Moderator Emeritus apace41 Posted June 13, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted June 13, 2016 She sounds like she was in a bad place , bed bound and suicidal. At that point I probably would have done the same thing. Shelby, We always say the cardinal rule of the whole process is that you can't EVER judge your situation based on someone else's situation. YOU have to do what your heart tells you is right for you. You said I can't take hearing how great she's doing and how she had my symptoms but they are gone now because she's back on meds She had some of your symptoms but the ones she had you DON'T have, i.e. the suicidal ideation, are what led her back to the meds. She was at the worst place she could be. Nobody will tell you what you should do. You have to make that decision for yourself. She knew and you should know by now that even if you go back on there are no guarantees it will work. A sensitized CNS may or may not respond. I understand you are sensitive right now but I'm confident that anything she said was intended to help and not harm. Best, Andy Sertraline 50mg and Clonazapam .375mg from 2000 -- symptoms of dizziness Spring 2012 increased to .5 Clonazapam and 100mg Sertraline -- no improvement Benzo microtaper from November 2012 to November 2014 (followed benzo sites "taper benzo first") Started Sertraline taper in December 2014 cut by 25mg to 75mg; 62.5mg 1/1/15 and 50mg on 2/1/15 Held at 50mg through April 5 to use liquid Reduced dosage in 10% or less drops from 50mg to 25mg -- at single tablet of 25mg on 10/5/15 Transitioned to all liquid for accuracy while tapering -- Horrible insomnia -- back to 25mg liquid and held until October 1, 2016 10/16 -- 11/18 tapered very slowly to 10.6mg. No real improvement and never really stable so updosed to 12.5mg (1/2 a pill) for convenience and long hold. After 8+ months of holding with no noticeable improvement decided to add .4ml of liquid Prozac (about 1.5mg) to see if that improves the situation Supplements, Magnesium, D3, Omega 3, curcumin, Valerian, 81mg Aspirin, L-Theanine, Vit. C, Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 I don't think she was intending to harm in any way. I admit I am overly sensitive right now. I am not suicidal at the moment but in the beggining I struggled with it and had and still have very bad suicidal intrusive thoughts that loop over and over in my head. Including killing my kids. Trust me when you have thoughts of killing yourself or your kids over and over I desperately wanted to go back on. I'm sure she was in a bad place and I feel bad for her. Like I said I probably would have done the same thing and still might. It's just discouraging at the same time to hear someone else has healed. I want so badly to be where she's at right now. But at the same time I am deathly afraid if I go back on something it will mess me up more. I wish her nothing but the best abc hope she continues to do well. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus apace41 Posted June 13, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted June 13, 2016 It's just discouraging at the same time to hear someone else has healed. I want so badly to be where she's at right now. But she hasn't "healed". She's temporarily addressed a dire problem. She still wants to get off the meds and hopes she feels better once off the meds. She doesn't feel "great" on the meds. She just isn't suicidal and can function. There's a big difference. When you read the "success stories" of people who got off the meds and are healed is that "discouraging"? I hope not. Best, Andy Sertraline 50mg and Clonazapam .375mg from 2000 -- symptoms of dizziness Spring 2012 increased to .5 Clonazapam and 100mg Sertraline -- no improvement Benzo microtaper from November 2012 to November 2014 (followed benzo sites "taper benzo first") Started Sertraline taper in December 2014 cut by 25mg to 75mg; 62.5mg 1/1/15 and 50mg on 2/1/15 Held at 50mg through April 5 to use liquid Reduced dosage in 10% or less drops from 50mg to 25mg -- at single tablet of 25mg on 10/5/15 Transitioned to all liquid for accuracy while tapering -- Horrible insomnia -- back to 25mg liquid and held until October 1, 2016 10/16 -- 11/18 tapered very slowly to 10.6mg. No real improvement and never really stable so updosed to 12.5mg (1/2 a pill) for convenience and long hold. After 8+ months of holding with no noticeable improvement decided to add .4ml of liquid Prozac (about 1.5mg) to see if that improves the situation Supplements, Magnesium, D3, Omega 3, curcumin, Valerian, 81mg Aspirin, L-Theanine, Vit. C, Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 When I post its to find out how other people are coping that are off meds or tapering. