Immediate adverse reactions to an antidepressant or within a few doses? How long for recovery?

[Belajazi]

Just now, ThatOneGirlStitch said:

@Belajazi I was suffering from symptoms of an adverse reaction so that is why I ct. But it was not from reinstatement. 
I am sorry you are tapering while having an adverse reaction. I understand none of this is easy.

@ThatOneGirlStitch  i had just change my medication, not reinstainment. 

What was your symptoms of adverse reaction. 

[ThatOneGirlStitch]

On 3/14/2024 at 3:43 AM, Belajazi said:

@ThatOneGirlStitch  i had just change my medication, not reinstainment. 

What was your symptoms of adverse reaction. 

Going deaf in my left ear, anxiety, loss off appetite, loss of sleep, molten lava burning feeling inside my body.  

 

[Onepillbupropion]

I think the hardest for me is that I’m SOOOO close, but not there yet, and still question whether I ever will, despite endlessly reading the success stories. Little by little I truly feel the numbness wearing off both emotionally and physically, but it’s just weird not to have a range of emotions, and killing my ego with the libido etc issues. I have had two windows that each lasted a month where things were normal, only to collapse right back to zero. 
 

Better than 10 months ago when it started. But not there yet. And nobody would ever believe one pill could do all of this. 
 

also, the weight thing has been so weird. First few months I was so numb I couldn’t feel hungry, so I was the thinnest in years. Then the sugar/carb phase bloated me to my biggest in years. Now I finally feel in control of my eating, when hungry and not hungry, and thank God the cravings are gone, hopefully for good, but I’m left wondering if this weight will ever come off. 
 

So glad to be able to share. I stopped talking about it to anyone. Hard lesson. I probably wouldn’t believe one pill could do all of this if I didn’t live it myself. 

[Catzbestfriend]

On 4/1/2024 at 2:18 PM, Onepillbupropion said:

I think the hardest for me is that I’m SOOOO close, but not there yet, and still question whether I ever will, despite endlessly reading the success stories. Little by little I truly feel the numbness wearing off both emotionally and physically, but it’s just weird not to have a range of emotions, and killing my ego with the libido etc issues. I have had two windows that each lasted a month where things were normal, only to collapse right back to zero. 
 

Better than 10 months ago when it started. But not there yet. And nobody would ever believe one pill could do all of this. 
 

also, the weight thing has been so weird. First few months I was so numb I couldn’t feel hungry, so I was the thinnest in years. Then the sugar/carb phase bloated me to my biggest in years. Now I finally feel in control of my eating, when hungry and not hungry, and thank God the cravings are gone, hopefully for good, but I’m left wondering if this weight will ever come off. 
 

So glad to be able to share. I stopped talking about it to anyone. Hard lesson. I probably wouldn’t believe one pill could do all of this if I didn’t live it myself. 

I feel like this exactly! I feel so close to recovery and much better than I did from 8.5 months ago when I first came off. Lately though my progress has seemed to stall or at least I feel like it some days where I also begin to wonder if this will now be my new 'normal'. I should've have realized at day 10 of being on the meds and having a vasovagal event accompanied by an extreme burning sensation that it was time to stop taking it. I ended up subjecting myself to the SSRI for a total of 10 weeks in which I got consistently worse, particularly brain zaps. I often wonder how much damage I did to my brain and nervous system by staying on it for so long.  

Whenever I feel that way though, I try to remember how far I have come, in a small way this gives me some hope that there is more healing left to do! Stay strong - our journey is not finished yet.