success ☼ healingspiral: introduction

[healingspiral]

Hello! i'm new to the forum. I have looked at posts on here without being a member for a long time. My withdrawal process began two years ago, going on three and I've been off all psychiatric meds since. Nonetheless, a lot of my health problems persist and I think have to do with the many years I was on medication that affected my intestines, thyroid, etc. I am here not only to answer other people's questions about withdrawing from lamictal and topomax (although before that I was on many other meds which i vaguely remember withdrawing from although it was when I was around 14 or 15) but also to find answers from other people who may still feel like their health is co-opted post-withdrawal and see if anyone else is dealing with that/has any advice. Thank you so much!

 

[Brandy]

Hello and welcome! I'm long off paxil and only visit here occasionally, but I was checking on how someone else is doing and saw your post. It looks like this site has had a very large amount of posts today, so I didn't want your post to get overlooked. Again, welcome! And if you have any withdrawal-related health or other issues you'd like to discuss, please add another post here about them in more detail. (This thread will be not only your introduction, but an ongoing "journal" and place to discuss your withdrawal and recovery experience. So be sure to bookmark it so you can add questions, updates as to how you're doing, etc. for as long as you participate here.)

 

Again, welcome to the site.

[ChessieCat]

Hi healingspiral and welcome to SA,

 

I'm pleased that you've finally decided to join us.  The members here are very supportive and encouraging and there is a wealth of information here.  The best method to search the site is to google survivingantidepressants.org + topic

 

As Brandy said if you post your specific withdrawal issues someone here will be able to offers suggestions and/or point you in the right direction for the information.

 

Click FOLLOW (top right) and you'll be notified when someone responds.

[healingspiral]

thank you both for the kind welcome message! i really appreciate it  

[Hopeinahpwr]

Healingspiral,

I'm new too to SA and want you to know I'm already inspired by you, you are off the meds, I truly envy that!!! I hope you are ok and will pray for you. I'd love to know how long you were on and how your taper went???

[healingspiral]

Hi Hopeinahpwr,

 

thank you for your kind words and prayers, how kind of you. My taper lasted a few months and I'd been on the medication for 8 or 9 years. I think the withdrawal was too short to be honest, I think it could have gone longer to really stop my bodies from being shocked. Post withdrawal, I'm exhausted and still have health issues but I'm happy to be off for sure. How are you doing? 

[Hibari]

Hi HealingSpiral,

 

Glad you are off all your meds, congratulations on your determination.

 

I am tapering of Lamictal now and have gotten low on the dosage, 16.90 down from 200mgs, but of course not low enough to stop.

 

My main symptoms are daily nausea, fogginess and headaches.  Usually my peak wd symptoms hit about a week after a cut, like today where I feel down and weepy.

 

If you did experience nausea with your Lamictal wd, did it go away pretty soon after you were done with your taper? 

[Altostrata]

Healingspiral has written a success story healingspiral Four years off psych drugs: ever more at peace

 

I added our cheerful "here comes the sun" symbol ☼ to the title of your Intro topic, to show you're recovering.

 

As is our tradition, I am locking this topic now. Please add your comments to healingspiral's Success Story topic.