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Yes they are sometimes. The way she talks about her situation it's much different than being just not suicidal. At least on the fb page. I wasn't trying to be nasty. And I'm not trying to talk badly about her. I'm sorry if I didn't get my point across without sounding that way. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus SquirrellyGirl Posted June 13, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted June 13, 2016 Shelby, can we revisit why you decided to come off meds? It might help to review. What is it that is most important to you? SG Started ADs back around 1995 after bad break-up, starting with Prozac. Switched to Wellbutrin, and then to Effexor in 2002 Effexor XR 2002-2014 up to 225 mg at one point, down to 37.5 mg towards end but back up to 75 mg in 2014; now realize I had W/D as I dropped down, memory very poor about history. Extreme emotions, poor concentration as I stepped back down, didn't connect the dots! Summer 2014 reduced to 0 very quickly, was sick of anhedonia/sexual dysfunction due to meds, depression never controlled if not worse. Didn't recognize WD since symptoms built slowly (thought I had ADD! and menopausal on top of it), starting with severe sweats, very bad cog-fog and memory issues, culminating in weight loss, severe anxiety and depression, panic, severe apathy and insomnia by eight months off. Saw p-doc who put me on Remeron, increased from 7.5 mg/day to 37.5 mg by May 22, 2015; still doing very badly though able to sleep. June 1. 2015 Reinstated Effexor XR 37.5 mg, Remeron dropped to 30 mg PM. Immediate relief of symptoms, like nothing had ever happened! Joined SA and began on advice of friend who recognized it was WD all along! Began tapering in July 2015. Been tapering both meds ever since, focusing on one more than the other or doing no more than 5% of each per month. 12 mg Effexor and 5.8 mg Remeron (mirtazapine SolTabs to make a solution with OraPlus) as of 5/4/2017 Update 3/14/18: 2.9 mg Remeron and 6 mg Effexor; 6/10/18: 2.6 mg Remeron and 4.9 mg Effexor My intro: http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/9313-squirrellygirl-effexor-withdrawal-etc/page-2#entry196679 This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 They stopped working I guess. And from what I am told I went into wd before I stopped. I'm a little confused by your question ???? Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 I guess I shouldn't have made that post. I was just really venting. It's not fair we should have to go back on med to feel better. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus SquirrellyGirl Posted June 13, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted June 13, 2016 What I'm trying to understand is what do you want to happen? Do you want to be off of all psych meds, or do you want to come off this one and go onto another one? The answer doesn't matter to us, no right or wrong answer, but if you know what you really want, then it can help you to not compare to others so much and feel stronger and more secure about your journey. I myself have to stay off FB for the most part because I historically compare myself to others and find fault with myself, so it just isn't healthy to spend a lot of time there. I'm better about that now, but still don't need to tempt it coming back up. I'm not talking the SA group but FB in general. Sometimes the kindest thing we can do for ourselves is disengage from things that end up being more harmful than good for us. Right now you are vulnerable, so if people reporting that they're in a window on the SA FB page, for instance, is triggering for you, it might be best to refrain for awhile until you are in a better place. Same with reading around on SA and coming across stories that trigger you. Might be best to limit yourself to your Intro for updates and questions. Just a friendly suggestion :-) SG Started ADs back around 1995 after bad break-up, starting with Prozac. Switched to Wellbutrin, and then to Effexor in 2002 Effexor XR 2002-2014 up to 225 mg at one point, down to 37.5 mg towards end but back up to 75 mg in 2014; now realize I had W/D as I dropped down, memory very poor about history. Extreme emotions, poor concentration as I stepped back down, didn't connect the dots! Summer 2014 reduced to 0 very quickly, was sick of anhedonia/sexual dysfunction due to meds, depression never controlled if not worse. Didn't recognize WD since symptoms built slowly (thought I had ADD! and menopausal on top of it), starting with severe sweats, very bad cog-fog and memory issues, culminating in weight loss, severe anxiety and depression, panic, severe apathy and insomnia by eight months off. Saw p-doc who put me on Remeron, increased from 7.5 mg/day to 37.5 mg by May 22, 2015; still doing very badly though able to sleep. June 1. 2015 Reinstated Effexor XR 37.5 mg, Remeron dropped to 30 mg PM. Immediate relief of symptoms, like nothing had ever happened! Joined SA and began on advice of friend who recognized it was WD all along! Began tapering in July 2015. Been tapering both meds ever since, focusing on one more than the other or doing no more than 5% of each per month. 