SSeniotto Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I’m now off lithium latuda seroquel raspiridone injection and ECT and I can officially say I feel worse than I’ve ever felt before. I have been declining ever since I started my treatment. I’m now off all of them for a few months now and am left with dealing with the acne and weight gain and even worse the suicidal thoughts and depressioma and excrutiating pain in neck. Can anyone relate!? Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Sassenach Posted August 4, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted August 4, 2019 Hi SSeniotta and welcome to SA. This site is staffed by volunteer Moderators and Administators who have all been though or are still going through withdrawal from Antideppessants or Benzos. Before we can help we need to know all meds you have taken in the last 24 months. The doses taken and when. Did you quit cold turkey or taper, if so taper rate eg. 10%. The order in which you stopped the meds and when. You are almost certainly experiencing withdrawal symptoms and the length of time you have been off meds is important. https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/603-what-is-withdrawal-syndrome/ Please answer the above questions as fully as possible. Sassenach Escitalopram 10mgs from mid 2007 ( can't remember exact date) to 11th Dec 2018 Fentanyl patches ( don't remember dose ) from Nov 2014 to 11 Dec 2018 Quit both cold turkey Dec 2018 Reinstated 3rd March 2019 2.5 mgs. Updosed 8March to 5mgs and holding 25/11/19 Started taper 4.5mgs and holding This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner If you are going through Hell, keep going. NCIS series 15, David MaCallum Link to comment
SSeniotto Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 I was on 1250mg of lithium not sure how much dosage of latuda they had me on not sure how much seroquel they had me in they had me on a high dosage of zaprasidone at some point but went down to 40 from like 600 I think. I also had 24 ECT treatments. I feel defeated and in agony. Link to comment
SSeniotto Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Also 30mg of valium Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Sassenach Posted August 5, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted August 5, 2019 Good morning Who do you mean by they? Were you in hospital? Do you mean your own Doctors We can only help if we get the most accurate information possible. That information will be in your medical files. For now now can you at least remember which months you came off which drugs. I know you are feeling very well but we have to have some basic info to get started. Please do not restart any medication or take any additional meds until we have chance just find a way forward. Sassenach Escitalopram 10mgs from mid 2007 ( can't remember exact date) to 11th Dec 2018 Fentanyl patches ( don't remember dose ) from Nov 2014 to 11 Dec 2018 Quit both cold turkey Dec 2018 Reinstated 3rd March 2019 2.5 mgs. Updosed 8March to 5mgs and holding 25/11/19 Started taper 4.5mgs and holding This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner If you are going through Hell, keep going. NCIS series 15, David MaCallum Link to comment
SSeniotto Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 I’m suicidal and have pain all over my body. Can anyone else relate? Any wisdom? Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted August 5, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted August 5, 2019 Before we can assist you we need to know more about your situation. Please answer the following questions: 3 hours ago, Sassenach said: Who do you mean by they? Were you in hospital? Do you mean your own Doctors? We can only help if we get the most accurate information possible. That information will be in your medical files. For now now can you at least remember which months you came off which drugs? * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment
Administrator Altostrata Posted August 6, 2019 Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2019 Welcome, SS. When was the last time you took these drugs? How did you go off them? How did you go off 30mg Valium? This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment
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