Mentor Moonpie Posted January 17, 2022 Mentor Share Posted January 17, 2022 Hi @Armorall. I read your thread from beginning to end. It brought to light the pressure and feeling the need to urinate when I lay down. I thought it might be WD but seeing someone else's experience confirms it. I have almost finished my 11th month off of Lexapro. January has been brutal especially sleep wise. Last night was so bad on all symptom levels that I fell into doubting I would be better and maybe this is something else. Something I haven't done a lot. Today isn't as bad but I am suffering and useless. Seeing you rounded the corner at 13 months gave me hope. Everyone's journey and experience is different but I can hope that will be part of my story too. .025 Xanax 3 x daily Start date 10-13-2013 through 8-13-2014. Started tapering 6-2014 to 8-2014. Some small discomfort. 25 mg Zoloft - Start date 5-1-2014. 50mg. 6-2014. through 7-14-2014 . Started tapering 7-14-2014, stopped tapering 10-2014. I did 1/4 of the dose a month. small discomfort. These next 3 were prescribed when I made some seriously bad choices with my thyroid medication. Was in ER twice for possible heart attack. INTENSE anxiety, panic, fear. Lost 30 pounds in 2 weeks. Thyroid levels bounced to extremes for 8 months. Dr. prescribed Zoloft 50mg 9-2105. After 2 doses had a bad reaction passed out in my bedroom. Also prescribed Xanax .025 at the same time. 3 times daily, 4 if needed. Was only on it about 2 weeks. Was not working. Trip ER they gave me an Ativan IV and it worked and lasted. switched to Ativan. 9-24-2016. 1.5 mg Ativan - .5 mg three x daily -start date 9/24/16. Attempted taper start 12-16-2016. Was shaving Pills and alternating tapering AM, PM and midday dose weekly. Buspar .5mg -2.5mg. am and 2. 5mg. pm start date 9-26-2016 . Lexapro .10mg start date - 10-26-2016. Found SA and began 10/14/2017 tapering .001 by weight of pill every 4 days Held longer if there were was WD. Was very sensitive to Ativan. 3-15-2018 Off midday dose - 7-16-2018 Off PM dose - OFF ATIVAN! 11-17-2018 10 mg. Lexapro. PM - 5 mg start date 10/11/2016 increased to 10 mg 2/2/17. 1-1-2019 Began tapering Lexapro. .001 gm every 4 days. Held longer if there was WD. Last doses some I held a month. OFF LEXAPRO! 2-21 2021 5 mg. Buspar divided into two, 2.5 mg doses AM and PM- Start date 9/26/2016 Cold turkey on Dr. direction, AM and Pm doses. Reinstated 9-22-16. Began Buspar taper 1-29-23, .001 mg by weight of pills. N.P. Desiccated Thyroid. 1-2023 Labs okay but not where I feel best. 60 mg. daily now but adding 15 mg. more twice weekly for a few months then check. Bioidentical hormones. Bi-est/Prog cream, 1/4 tsp. 1 time daily My intro: Moonpie:. Need help and supporting tapering off of Ativan My benzo thread: Moonpie: Need help Ativan weight tapering Link to comment
Goodness Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Hello @shawny I see you took an antidepressant for a month and have had tinnitus ever since. Has it gone away? I took desvenlafaxine (pristiq) 50mg for 3 weeks and it gave me severe tinnitus. Its been almost two years since I stopped taking prisitq and the tinnitus continues 24/7 and is loud. It has seemed to get a little better, but the tinnitus makes me more depressed and give me extreme anxiety. Taking that antidepressant made everything worse for me. I don't take durgs unless they are natural and now I have to suffer with tinnitus, that seems permanent, since I have never read a story of where tinnitus fully recovers. I am livid, and wish I could sit in a quiet room without my brain screaming this loud high pitched tone into my brain 24/7. Link to comment
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