12 mg Effexor and 5.8 mg Remeron (mirtazapine SolTabs to make a solution with OraPlus) as of 5/4/2017 Update 3/14/18: 2.9 mg Remeron and 6 mg Effexor; 6/10/18: 2.6 mg Remeron and 4.9 mg Effexor My intro: http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/9313-squirrellygirl-effexor-withdrawal-etc/page-2#entry196679 This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Yes I have started to do that. Sometimes I think I can handle reading stuff and make the mistake of browsing. I went to my therapist today. He wants me to go to the doctors to get checked out for the physical symptoms I have been describing to him. I'm sure that will be a waste of time. But he gets a funny look on his face when I tell him what I'm experiencing. Not typical anxiety symptoms I guess. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 I feel like I have Tourette's syndrome but in my head... But with random noises , thoughts , intrusive thoughts, images, words... Etc. sometimes it's so bad it just mumbles together like background noise. Anyone else have this early on in withdrawal ? I feel psychotic even this happens. Makes it very hard to focus on anything. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
Administrator Altostrata Posted June 20, 2016 Administrator Share Posted June 20, 2016 People are on this site because they have difficulty going off psychiatric drugs. Intrusive thoughts or jumbled thoughts are common in withdrawal. Many people find learning meditation to be very helpful. See Easing your way into meditation for a stressed-out nervous system Mindfulness and Acceptance Good links for anxiety/worryInhabiting our bodies in meditation http://wp.me/p5nnb-aSXMeditation can heal the brain which can heal the mind and bodyMindfulness, Meditation, and Prayer After Brain InjuryPranayama Breathing for Anxiety and Depression and other topics in the Symptoms and Self-Care forum. 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
btdt Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I feel like I have Tourette's syndrome but in my head... But with random noises , thoughts , intrusive thoughts, images, words... Etc. sometimes it's so bad it just mumbles together like background noise. Anyone else have this early on in withdrawal ? I feel psychotic even this happens. Makes it very hard to focus on anything. I have had it early and late. It is not uncommon lately I find coloring helps...not sure why but it seems to be my thing right now I don't have a lot of energy for other things or noise.. just coloring... try it.. maybe it will help. It will settle down in time. I have not idea what kicks it up again no clue if I did I would stop doing it. I seemed to have a new bout of this lately and I did start a few supplements right before it started.. but on the day it started it was only vit C and a face serum with amines... it just dawned on me.. amines tend to be bad for me... could be you need to be more careful with food. Like Alto says self care is a great place to get hints... ideas on what helps... and what to avoid in some cases... I was told by the sales person this was an all natural product I told her I react to stuff... I had better copy this to my thread so I don't forget... hope this helps some peace WARNING THIS WILL BE LONG Had a car accident in 85 Codeine was the pain med when I was release from hosp continuous use till 89 Given PROZAC by a specialist to help with nerve pain in my leg 89-90 not sure which year Was not told a thing about it being a psych med thought it was a pain killer no info about psych side effects I went nuts had hallucinations. As I had a head injury and was diagnosed with a concussion in 85 I was sent to a head injury clinic in 1990 five years after the accident. I don't think they knew I had been on prozac I did not think it a big deal and never did finish the bottle of pills. I had tests of course lots of them. Was put into a pain clinic and given amitriptyline which stopped the withdrawal but had many side effects. But I could sleep something I had not done in a very long time the pain lessened. My mother got cancer in 94 they switched my meds to Zoloft to help deal with this pressure as I was her main care giver she died in 96. I stopped zoloft in 96 had withdrawal was put on paxil went nutty quit it ct put on resperidol quit it ct had withdrawal was put on Effexor... 