DLB I guess it's my turn!!

[peaceandlove]

On 1/1/2023 at 5:15 PM, DLB said:

Hi, every single issue has now resolved.

I believe the frequent urination was only in the very beginning of withdrawal.

Being that you took one pill at a low dosage I'm sure you will be fine.

Just don't panic and you must realize that mosly everyone on here that has a tough time with quitting these drugs were on them for years. I was on for a total of 13 years including tapering. Some over 20 years.

 Good luck and try to just flow with whatever comes your way.

thank you. Glad to hear you’re doing better!!

[DLB]

Well, it’s been a little over 8 years and things are awesome. I feel 100% myself and it is all a distant memory. 
was looking back at my postings and it is very strange. It actually feels like I’m reading what someone else went through. Glad to say that I really don’t remember how awful this experience can make you feel. 
what is the really sad thing about this whole ordeal is that I know there are countless people out there who try and come off this crap and then doctors keep medicating them believing they actually need meds when probably 90% of the people on them should NEVER have been put on them to begin with. Now lots of people are in a perpetual cycle of meds and withdrawal when they come off and just put back on again.  I’m sure the insanity of todays society has ALOT to do with these drugs being given out like candy for stupid reasons including simple anxiety that people for millennia have dealt with.

Good luck to you all and remember, just keep pushing through and flow with it.

” When you’re going through Hell, keep going”…

[Fairsome]

Hey @DLB I saw you had PSSD symptoms when stopping the pills. Did you also have shrunken penis, genital numbness and erectile dysfunction along with the premature ejaculation?

[DLB]

Well, it's now been 9 years off and just like my post a year ago, all is great. 

Sad to see so many people I don't recognize that are having the same issues as our group did back 10-12 years ago.

I can remember it happening, but yet I can't remember the awful physical and psychological symptoms of withdrawal, and they were BAD.

Also sad is that I'm surrounded by soo many friends and family taking some sort of this garbage.

My guess is that 6-7 people out of ten are taking some form of this garbage.

I certainly believe that this is why society as a whole is so crappy as compared to 30 years ago which was before this was handed out like candy.

So many people are either blunted, agitated, or emboldened by this stuff and it is causing the society to fall apart.

Good luck everyone, see ya next year (maybe)....

 

[jon1]

5 hours ago, DLB said:

Well, it's now been 9 years off and just like my post a year ago, all is great. 

Sad to see so many people I don't recognize that are having the same issues as our group did back 10-12 years ago.

I can remember it happening, but yet I can't remember the awful physical and psychological symptoms of withdrawal, and they were BAD.

Also sad is that I'm surrounded by soo many friends and family taking some sort of this garbage.

My guess is that 6-7 people out of ten are taking some form of this garbage.

I certainly believe that this is why society as a whole is so crappy as compared to 30 years ago which was before this was handed out like candy.

So many people are either blunted, agitated, or emboldened by this stuff and it is causing the society to fall apart.

Good luck everyone, see ya next year (maybe)....

 

It’s really good of you to pop back here occasionally to give updates. It’s very encouraging!

 

ITA on your concerns about the impact these drugs is having on society. I was talking to my therapist about it recently, and she feels quite a lot of the lack of empathy and ‘emotional numbness’ we see in the world these days is down to the sheer number of people on these drugs. Many believe the medication they are taking is just removing the ‘bad’ feelings, but often it’s dulling the ‘good’ ones too.

 

On top of that, you’ve got a significant number of people trying to come off the drugs who are having terrible emotional side effects, many without even knowing the drug is the cause. This means they act far more aggressively, or out of character.

 

I read a few months ago that one (just one!) journalist is looking into the correlation between medication withdrawal and the small number of people who commit atrocities, such as shootings and stabbings. She’d noticed how news reports often say the perpetrator had ‘recently stopped taking their medication’. The implication always being that they should still be on the drug, not considering the possibility that the withdrawal could be causing extreme psychological issues. Apparently the pilot who deliberately crashed that Germanwings plane a few years ago was withdrawing from several antidepressants at the time.

 

Predictably, she’s hitting a brick wall when asking for information.

[DLB]

On 4/21/2024 at 2:52 AM, jon1 said:

It’s really good of you to pop back here occasionally to give updates. It’s very encouraging!

 

ITA on your concerns about the impact these drugs is having on society. I was talking to my therapist about it recently, and she feels quite a lot of the lack of empathy and ‘emotional numbness’ we see in the world these days is down to the sheer number of people on these drugs. Many believe the medication they are taking is just removing the ‘bad’ feelings, but often it’s dulling the ‘good’ ones too.

 

On top of that, you’ve got a significant number of people trying to come off the drugs who are having terrible emotional side effects, many without even knowing the drug is the cause. This means they act far more aggressively, or out of character.

 

I read a few months ago that one (just one!) journalist is looking into the correlation between medication withdrawal and the small number of people who commit atrocities, such as shootings and stabbings. She’d noticed how news reports often say the perpetrator had ‘recently stopped taking their medication’. The implication always being that they should still be on the drug, not considering the possibility that the withdrawal could be causing extreme psychological issues. Apparently the pilot who deliberately crashed that Germanwings plane a few years ago was withdrawing from several antidepressants at the time.

 

Predictably, she’s hitting a brick wall when asking for information.

You're exactly right. Especially when the therapist is hitting a wall. No one thinks these are causing these things and that the reason people act out is because they NEED them.

I made the trip around the sun 55 times so far and I have never seen society like this until the mid ro late 90's and that is precisely when these SSRI's came out and regular general practitioners started prescribing them like candy. 

Wow, you said exactly what I've noticed and have been telling people.

I work in thousands of peoples homes and have to clear bathroom countertops to do work sometimes and I can tell you that when 7-8 out of 10 people has this garbage on their bathroom sink countertops.

This is madness..  

[EPD6893]

8 minutes ago, DLB said:

You're exactly right. Especially when the therapist is hitting a wall. No one thinks these are causing these things and that the reason people act out is because they NEED them.

I made the trip around the sun 55 times so far and I have never seen society like this until the mid ro late 90's and that is precisely when these SSRI's came out and regular general practitioners started prescribing them like candy. 

Wow, you said exactly what I've noticed and have been telling people.

I work in thousands of peoples homes and have to clear bathroom countertops to do work sometimes and I can tell you that when 7-8 out of 10 people has this garbage on their bathroom sink countertops.

This is madness..  

All we can do is raise awareness and support sites like this one. None of us have true freedom and will always be controlled by either the government or massive companies. There will always be massive unneeded suffering.

That's why no one cares when people are trapped on drugs they're forced to continually pay for. No one cares about funding research for withdrawal or not just handing out pills like candy.