Week 4: Antidepressant Detox

[@RoninOne3]

Hey I went through some detoxing from lexapro after taking it for 2 years. I quit 5 mg cold turkey. What helped me was weight lifting, cold showers then eventually ice baths, and prayer. I did and still do these daily and it helped me tremendously. Not saying this is the cure or anything I’m not a doctor but this is what worked for me. Sorry you’re going through this, it ain’t easy!

[@claratheexploradora]

That’s amazing! Good for you. I haven’t tried cold showers/ice baths. How does that help?

[@RoninOne3]

There’s some videos from Andrew Huberman that can explain the science behind it but from my experience it’s basically a really big (somewhat painful) rush for about 1 min and then you experience calm while inside of the icy water once you get your breathing under control. Once your out you get a lot of positive feelings and just the fact of knowing you did something really difficult and came out the other side victorious over and over again is a good boost to your confidence. I like to do it in the morning before I leave for work which also is a win because I’ve already accomplished one of the hardest things I planned on doing that day before the day even starts

[@RoninOne3]

I would start off with cold showers though first and kind of ease into it. When I first started I would take a hot shower and just slowly start to move the dial colder and colder until it was max cold and then stay in it for about 2-3 minutes. I wouldn’t just jump head first into 35 degree water. It makes sense to me that it could be unsafe for some people to do it that way.