Taurus Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) Hello y'all! I'm a 24 years old med student from Europe and I took Escitalopram three years ago for anxiety and OCD. It exacerbatet the problems and led to PSSD. To counter the PSSD i recently took Trazodone and then Bupropion and after the bupropion i had a major crash and developed a blank mind, brainfog, complete emotional numbness as well as full body numbness. After two months I had windows where I felt almost back to normal until I crashed another time and now everything is even worse. What gives me a bit of hope is the fact that after this huge crash I had also some windows, but I also am in despair because I crashed after the drug witdrawal and I read the stories of Sofa and Totenkopf who never really recovered. What is now very bad is the fact that i cannot sleep at all. Like my mind is so blank that i just exist in a constant state of nothingness and I cant fall asleep at all. I slept about 1 hour in the last three days. I am super afraid that i die because I may be not able to fall asleep ever again. Thank you for your help! Taurus Edited February 1, 2023 by manymoretodays name to title Escitalopram from 03/2020 to 10/2020 Taper over 1 monthTrazodone for two months in 2022 tapered in 8 daysBupropion fro two weeks in 2023 Cold turkey
Moderator Emeritus Shep Posted February 1, 2023 Moderator Emeritus Posted February 1, 2023 Hi, @Taurus. Welcome to Surviving Antidepressants. Please let us know more about the timeline of when you were on these drugs. The best way to do this is to set up a signature. Here is how: How to Summarize Your Drug History in Your Signature A direct link to your signature is here: Account Settings – Create or Edit a signature Once we have this timeline, we can give you more targeted advice. Please continue to use this thread to document your taper and recovery.
Administrator Altostrata Posted July 10, 2023 Administrator Posted July 10, 2023 Hello, @Taurus How are you doing? 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.
andy96gr Posted February 3, 2024 Posted February 3, 2024 How are you doing Now? •01/2017-12/2022 ~6 Years on Generic Escilitopram (5mg-20mg) because of repetitive panic attacks and anxiety that lead to depression. My tapering was not tapering as I read here. I consider it CT because of wrong directions of docs, I went from 20mg to 5mg in a short amount of time and then jumped to 0mg. •01/07/23 Took maca root powder for pssd for 4 days only which I think worsened my symptoms a lot.(Not sure if that was the cause or what came was supposed to come) •15/07/23-01/08/23 Prebagalin) 2x50mg 01/08/23 - 05/08/23. 75x50mg 06/08/23 - 18/08/23 2x75mg an then reduced 19/09/23 - 23-09 to 75x50mg 24/09/23 - 1/12/23 2x50mg. 1/12/22- ongoing 2x45mg( on first week of December happened a mistake in liquid I made and took 4 times double dose ) 15/01/24 - ongoing occasional 5mg diazepam for anxiety.
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