Farout Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Posting this success story is long overdue. I am pleased to say that I am fully recovered. I was mostly recovered at around 18-24 months but still suffered the odd niggling wave. I have been entirely symptom free for over 2 years now. I have so much respect for the people on here, giving support to those who are suffering. Thank you. I don't come on here much but I do check in. I'm open to PMs, especially if I can help anyone suffering during and after a reaction. 8 March 2003 took two sartroline tablets after a traumatic incident and had a reaction so stopped. I am not sure now whether what I had for the next 18 months was WD after the reaction or the emotional fallout from the traumatic event. Some of it was very similar to WD in hindsight. February 2014 - Took five pristiq (50mg) tablets and three Ativan and had a severe reaction.Extreme withdrawal symptoms for three weeks compounded by visit to naturopath -One week later took 900mg St John's Wort x 3 daily for six weeks - more negative effects and suspected serotonin syndrome - before tapering over three weeks. Last tablet late May 2014.Waves and windows cycle of recovery with longer windows and manageable waves.May 2015 - already in a mild wave, following a usual pattern, I took clarithromicin and amoxicillin for two weeks for a sinus infection which I also seem to have had quite a reaction to. February 2016 - Feeling much better. I still have waves and windows but they are manageable. I'm largely enjoying life again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted February 16, 2021 Administrator Share Posted February 16, 2021 Thanks so much, Farout. You had a sudden adverse reaction to Pristiq and Ativan taken only three days. Can you describe what happened next and the process of recovery you experienced? This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Congrats for slaying the beast Med History - 2014 - 2020 - Zoloft, Effexor, Klonopin, Lexapro, Buspar (No longer on any of these) Went to my doctor for an annual and mentioned I was stressed, gave me Zoloft, stopped it after 3 months because it didn't do anything, ended up in withdrawal and was told I had a mental illness. I've been diagnosed Bipolar and Clinically Depressed. Current Med Taper Lamotrigine - 25mg (May 21') -> 24mg (May 23') -> 23mg (July 23') -> 22mg (Aug 23') -> 21mg (Oct 23') -> 20mg (Dec 23') Supplement: Magnesium, Fish Oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 @FallenKingdomcheck out a success story from someone who only took a med for a little while Med History - 2014 - 2020 - Zoloft, Effexor, Klonopin, Lexapro, Buspar (No longer on any of these) Went to my doctor for an annual and mentioned I was stressed, gave me Zoloft, stopped it after 3 months because it didn't do anything, ended up in withdrawal and was told I had a mental illness. I've been diagnosed Bipolar and Clinically Depressed. Current Med Taper Lamotrigine - 25mg (May 21') -> 24mg (May 23') -> 23mg (July 23') -> 22mg (Aug 23') -> 21mg (Oct 23') -> 20mg (Dec 23') Supplement: Magnesium, Fish Oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keogh08 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Thanks @Farout I'm 18 months in from severge immediate adverse reaction and still suffering. This gives me so much hope and thank you for your support in the early days. Citalopram 20mg september 23 2019 - 29th September 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Cocopuffz17 Posted February 18, 2021 Mentor Share Posted February 18, 2021 Great to see! Glad you are doing well :)!! I follow The Plant Paradox lifestyle by Dr.Gundry. This lifestyle has given me my life back and I feel better than I have ever felt in my life. It has enabled me to finally get off of this medication and truly live my life. Nutrition is the key to health!!!!! 2008 to 2019 - 20 mg Paroxetine Attempted 2 CT's around the 5-6 year mark. Were absolutely terrible and reinstated. Was never explained by the doctor the seriousness of the short half life of this drug. 2017 - Attempted a tapered discontinuation of this drug and reinstated after being unsuccessful. 2019 - Feb. 12 - After a three month taper I am off of paroxetine. The 3 months were terrible, awful withdrawal feelings. I followed the doctors guidelines for the reduction of this drug and now know it was way too fast. 2019 - Oct. 12 - 8 months off paroxetine. 75% improvement since coming off the drug. Definitely have had tons of challenges along the way. Let’s go!!!! 2021 - Feb. 12 - 24 months off paroxetine. I have minor challenges now. Tinnitus/Headaches are still around but are reduced by a massive amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icip Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Amazing to hear @Farout! Thanks for coming back, and all the best for your life ahead of you:) Early September 2019 - One 25mg dose of Sertraline taken. Early October 2019 - Five 25mg doses (pills) of Sertraline taken for five consecutive days. Withdrawal/reaction happened on the 27th of October (2019) in the evening. Symptoms that have gone: Joint and muscle pain/weakness in my legs, phantom senses, chemical dread, chemical fear, DP/DR has gotten a lot lot better than what it is now, it was one of my worst and all-encompassing symptoms when it started, awful aphasia, parkinsonism, head pressure, pressure in my frontal lobe when trying to think/work out something, inability to plan or execute anything//feelings of being literally scatterbrained, inability to think in my head other than slight acknowledgements - the voice in my head sounded weak and 'small' like it was restrained to a much smaller area of my brain, constant fatigue, emotional numbness, constant eyestrain, and changes in perception of colour/contrast in sight. Main remaining symptoms: Visual Snow/HPPD, derealisation, tinnitus, and brain/cog fog. Drug free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almuPA Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Farout, Thanks for coming back and give us some hope:) March 2019: 10mg Citalopram April 2019: 20mg Citalopram October/November 2019(sorry, I don't remember the exact date): 10mg of Citalopram without tapering, as suggested by my pharmacist. March 2020: Started "tapering", taking the 10mg of Citalopram every other day, again, following the recommendations of my pharmacist. April 2020: Stopped taking Citalopram. I haven't reinstall since then. I've tried taking Magnesium a couple of times, but I found out it makes me nervous. I only take Paracetemol when the headache becomes unbearable (2gr every couple of weeks or so). