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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesusSavemefromWD Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 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; tinnitus/no appetite; fear, anxiety/panics 4 months OFF: 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: 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 plus Insomnia (out of nowhere), depression, no peace of mind (mental Akathisia); 2.5mg melatonin 14months off: sleep resumed. All rest symptoms remain. Bedridden vegetable all day. DP is relentless. 1.5 years off: still severely disabled, not much changed except some improvement in vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted March 8, 2021 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted March 8, 2021 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. Please DO NOT TAG me - thank you PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesusSavemefromWD Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 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; tinnitus/no appetite; fear, anxiety/panics 4 months OFF: 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: 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 plus Insomnia (out of nowhere), depression, no peace of mind (mental Akathisia); 2.5mg melatonin 14months off: sleep resumed. All rest symptoms remain. Bedridden vegetable all day. DP is relentless. 1.5 years off: still severely disabled, not much changed except some improvement in vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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