really, really do not want to start taking 5 mg of Lexapro again — not when I've come this far. I'm tempted to start taking 5-HTP, whose next byproduct in the body is in fact serotonin (also known as 5-HT) itself. Thus, rather than using an SSRI to keep the free pool of serotonin larger by stopping the cleansing of old serotonin (which is necessary to form melatonin!), I'll simply increase the available pool of serotonin — and not risk depleting melatonin which can cause all sorts of weird side effects.
One last psychopharmacological stumbling block. That's it. So close, and yet so far away.
I love big pharma. Really.
