How can I get off this damn drug

Yeah, no. It wont. I have mental health issues from a traumatic divorce and childhood trauma. My anxiety has never gone away and finally 2.5 months ago I finally started to get some relief from Lexapro. I wouls be dead right now if I had not taken it, or committed to a mental health facility for a breakdown. I do agree that long term I do not want to be on this medication either, but my body has been broken to the core from anxiety and depression and I will say 100% lexapro saved my life. I regret taking those very few Ativans that made the side effects more tolerable, but it is what it is. I wont take them again, and I can only hope that the symptoms of what theyve done to my brain will subside over time. Ive got plenty of therapists around that Ive worked with unsuccessfully, so at least for now this is the path. I can sleep, Im happy except for the crazy weird shit that happens to me daily, and i feel like im at least on the path to recovery. I at least understand now that it really is all in my head, my defective head. Im working on that though. Keep on fighting!

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