Spice81: Tingling burning numb hand

[Spice81]

I won’t change anything that I’m doing now until I hear what to do next. I’m at my doctors waiting now to get more zopiclone because I’m out 

[Spice81]

Can you send me s link to my drug signature so I can update it please I don’t know where to go or how to update it anywhere 

[Spice81]

Have just updated my drug signature hopefully this makes sense please help me feel better 

[Spice81]

So have just left the doctors and she has said I need to get on top of my constant anxiety and that fluoxetine is more for depression and has said because I’ve only been back on a few weeks I need to as of tomorrow half my dose to 10mg for a week then stop for a few days and then start 20mg paroxetine.

im happy to do this as I feel so crap as it is and have done for so long.

she said to keep up with the lorazepam though as I don’t want to change everything at once which I also feel comfortable doing for now.

please let me know what you all think and how best I can start feeling better.

 

my list of symptoms since changing meds 10 months ago

 

pins and needles knumb hands at night

frequent urination during the day to the point it hurts my urethra after peeing.

( have had urine and all sti tests all normal)

sore muscles extreme fatigue always tired but can’t sleep or nap like I always could.

gagging in the morning to the point I vomit clear mucus.

im a heavy smoker and had a biopsy done on my adenoids due to them being up or infected for over 9 months.

they said it was due to smoking which confuse me.

yellow stripe length ways on my left thumb nail which they say is due to trauma ?

since my biopsy 3 weeks ago I’ve got 2 small lumps in my cheeks which doctors say are my mucus glands and that stopping smoking should fix.

sore bottom ribs area.

ocasionally knumb toes 

my urine seems to always be very strong and in the morning very dark yellow brown

but the more I drink the more I need to per during the day.

 

very frustrated have had so many bloods and urine taken and it all comes back normal.

i feel sick and that I will never get better 😥

 

 

[ChessieCat]

12 minutes ago, Spice81 said:

as of tomorrow half my dose to 10mg for a week then stop for a few days and then start 20mg paroxetine.

 

This was at the very bottom of one of Alto's posts:

 

3 hours ago, Altostrata said:

 

Please do not make any changes in your drugs while we figure this out.

 

 

[Altostrata]

2 hours ago, Spice81 said:

I won’t change anything that I’m doing now until I hear what to do next. I’m at my doctors waiting now to get more zopiclone because I’m out 

 

You're also taking zopiclone??? How long have you been taking it? Do you take it every night? How long have you skipped your dose?

 

We need to know about ALL your drugs. If you've been taking zopiclone, simply skipping doses could be where your symptoms are coming from.

 

Please put ALL your drugs in the Drug Interactions Checker https://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.php
and copy and paste the results or a link to them in this topic.

 

 

[Altostrata]

2 hours ago, Spice81 said:

I find the lorazepam lets me atleast be able to live and move etc it really calms me in the arvo and at night.

i started taking it with venlafaxine in the morning because I felt so horrible every morning but when I stopped the venlafaxine 5 weeks ago I also stopped the lorazepam with it and around 2 weeks prior to stopping them both I stopped taking quetiapine 50mg at night and now take zopiclone to sleep.

so all I’m taking now is 

fluoxetine 20mg and lorazepam 1mg in the  morning then around 1pm lorazepam 1mg and at night around 7-7.30 a zopiclone to sleep

 

Going on and off drugs, skipping doses, or taking them inconsistently can cause the symptoms you describe. If I were you, I would not switch to Paxil, that's going to cause more problems.

 

Please give approximate dates when you started and stopped each of the drugs you've taken, with their dosages, since October 2017, when you went off Prozac.

[Spice81]

I have updated my drug signature it is on there.

i have been taking zopiclone since I stopped taking the quatiapine I take it every night as I cannot sleep.

i haven’t missed any doses

 

22nd June 2017 started quetiapine for sleep

6th November 2017 stopped fluoxetine 20mg

straight swap to citalapram 20mg

6th November started taking 1mg lorazepam 

 

15th December stopped citalapram 20mg

and started venlafaxine 37.5mg not sure exactly how often I upped dosage roughly every 2-3 weeks got up to 150mg then I felt so bad from then I weaned to zero and stopped venlafaxine 28th June 2018

28th June stopped lorazepam 

28th may 2018 stopped quetiapine and swapped to zopiclone at night for sleep

 

so as of 8th August 2018 I take in the morning 

20mg fluoxetine- 1mg lorazepam 

Between 1-2pm I take another lorazepam 1mg

at night I take a 7.5mg zopiclone for sleep

im sorry I really hope this all makes sense I’m in a real state so doing this has been pretty hard 😥

 

[Spice81]

The dates etc I’ve just written down here are pretty accurate once again sorry for this I just want to get better

[ChessieCat]

3 hours ago, Altostrata said:

Please put ALL your drugs in the Drug Interactions Checker https://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.php
and copy and paste the results or a link to them in this topic.

 

[Spice81]

The ones I’m on now or everything I’ve been on since October last year ?

[ChessieCat]

All of the ones you are currently taking.