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxil3days Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 On 3/4/2021 at 12:37 AM, Icip said: Amazing to hear @Farout! Thanks for coming back, and all the best for your life ahead of you:) @Farout glad you are well, @Icip how long did you feel symptoms minimizing I’m in month 4 , I have seen major improvements, but curious when can we all be ourselves again? I join you guys as one of the adverse reaction people on here. 2018 - Zoloft for 5 days then CT due to severe nausea , no severe withdrawals and no adverse reaction. OCT 2020- vitamin D (5000iu) -which I know now is too high dosage and looking back it now I realize it was causing mood issues, which led me to search for ADs. 2021 - Paxil 3 days (Feb 16,17,18)CT due to severe nausea ( side note day of CT I got my second dose of covid 19 vaccine which could have further destabilized my CNS) then 4 weeks later severe adverse reaction that included every single WD symptom on here. 2021- month out ( April 05, 07)not knowing what was going on went to ER twice and was placed on hydroxyzine and Reglan (anti-nausea) ( which I know now affects serotonin levels also) nothing helped. Then went to two different psychiatrists one who referred me to GI for the nausea denying Paxil had anything to do with my symptoms, the second one prescribed me Buspirone Klonopin, and Trazadone ( I refused to take neither , thank God) I had feeling it still was the Paxil. April 30th -CT everything Bc nothing was helping and miraculously found this website SA and saw every symptom I was going through. Currently no drugs, only fish oil in the evenings. !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arielS Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Hi farout.. You give me a hope.. I took AD for 3 days too.. Iam. Now 6 months off but my dp is still worse and brain is very bad... I can felasleep now but have very bad dreams... Would all of that go? 15 June ,buspar 5mg 9pm 16 June, cipralex 10mg , buspar 5mg 17 June, cipralex 10mg, buspar 5mg 18 June, cipralex 10mg, buspar 5mg 19 June zero dose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellbell Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 @Farout im happy to hear your better i was hoping to pm you but I’m not able to i could use some advice 5-28-20 given cymbalta. Had bad reaction. Stopped immediately. 6-20-20 stopped vicodin after 5 years. Suffered akathesia. 7-20-20 to 11-13-20 mirtazapine. On 7.5 tapered for 8 weeks jumped off at 1.5 11/20 to Feb 3. .25 klonopin, tapered 4 weeks. Jumped off at .0935 present - med free. Still suffering from akathesia, insomnia,depression and anxiety melatonin 1mg. Magnesium 400mg daily Vicodin one week. Stopped 12-5-21 temezapam prn sonata sleeping pill. Prn tried kratom for one week 1-15-22 - symptoms - visual issues, dizziness, severe brain fog, suicidal ideations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarShopping87 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 On 2/16/2021 at 7:05 AM, Farout said: Posting this success story is long overdue. I am pleased to say that I am fully recovered. I was mostly recovered at around 18-24 months but still suffered the odd niggling wave. I have been entirely symptom free for over 2 years now. I have so much respect for the people on here, giving support to those who are suffering. Thank you. I don't come on here much but I do check in. I'm open to PMs, especially if I can help anyone suffering during and after a reaction. Are you open to pm’s? Would love to talk with you! Immediate adverse reaction lexapro 5mg 3x 1/27/22, 1/28/22, 1/30/22 Buspirone 7mg 1x 1/27/22 last dose 1/30/2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farout Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 Hi @StarShopping87, I did respond to your earlier message but you had left the conversation and I'm not sure if you saw it. March 2003 took two sartroline tablets after a traumatic incident and had a reaction so stopped. I am not sure now whether what I had for the next 18 months was WD after the reaction or the emotional fallout from the traumatic event. Some of it was very similar to WD in hindsight. February 2014 - Took five pristiq (50mg) tablets and three Ativan and had a severe reaction.Extreme withdrawal symptoms for three weeks compounded by visit to naturopath -One week later took 900mg St John's Wort x 3 daily for six weeks - more negative effects and suspected serotonin syndrome - before tapering over three weeks. Last tablet late May 2014.Waves and windows cycle of recovery with longer windows and manageable waves.May 2015 - already in a mild wave, following a usual pattern, I took clarithromicin and amoxicillin for two weeks for a sinus infection which I also seem to have had quite a reaction to. February 2016 - Feeling much better. I still have waves and windows but they are manageable. I'm largely enjoying life again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarShopping87 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Farout said: Hi @StarShopping87, I did respond to your earlier message but you had left the conversation and I'm not sure if you saw it. Unfortunately I didn’t 😭 I don’t even remember what I wrote in the message Immediate adverse reaction lexapro 5mg 3x 1/27/22, 1/28/22, 1/30/22 Buspirone 7mg 1x 1/27/22 last dose 1/30/2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarShopping87 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Farout said: Hi @StarShopping87, I did respond to your earlier message but you had left the conversation and I'm not sure if you saw it. Your inbox says you can’t receive messages 😔 Immediate adverse reaction lexapro 5mg 3x 1/27/22, 1/28/22, 1/30/22 Buspirone 7mg 1x 1/27/22 last dose 1/30/2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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