2years later celexa was added 20mg then increased to 40mg huge personality change went wild. Did too fast taper off Celexa 05 as I felt unwell for a long time prior... quit Effexor 150mg ct 07 found ****** 8 months into withdrawal learned some things was banned from there in 08 have kept learning since. there is really not enough room here to put my history but I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things especially any of the drugs mentioned above. One thing I would like to add here is this tidbit ALL OPIATES INCREASE SEROTONIN it is not a huge jump to being in chronic pain to being put on an ssri/snri and opiates will affect your antidepressants and your thinking. As I do not update much I will put my quit date Nov. 17 2007 I quit Effexor cold turkey. http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1096-introducing-myself-btdt/ There is a crack in everything ..That's how the light gets in Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Roxy Jahn so I usually get one or two bad nights of insomnia right before my period starts. Last night I couldn't fall asleep cause it was so hot in my house and I think It was giving me bad anxiety. Then my 5 year had a fever. Question ? Normal to have racing weird thoughts when closing your eyes to fall asleep? But I think some were random things people or my kids had said during the day. Then the frozen song stuck playing ugh. I also freaked out last night cause I noticed my resting heart beat on my Fitbit was like 53... Well after I freaked and googled over it for like an hour I looked at my history on my Fitbit app. Guess it always goes from 53-59.. I read somewhere that only athletes have that low of a resting hb. Not sure why last night it caught my eye. Maybe my body thought it was in sleep and just my stupid brain wouldn't shut up. Then I read that it's normal for your hb to dip a little lower when sleeping. Ugh then I start thinking oh my god what if I'm becoming manic ?? Can't sleep ? Racing thoughts ?? But apparently those are also just symptoms insomnia. And it was weird cause even though I couldn't fall asleep I would still lay here and close my eyes and get that weird hypnagogic thing where you have auditory or visual hallucinations. Mine are mostly auditory and I hear a word usually being said. Sometimes it's in my husbands voice. Well I know I fell asleep for at least an hour maybe cause I had upsetting dreams. Sorry for the long weird story. I tell you sometimes I feel like a real winner Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
Martina23 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Shelby, be happy that you get only racing thoughts or random songs upon falling asleep, I still get also a lot of intrusive images on the "harm topic", sometimes also spiders or bugs or repetitive movements in my mind. I get usually scared of that and think at that moment I will never recover. 05/2013 Lyrica 100 mg / per day for pain + PGAD resulting from caesarian delivery11/2014 started to taper: 50 mg per day/ for one week then c/tafter one month reinstated at 50 mg /per days of 10 July 2015 drug free- symptoms OCD Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Shelby, be happy that you get only racing thoughts or random songs upon falling asleep, I still get also a lot of intrusive images on the "harm topic", sometimes also spiders or bugs or repetitive movements in my mind. I get usually scared of that and think at that moment I will never recover. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 I get something like that sometimes. Not sure if it's the same. But I thought I saw a spider but it was the knob on my moms cabinet. And I get weird at home sometimes thinking I see someone or a shadow but it's just something in my house. Still doing the thing when anxiety is high where I hear noises that scare me and sometimes sound like words. Then I question all the sounds in my environment. Last night when I closed my eyes I did see a scary face for a minute. I hope I'm not running off on my 9 year old. She gets freaked out when she closes her eyes and sees the squiggly things and shapes. She knows nothing about my experiences. And I reassured her what she was seeing was normal. Apparently pms, heat don't mix well with wd. I was researching and pms and heat can make anxiety worse alone. Without wd. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
Administrator Altostrata Posted June 30, 2016 Administrator Share Posted June 30, 2016 Please calm yourself, you know now these thoughts and images are fleeting. Say, "Oh, there's that darn thing again" and "Change the channel" -- dealing with cognitive symptoms.... 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
shelbytrev Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Just checking in... I am still off about almost 9 months now. Some good Windows some bad waves. I was doing ok. Then this last week my husband left for a month on a job and it has triggered some intrusive thought patterns that I have bad for a while in the beginning. Not sure why. I know im still early in at only almost 9 months. I'm not reinstating or going to take another med. but it's so frustrating when I get these thoughts. They are super annoying and keep going over and over in my head. Like the same 3 or 4. Just hope it passes soon. I get into a good semi window and start thinking how thankful I am and then bam a wave hits. So annoying. Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
