Has anyone ever switched from Zoloft to Lexapro? My doctor wants me to switch and I’m scared to death about the transition period because I’m scared to get worse. I’m on 100mg of Zoloft right now and they want me to break them in half for the next week while i take the Lexapro, and then stop the Zoloft after a week of breaking them in half. Does anyone have experience with this? Did Lexapro help your OCD and intrusive thoughts? Was the transition difficult? I’ll be ok for a year and then half a 2 week long episode of constant panic attacks and intrusive thoughts and depression. Im praying the Lexapro will prevent future episodes

I’ve been on Zoloft for almost 5 years and it helped me a lot! My issue with it is i have these almost yearly episodes of being so panicky ans in my head i can’t work and can barely leave my house. I’m hoping Lexapro will prevent those cause i can’t take it :/ prayers for you that Zoloft is exactly what you need!!!!

@lbarton04 Thank you for sharing your experience! That's so weird, I feel like I've been more panicky on lexapro 😂. Thank you for your prayers, i hope lexapro helps you with everything you need! 🤗

Thank you so much! Do you notice a difference in how you feel between lexapro to Zoloft? Did you have a hard time transitioning from one to the other?

@lbarton04 I’m 21 now and took lexapro when I was around age 7 so I never transitioned between them. I’m only like a week on Zoloft but from what I remember I can say It feels pretty similar to the effects of lexapro. I’m sure the transition won’t be too difficult you just might be a little more anxious than usual when you taper off the Zoloft since the lexapro takes a few weeks to have an affect

@dommy Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me! I’ve been a hot mess the last 2 weeks and I’m starting to feel more like myself now that this episode is starting to go away. I’m just terrified to make it come back

Don’t apologize! And i know it’s easier said than done, but try not to question where the ocd thoughts went, and just be faithful in saying they’re gone! A wall is built one brick at a time, so every day, every hour, and every minute keep laying bricks on your wall one at a time, and you will be ok! Congrats on not needing meds anymore, that’s honestly so incredible and such a huge achievement!!! I want to talk to my doctor more about switching. They had given me a few options that I could switch to, and I called them and told them I wanted to speak to them about it, and instead of speaking to me they just sent Lexapro to the pharmacy

@lbarton04 Thanks for your reply! I will try not to worry unnecessarily. :) I guess I'm just surprised that I finally feel so much more okay this week than I was just feeling a week ago. I know it's a good thing, it just feels strange too though. And thank you SO much for congratulating me! :) Ironically though, I actually wasn't originally going to stop taking Zoloft 8 months ago. I was going to just keep taking it, but due to circumstances outside of my control (it's kind of a long story) I just decided it would be easier if I just tried to stop taking the Zoloft altogether. I think that was very irresponsible of your doctor to just switch your medication like that without talking with you more about it first, especially since you specifically and personally reached out to them about wanting to discuss different medications options. I hope your doctor will give you the proper care that you deserve. And again, if you do start taking Lexapro I really do hope it will work well for you. :)

@lbarton04 WOW! :o I just read an answer on your profile to one of those questions you had listed on there! You said you OCD makes you confess your wrongdoings to others, that's the exact same thing my OCD does to me! Like the EXACT same thing, except it's not specifically always just my wife that I have to apologize/confess to, (most of the time I have to apologize to my wife though, like 90% of the time) sometimes I have to apologize/confess to other people too, like when I was younger it was my parents or my sister, but now it's also my mother-in-law or father-in-law every now and then that I feel I have to confess something to. I'm sorry if I'm being weird, it just surprised me to read that you had such a similar (if not the same) type of OCD I have.

@lbarton04 Oh, but also I confess/apologize for all sorts of things. Not just relationship related issues. So, maybe it isn't "exactly" the same, but it still sounds very similar anyway.