Hello! I am a 29 year old female and I started lexapro around 5 years ago. I have always been a generally anxious person, but never committed to taking any medication. 5 years ago I began to have daily attacks which lead to almost a constant state of body tingles, dissociation, and fuzzy vision (to name a few things)

I started taking lexapro (15 mg) and I ramped up 5 mgs every week till 15. I had a terrible time coming on the medication - I got brain zaps, exhaustion, headaches, tinnitus (in addition to still feeling my anxious physical state). Around 3 weeks later it felt like a fog lifted and over the next few months my anxiety symptoms dissipated. 

Over the past 5 years I have added in therapy to my mix which has helped greatly. Although my anxiety has cleared, a lot of my lexapro side effects stayed. I gained ~25 pounds, felt like I had chronic fatigue, zero sex drive, and tinnitus at night. I have always been hesitant to change meds cause I have been scared of redoing the “come on” effects and potentially slipping back into my physical anxious state.

Recently I decided that there must be a medication that can help me without taking such such a large side effect impact. I have started cross tapering between lexapro and Prozac 

Day 1-5 (lex 15, Prozac 10)
Day 5-10 (lex 10, Prozac 20)
Day 10-15 (lex 5, Prozac 30)
Day 15+ pending how I feel (Prozac 40)

I would love to hear either advice or guidance or insight on anyone who has cross tapered meds. Did you have any discontinuation symptoms? Did you prefer it ti a direct switch? Is there anything I should keep in mind? 

Any advice is appreciated as I have been highly nervous about this process 

TLDR: Switching meds for the first time and nervous about side effects during a cross taper