[Spice81]

https://www.drugs.com/interactions-check.php?drug_list=1115-0,1488-15120,1030-0&consumer=1&types[]=major&types[]=minor&types[]=moderate&types[]=food&types[]=therapeutic_duplication

[Altostrata]

17 hours ago, Spice81 said:

I have updated my drug signature it is on there.

i have been taking zopiclone since I stopped taking the quatiapine I take it every night as I cannot sleep.

i haven’t missed any doses

 

22nd June 2017 started quetiapine for sleep

6th November 2017 stopped fluoxetine 20mg

straight swap to citalapram 20mg

6th November started taking 1mg lorazepam 

 

15th December stopped citalapram 20mg

and started venlafaxine 37.5mg not sure exactly how often I upped dosage roughly every 2-3 weeks got up to 150mg then I felt so bad from then I weaned to zero and stopped venlafaxine 28th June 2018

28th June stopped lorazepam 

28th may 2018 stopped quetiapine and swapped to zopiclone at night for sleep

 

so as of 8th August 2018 I take in the morning 

20mg fluoxetine- 1mg lorazepam 

Between 1-2pm I take another lorazepam 1mg

at night I take a 7.5mg zopiclone for sleep

im sorry I really hope this all makes sense I’m in a real state so doing this has been pretty hard 😥

 

 

I'm going to assume you started taking quetiapine June 2017 because suddenly you couldn't sleep?

 

Since June 2017, you've have many drug changes. Any of them could cause withdrawal symptoms. If I were you, I'd stop changing drugs right now.

 

To figure out if your current drugs are causing symptoms, I need to know what time of day you take each drug, at what dosage, and your symptom pattern during the day. Are your symptoms better or worse at any particular time? What is your sleep pattern? Please keep daily notes on paper about your symptoms, when you take your drugs, and their dosages. Use a simple list format with time of day on the left and notation (symptom, drug and dosage) on the right.

 

About the dark urine -- has your liver function also been checked? See https://www.drugs.com/mcd/urine-color

 

[Spice81]

Morning fluoxetine 20mg 5.30am

                Lorazepam 1mg 5.30am

afternoon lorazepam 1mg 1-2pm

night zopiclone 7.5mg 7.30pm

 

my anxiety is very high always it seems to lesson late arvo early evening

every morning I wake up and do my morning business and while sitting there I start to gag and then vomit up a little clear mucus then feel fine the rest of the day.

doctors have done all blood tests have scanned my liver kidney and gallbladder and said they are all normal.

because I’m so anxious in the morning could the gagging vomiting be anxiety related ? Or a side effect from the zopiclone from the previous night ?

it happened on quietiapine also 

I try to go to bed around 8pm most nights and wake between 3.30-5.30 and cant get back to sleep.

my appetite is now average I force myself to eat during the day but find it easier to eat at night.

 

[Spice81]

Have also done all urine and swap checks

[Spice81]

What do I do next ?

[Spice81]

I’m anxious rite from when I wake until about 3 pm when after my lorazepam I start to get a little less anxiety until bed then I take my zopiclone.

this morning same gag vomiting and It tasted horrible like my zopiclone does chemically.

 

[Spice81]

I’m see a psychiatrist or psychologist on Monday to go through everything the way I’m feeling the drugs I’m on etc so hopefully someone can sort this out.

same thing happened this morning woke up went toilet to do my morning business and started gagging and vomited up clear bile mucus stuff.. no coughing etc it tasted chemically like it does every morning I’m so scared of this happening every morning I know I’m anxious 24/7 but this is horrible I don’t know what to do anymore more doctor tells me everything is fine but this is not normal. They did an ultrasound of my liver,kidney and gallbladder and said everything seems normal so why does this keep happening I’m so scared something is really wrong with me please help has anyone else ever had this.

[Spice81]

Can anyone help me I’m desperate 

[Altostrata]

On 8/20/2018 at 12:43 PM, Spice81 said:

because I’m so anxious in the morning could the gagging vomiting be anxiety related ? Or a side effect from the zopiclone from the previous night ?

it happened on quietiapine also 

I try to go to bed around 8pm most nights and wake between 3.30-5.30 and cant get back to sleep.

 

You've been taking lorazepam since October 2017? When did you start zopiclone?

 

Yes, my guess is you are getting rebound anxiety from the benzo and zopiclone. Please start a topic for yourself in the Benzo forum, explain your benzo history and symptom pattern, and discuss next moves with @Shep

[Spice81]

28th May started zopiclone it was a straight swap from quetiapine 

I just feel so anxious all the time 24/7 and want it to stop.

i don’t know what to do anymore as I’ve been on and off so many different drugs I don’t know what to take and what not to take.

the mornings and through the day are by far the worst for me and late afternoon and night it does get a little better but only a little.

i feel scared all the time I’m not living my life and I’ve got 2 young boys that I want to enjoy time with but feel so anxious and scared all the time that it’s so hard.

i don’t even smile anymore I’m afraid to try. And enjoy myself it’s like it will never get better .

i feel so alone and like I’m the only one in the world that this is happening to.