ilym: I started having chest heaviness at night when asleep and I keep worrying like hell

[ilym]

I know I should stabilize some 2 months?

[DataGuy]

Yes, I think you should just be patient for now, @ilym. Are you still taking 7.5mg? You may want to stop drinking coffee. That may help a bit. 

[ilym]

Hello, Yes I am at 7.5mg, and I am planning to reduce coffee from tomorrow on.
Thank you for the response. really!

[ilym]

Hello, I wonder if going to keto diet would help my psychosis and benzo withdrawal once I start tapering?

Would it be bad cause I m taking olanzapine? I will try Mediterranean keto diet...

Thanks a lot

[ChessieCat]

When we take a psychiatric drug the brain adapts to getting the drug.  When the drug is taken away too quickly we can experience withdrawal symptoms because the brain is trying to regain homeostasis, or balance things out.  That is why slow tapering is recommended.  Reducing by a small amount and then holding on that dose allows the brain to adapt to not getting as much of the drug and usually withdrawal symptoms are only mild or sometimes none at all.

 

Even though a keto diet might be good for you for other reasons, it is not going to stop withdrawal symptoms.

 

If trying anything new it is a good idea to do a gradual transition.  And you only make one change at a time.

 

As an example, I recently changed to a low carb diet (diagnosed with diabetes and high cholesterol) but I didn't start doing it all in one go.  First I stopped eating sugar, sweets and biscuits and then I stopped eating processed food and so on.  Also, even though I was due to end my taper, I decided that it was better to stay on the same dose until I had transitioned to my new way of eating.  That was if I wasn't feel very well I knew it was because of the diet and not because I had taken my lost dose of antidepressant.

[ilym]

Thank you  @ChessieCat, is keto good for heart, cholesterol? even trying a healthy one (Extra vergin olive oil...ect)?

[ChessieCat]

11 hours ago, ilym said:

is keto good for heart, cholesterol? even trying a healthy one (Extra vergin olive oil...ect)?

 

Some say that using animal fats is better than using seed oils for cooking.

 

I had my blood tests done mid October, changed my diet, and will get more blood tests done mid January.  That's when I will find out if the low carb, higher fat (I don't like too much fat) is helping with my high blood glucose levels and my high cholesterol.

 

I have been primarily researching reversing Type 2 diabetes caused insulin resistance, but from what I am learning it would seem that cutting out the carbs might improve the cholesterol as well.  There are different "parts" to cholesterol.  Triglycerides, HDL (high density lipoproteins), LDL (low density lipoproteins, and there are 2 types of LDLs, large/light & fluffy, which I've heard are good, and small/dense , which I have heard are bad) and I've heard them mention VLDL (very low density lipoproteins) but I don't really understand what they are.

 

Before you change your diet please do your own research.  What is (hopefully) working for me, might not necessarily work for you.  Do a search on YouTube for Dr Sten Ekberg high cholesterol

[ilym]

Hello, It's been a while since I posted 😁, I've read some papers on dopamine supersensitivity psychosis, honestly I think I have it and wonder how can I manage/treat it without adding more drugs or increasing previous ones? Thank you

[ilym]

I am having mild fever and chills afternoon for 3 weeks, initial blood work is okay, I heard I can have WD after even short term use of prozac? I am panicking about what to do

[FireflyFyte]

21 hours ago, ilym said:

I am having mild fever and chills afternoon for 3 weeks, initial blood work is okay, I heard I can have WD after even short term use of prozac? I am panicking about what to do

 

Hi ilym,

 

I moved your post here as we ask that you keep all of your questions in your one introductory post. 

 

Aside from the Prozac have you made any other medication changes recently? 

 

Thanks,

 

Firefly

[ilym]

No major changes for the moment, only took prozac for one week 20mg then stopped

[FireflyFyte]

27 minutes ago, ilym said:

No major changes for the moment, only took prozac for one week 20mg then stopped

 

Have you been tested for COVID or other illnesses such as the flu?

[ilym]

@FireflyFyte I took blood tests and doc said it's okay, he said might be from air conditioner .

but what i have read it's common flu like symptoms for prozac