Reinstatement worries

[Roxyrich]

I know this is going to be controversial, but has anyone heard of anyone reinstating an ssri after an adverse reaction. 

You might just dismiss this and say no its impossible, once damaged by an ssri  in the form of an adverse reaction, there's no going back. 

This is where it gets controversial. 

Let's say your about to end it all , is it just game over ,or one would say , surely it's worth a try, in the ultimate form of life or death.

 

[PoetJester]

Hi Roxy

 

there was a recent post on SA from someone who had had a an adverse reaction to a reinstatement and had developed crushing fatigue that caused her to lose   her job and then had tried tiltrating up on a drug a few months after the adverse reaction and had posted an update about 2 weeks back saying the lion's share of their symptoms were now gone when she reached .4 mg of a drug whose name  I can't remember now.   Bellatrix was the poster.   .  Check out her story.

 

Poetjester

 

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[bheb]

Curious about this too. Had an adverse reaction 10 months ago and it makes little sense for me to reinstate since it was a side effect not wd, but looking for anything 

[StarChild]

This is a very frustrating position to be in. I sympathise with you very deeply!

I had an adverse reaction when reinstating Fluoxetine (prozac) after almost 5 months out of a cold turkey. I solved it by reducing the dosage. 

I'm on 05 mg now and I'm better. I also realised that it was important for me to take the meds after eating whereas before I could pop 3 pills (60mg) on an empty stomach, I now can only take a quarter of one pill (05 mg) on a full stomach after my first meal of the day.

 

"Let's say your about to end it all , is it just game over ,or one would say , surely it's worth a try, in the ultimate form of life or death."

Its definitely worth a try!!! Don't give up just yet. Play with it, tinker, experiment and the light will eventually emerge.

[xXShatteredXx]

On 10/8/2017 at 10:16 AM, Roxyrich said:

I know this is going to be controversial, but has anyone heard of anyone reinstating an ssri after an adverse reaction. 

You might just dismiss this and say no its impossible, once damaged by an ssri  in the form of an adverse reaction, there's no going back. 

This is where it gets controversial. 

Let's say your about to end it all , is it just game over ,or one would say , surely it's worth a try, in the ultimate form of life or death.

 

This is kind of where I'm at only I had been on and off another SSRI Zoloft for years. When I was increasing I had a severe reaction and stopped it again. Been miserable since.. I've been off 9-10 months and have been debating about reinstating or not. I'm backed into a corner. Did you try this yet? If you did how did it go? 

[Roxyrich]

I didn't reinstate ,but I can't rule it out as im still quite ill.

As you've put it ,i feel cornered too.

[JamesF]

Just want to add an experience here. 

I reinstated after 8 months off. I was in severe withdrawals, housebound, extreme anxiety and insomnia. I felt incredibly jittery, weak and afraid to add anything to the mix. 

But since I was getting worse with time, I eventually decided to reinstate a small amount. 

Initially,  symptoms intensified. My nervous system seemed to have a reaction to the introduction of the drug. But I definitely do not think this was an "adverse reaction". Instead, I think these were standard onset effects in the context of a hypersensitive nervous system. 

Things got temporarily worse for ~2-3 weeks then gradually got about 50% improved, which is where I am now 2 months after reinstatement. 

If I had interpreted this temporary worsening of symptoms as an "adverse" reaction, I would not have known that I would get better. 

I feel that the language used on this site often determines members interpretation of what is happening to them. This can be valuable but also cause them to instantly classify symptoms as "adverse reactions", leading them to abruptly stop out of fear and not find out if they would improve.

 When starting SSRIs for the first time, there are usually onset effects. It's been my experience twice that this occurs in reinstatement too, but is usually a bit harsher due to the exhausted/anxious state. 


So in that sense, I had an "adverse reaction", things got worse. I did not interpret it this way, I just carried on and interpreted it as an onset effect, then I gradually got much better. 

I wish you luck and cant guarantee you will have the same experience I did

Jay

[tyson]

Our son is been reinstated few days after the new year. he CT zyprexa from 0.625mg. then reinstated to 1.25mg. of zyprexa. and still on the same dose. 

The one problem that did not go away is psychosis. he wants to go to school and work part-time but the hearing voices and talking to himself disturbed him. 

we are at lose. we have no idea how to help him. I know here, we are told keep slow and steady but giving poison to your son and staying steady frustrates us. 

I wish those with a lot of experience would recommend or list the things that help people in distress with natural remedies or vitamin to stay steady. 

I'm just writing this from frustration. But trying to find someone to connect with a similar problem or know something that I need to know. 

God bless. 

[ChessieCat]

2 hours ago, tyson said:

I wish those with a lot of experience would recommend or list the things that help people in distress with natural remedies or vitamin to stay steady. 

 

If we knew of anything which would help we would certainly tell people.  The only supplements which SA recommends are Magnesium and Omega-3 Fish Oil.  Try a small amount one at a time to see how you react.  It is best to make only 1 change at a time.  It is also better not to start taking a complex vitamin because if you experience issues you will not know what exactly is causing it.  B vitamins can be stimulating especially B6.  hypersensitive-to-b-vitamin-or-b-vitamin-complex  If trying anything new, start with a small amount to see how you react and build up to the recommended amount.

 

We strongly recommended learning and using Non-drug techniques to cope

 

There are many existing topics and discussions on this site.  You can use the site search function on the main page of the site at the top right, or use a search engine and include survivingantidepressants.org in your search string.

[tyson]

Our son is been reinstated few days after the new year. he CT zyprexa from 0.625mg. then reinstated to 1.25mg. of zyprexa. and still on the same dose. 

 

The one problem that did not go away is psychosis. he wants to go to school and work part-time but the hearing voices and talking to himself disturbed him. 

 

we are at lose. we have no idea how to help him. I know here, we are told keep slow and steady but giving poison to your son and staying steady frustrates us. 

 

I wish those with a lot of experience would recommend or list the things that help people in distress with natural remedies or vitamin to stay steady. 

 

I'm just writing this from frustration. But trying to find someone to connect with a similar problem or know something that I need to know. 

 

God bless. 

 

Hi, ChessieCat.

 

    Thanks for your quick response. The reason I was asking for any help was that I read an article on Mad In America by Dr. Breggin. 

 

He mentioned about the psychiatric medication as poison pills and I agree with him. But I'm frustrated thinking about that cause I'm involved in feeding this poison to my son knowing that it's destroying his brain every day. I have been a regular follower on this site and others to find something that might help him. Anything that would fight that poison until he tapers to the last. 

 

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