Administrator Shep Posted September 28, 2020 Administrator Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) From CEPUK, 9/24/2020: Major milestone: Royal College releases new guidance on stopping antidepressants And here is the leaflet from Royal College of Psychiatry website: PRINT OUT: Stopping antidepressants Might be useful to print out and take to doctors ignorant of withdrawal. May also be helpful for helping family members understand. Edited November 11, 2020 by ChessieCat added print out and bolded leaflet link 3 Drug free May 22, 2015 after 30 years of neuroleptics, benzos, z-drugs, so-called "anti"-depressants, and amphetamines My Success Story: Shep's Success: "Leaving Plato's Cave" And what is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good — need we ask anyone to tell us these things? ~ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice, but simply information based on my own experience, as well as other members who have survived these drugs. Link to post Share on other sites
JesusSavemefromWD Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 This is a good article but reports only very few wd symptoms . Unfortunately the real list of wd symptoms is way longer Aug. 16-17, 2020, cipralex: went CRAZY! Recovered in 24hrs Aug.28,2020; 3.5 weeks 25mg sertraline/4.5 weeks taper Oct. 25: Last dose (4mg) Symptoms while on zoloft DPDR/out of my body/soul despair/feeling dead;eye floaters/ tinnitus/no appetite; constant fear, anxiety/panics 4 months OFF: pure hell soul despair, anxiety/fear, brain disconnection/ DPDR, brain feels swollen-numb/crazy/bedridden barely functioning, tinnitus, eye lid twitches; face spasms. Feeling slightly better after 10pm. - sleep & appetite are fine 9 months OFF: Constant hell, no windows, same symptoms as above (only eye and face twitches have stopped) plus intense arm/shoulder pain and visual issues. Tinnitus replaced by head buzzing. 10 months-1 year: all above symptoms, plus Insomnia (out of nowhere), depression, no peace of mind (mental Akathisia?). No windows or feeling better late nights. Sept 2021-present 2.5mg melatonin Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted March 8 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted March 8 True, but at least some in the medical community are starting to state facts. Since the "invention" of psychiatric drugs in about the mid-1950s it has only been since about 2010 that things have started to be recognised and unfortunately it takes time. At least with the internet etc it is happening faster than if would have at any other period in history. In the time since I've been a member here, joined October 2015, I have seen a big increase in the publicity of ADWD and AD adverse reactions. So close to the end!!! 🏁 Current from 16 October 2021: Pristiq 0.005mg 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 Oct 2015 My full tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites
JesusSavemefromWD Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Yes indeed, I just didn’t want any members to look at this article and think that their symptoms are not WD symptoms. The Cosci et al. 2019 article posted somewhere else in this site has a really comprehensive list of WD symptoms. Aug. 16-17, 2020, cipralex: went CRAZY! Recovered in 24hrs Aug.28,2020; 3.5 weeks 25mg sertraline/4.5 weeks taper Oct. 25: Last dose (4mg) Symptoms while on zoloft DPDR/out of my body/soul despair/feeling dead;eye floaters/ tinnitus/no appetite; constant fear, anxiety/panics 4 months OFF: pure hell soul despair, anxiety/fear, brain disconnection/ DPDR, brain feels swollen-numb/crazy/bedridden barely functioning, tinnitus, eye lid twitches; face spasms. Feeling slightly better after 10pm. - sleep & appetite are fine 9 months OFF: Constant hell, no windows, same symptoms as above (only eye and face twitches have stopped) plus intense arm/shoulder pain and visual issues. Tinnitus replaced by head buzzing. 10 months-1 year: all above symptoms, plus Insomnia (out of nowhere), depression, no peace of mind (mental Akathisia?). No windows or feeling better late nights. Sept 2021-present 2.5mg melatonin Link to post Share on other sites
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