Rbvdk Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 There's quite a lot on the physical symptoms of akathesia but is there any info and experiences of the metal symptoms? And has anyone found some good coping strategies for it? 16.4.14 - 25.4.15 Took Paxil (??mg) - cold turkey. Had random pgad symptoms around this time but not sure when exactly. ?.5.14: Started Citalopram (10mg) / 17.5.14: Quickly upped to 20mg / 9?.15: upped to 30mg. 8.16: Tapered off Citalopram in less than 2 weeks / 9.16: straight back on 20mg for just a week then stopped cold turkey. 11.16 Very mild pgad, PN symptoms and other withdrawals started. 7.12.16: Took Amitriptyline 10mg for just 2 days then stopped cold turkey. 14.12.16: reinstated 5mg of Citalopram / 1?.16: 10mg Citalopram / ?.16: 20mg Citalopram. 3.17 (6 months since withdrawing) pgad hit. 8.2.18: 15mg Citalopram / 8.3.18: 10mg / 8.4.18: 5mg / 12?.5.18: 2.5mg / 19.5.18: 0mg. pgad worsened almost instantly from first tapper, all sorts of PN symptoms, earworm, tinnitus, other things, coming and going until late 9.18 (4 months since 0mg) where it all got SO MUCH worse for 1.11 years (with windows and waves). 1.9.20: 99% healed ❤️ 31.5.21: Smoked weed 5 out of 9 days. Pgad and other old withdrawals came back, plus developed akathesia & fibromyalgia. 7.22: Steadily recovering again ❤ 2.23: Acute withdrawals coming back, no apparent reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbvdk Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Here's my experience, hopefully sharing will help us not feel so alone: (warning, the details might be triggering) I get feelings like as if a part of my brain is missing or dead, inability to think while my brain goes haywire with it's own vivd intrusive thoughts (like a fever dream). A deep emotional and physical feeling of severe dark depression, trauma and panic. It feels like I'm dead and my personality has died, and there's no serotonin at all, it's unbearable and indescribable really. My brain will sometimes feel sick like it needs to throw up and like there's squeezing. Sometimes I'll get it throughout my whole body. I could go on. On a positive note for anyone reading, It got a lot better within 3 months. Sadly it's come back due to something triggering it, but it does get better so I'm holding on to that hope. ♡ 1 16.4.14 - 25.4.15 Took Paxil (??mg) - cold turkey. Had random pgad symptoms around this time but not sure when exactly. ?.5.14: Started Citalopram (10mg) / 17.5.14: Quickly upped to 20mg / 9?.15: upped to 30mg. 8.16: Tapered off Citalopram in less than 2 weeks / 9.16: straight back on 20mg for just a week then stopped cold turkey. 11.16 Very mild pgad, PN symptoms and other withdrawals started. 7.12.16: Took Amitriptyline 10mg for just 2 days then stopped cold turkey. 14.12.16: reinstated 5mg of Citalopram / 1?.16: 10mg Citalopram / ?.16: 20mg Citalopram. 3.17 (6 months since withdrawing) pgad hit. 8.2.18: 15mg Citalopram / 8.3.18: 10mg / 8.4.18: 5mg / 12?.5.18: 2.5mg / 19.5.18: 0mg. pgad worsened almost instantly from first tapper, all sorts of PN symptoms, earworm, tinnitus, other things, coming and going until late 9.18 (4 months since 0mg) where it all got SO MUCH worse for 1.11 years (with windows and waves). 1.9.20: 99% healed ❤️ 31.5.21: Smoked weed 5 out of 9 days. Pgad and other old withdrawals came back, plus developed akathesia & fibromyalgia. 7.22: Steadily recovering again ❤ 2.23: Acute withdrawals coming back, no apparent reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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