Hello there and welcome!!

I am 40 and have been taking SSRI's for almost 15 years. I currently take 40 mg of Prozac for anxiety/depression. Like you I would love to get off of it!

I'm working on slowly and steadily doing the steps too in the hopes that eventually this will be a great support to my body/brain to taper off the drug with no crisis.

I've been doing RR for 5 months now and am currently working on Step 3. My psychiatrist has been supportive of this program and has noticed the postive changes.

Best of luck and welcome to RR!
- Gretchen

: Hi, I'm so excited and thankful to
: have found PNP. I'm 46 years old
: and have suffered from depression
: and have been taking
: antidepressants for 20+ years. I
: take 10 mg of lexapro daily and 90
: mg of armour thyroid daily. The
: armour thyroid has allowed me to
: decrease the lexapro dose from 20
: to 10 mg.

: I'm in Step 1. I've always been a big
: breakfast eater. However, I now
: realize I haven't been eating
: nearly enough protein. The last 2
: days I've eaten 30 grams of
: protein with breakfast (aligned
: with PNP recommendation based on
: my weight). I feel great.

: My goal is to follow the Steps slowly
: and deliberately as recommended. I
: hope one day to get off lexapro.
: There are side effects that I just
: don't like, but feel I've had no
: alternative.

: I'm happy to be here!!!