Sean9: burning pain after updose

[Sean9]

3 months into burning pain throughout body following an updos of Celexa during an anxious time.   Nervous system will now not turn off.  All neurologist exams and tests are normal

  All clearly caused by the SSRI.  Would love ideas.

[ChessieCat]

Hi Sean,

 

We need more information about ALL your drugs and doses and the dates.

 

Please create your drug signature. 

 

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[ChessieCat]

10mg citalopram increased to 20mg then back to 10 after burning started. 

Cold turkey off completely for 2 months. 

Now on 10 mg Lexapro, 900mg gabapentine, .5mg klonopin all to try and address burning

 

4 hours ago, ChessieCat said:

 

ALL your drugs and doses and the dates

 

 

Thank you for creating your drug signature.  Please add the dates as previously requested.  For ALL drugs we need date for when you started the drug/s, dates for ALL dose changes, and date and dose for the cold turkey.

 

How often do you take klonopin?  When was the last time you took klonopin?

 

What was the reason you went off citalopram?

 

Did you experience withdrawal symptoms when you cold turkeyed citalopram?  If yes, what symptoms did you have?

 

You may have experienced symptoms which you didn't relate to withdrawal.  See:

 

Dr Joseph Glenmullen's WD Symptoms Checklist

 

Did you do a cross taper from citalopram to Lexapro?

 

What was the reason you started on Lexapro?

 

Please put ALL the drugs your are currently taking into the Drug.com Interactions Checker and either copy and paste the results here, or copy and paste the URL link to the report.

[ChessieCat]

1 minute ago, ChessieCat said:

Please put ALL the drugs your are currently taking into the Drug.com Interactions Checker and either copy and paste the results here, or copy and paste the URL link to the report.

 

By the way gabapentin doesn't have an 'e' on the end.  You will need the correct spelling for the drug checker.

[Yasko]

Is your burning pain constant? I've had it on and off for decades

[Sean9]

Yes, pretty constant.  Arm almost all day along with random face, ears, torso, legs and feet.

[Altostrata]

Hello, Sean9.

 

What happened to the burning when you went off citalopram in July 2020? How did taking 10mg Lexapro affect you when you started it in August?

 

When did you start gabapentin? What effect did it have on you? What effect does the Ativan have?

 

What times of day do you take each of your drugs, with their dosages? How do you feel before and after taking each dose?

[Sean9]

No change with the burning when I went off citalopram in July nor have there been improvements with starting Lexapro.

 

Gabapentin has had little impact as well.  The Klonopin helped for a few days but does not really help anymore.

 

I take everything in the morning upon waking with the exception of a second dose of Klonopin and Gabapentin late afternoon.  I rarely feel any different after taking anything.