shelbytrev Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 So I'm about 8.5 months off my ad. I was having a pretty good month with my intrusive repetitive thoughts. Still having other anxiety but those were calming down. My husband had to leave for a month on a job. I thought I'd be ok. But it brought them up out of nowhere. Or I thought about them and now the are stuck in my head again. Super annoying. So even if something is caused by withdrawal stress can trigger it as if it were a condition I had before taking meds? I never had this problem till after I googled while in withdrawal and then it started. And I know it's all anxiety related because I feel inner restlessness. It's weird how they can just be gone sometimes and other times I can't stop them.So if it was going to fix me I would go back on meds , but there is no guarantee and I could end up worse. And apparently meds only help a little with the intrusive thoughts. And i would be going on another med to fix an issue caused by coming off my original med. I'm Hoping that one day the thoughts will come but just leave and not ruminate in my head. Other half is therapy. Mindfulness. I also notice the closer it gets to when I came off meds this time last year I am getting feelings of dejavu with the season change. So its probably bringing old feelings up and reminding me of the horrible time of coming off. Ugh Every time it starts again I'm afraid it won't ever go away ... Panic attacks-Prozac 20mg 4 years Effexor 75mg approx 9 years Effexor to Zoloft 25 mg approx almost 2 weeks Also used very low dose of Valium 1 mg sometimes 2x a day for anxiety for a month during medication changes. Zoloft to Celexa 10 mg approx a week Celexa to Prozac 10 mg for approx 5 weeks Weaned off Prozac 10-5-2.5 mg As of 1-8-2016 off everything Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted October 20, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 20, 2016 Some of these have been mentioned before but I'll include them so they are in one place for you. It takes about 2 weeks to develop a new habit (The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg). Acceptance Acceptance and Mindfulness Acupuncture - Posts #6 & #8 (not detox or stimulation) Claire Weekes' Method of Recovering from a Sensitized Nervous System "Change the channel" -- dealing with cognitive symptoms Change cognitive framing - Redirect - Another Way Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for anxiety, depression Cognitive Behavior Therapy lessons Guided Meditations, Calming Videos, Sleep Hypnosis Journalling - Therapeutic Writing & Health Benefits Non-drug techniques to cope with emotional symptoms Yoga for calming (very simple poses can help greatly) * 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
littleball Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 On 25/3/2016 at 2:21 AM, shelbytrev said: I came off 5 months ago. Then they put me on 3 other meds in 2 month span. Finally it was Prozac for a month. I then tapered off that. Well I went through some terrible withdrawal. But now 2.5 months out from the Prozac I am experiencing disturbing intrusive repetitive thoughts that revolve around killing myself. It's like I can read something and it get stuck in my head. It's like my own voice keeps repeating it to me. I get extreme anxiety from this. I'm not hearing a voice. It's my own voice. This was not something that ever happened to me before meds and before my Effexor started pooping out. I don't think it's a psychotic thing like I have a voice in my head. Cause sometimes when I get involved in something or I'm talking to people I forget about it and then it starts again when I search for it. It's almost like I'm doing it to myself but I can't stop cause my brain is so frazzled from I can identify pretty much with this kind of thoughts. I can hear my own thoughts, they got better though but I switched to Prozac. How are you doing now, shelbytrev? November 2014 - September 2015: Zoloft 50 mg, Trilafon 4mg, clonazepam 1mgOctober 2015 - September 2016: Effexor 75 mgSeptember 2016 - January 2017: Effexor 150 mgStopped Effexor in March 2017 after tapering under medical supervisionThe doctor I've now found is an expert in withdrawal from ADsPersistent withdrawal syndrome since July 2017: Prozac 10 mg, clonazepam 0.5 mg, to cope with it. December 2017 - withdrawing from Prozac, 10 mg every 2 days Drug free since January (?) 2018 Symptoms: pins and needles, burning skin sensations, PSSD, OCD, mood swings (a lot), malaise (a lot), muscle spasms, voice in my conscience. Doing not so bad, but I want to be the person I was. Link to comment
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