Burning sensations from withdrawal -- skin, mouth, head, elsewhere

[Altostrata]

Thanks, RS. It could also be that since you restricted your diet, you're not eating a food to which you have a sensitivity. Or, it could be sugar or carbs or increased folate from increased vegetable intake.

[TryingToHoldOn]

Does anyone else have a burning face?  My seems to extend down from the back of my head over my forehead to my chin.  The burning areas move from my nose to my cheeks and up to my forehead.  Sometimes all those areas are affected along with feeling extreme tightness and numbness.  Does anyone else have this?

Is this a sign of atypical Trigeminal neuralgia?  It is so intense and causes a lot of agitation in the face.  I just want to rip my face off!  Can anyone else relate?

[RachelSusan]

@Altostrata

 

I’ve been taking potassium for 30 days now and wanted to give my thoughts on whether it is helping with the burning skin. The answer is I think it is helping but I don’t know for sure.

 

I have had burning skin for over a year and it had been continuous. For the first part of the year it had gone from severe to moderate.   About a week prior to starting the potassium it had diminished yet again to the point where it was mild, but still continuous.  I started the potassium and it continued to decrease and about a week after starting the potassium it was mild but intermittent, and then the good news, it went to the point where I had nothing at all. No burning skin for a few days.  So the question is was that the potassium or was it just the continuation of the downward curve? I wish I had a definitive answer for this question.

 

I did a taper 22 days after starting the potassium and the burning skin returned however it was not as bad as prior tapers. I have burning skin now but it is mild and intermittent. I am ten days into this present taper so I’ll see what happens in the next week.

 

So to recap, I think it's helping but I don't know for sure. I bought a sixty-day supply of potassium so I will check in again in thirty more days.

[Dabhob33]

Thank you for the update.  Very good to hear you have found relief.  My burning is now mostly in  my feet.   Eating a banana a day.  My main symptoms now are agitation, toxic sleep (wake in panic) and depression.   

 

All the best to you.  

 

Dave

[Dabhob33]

5 minutes ago, RachelSusan said:

@Altostrata

 

I’ve been taking potassium for 30 days now and wanted to give my thoughts on whether it is helping with the burning skin. The answer is I think it is helping but I don’t know for sure.

 

 

I have had burning skin for over a year and it had been continuous. For the first part of the year it had gone from severe to moderate.   About a week prior to starting the potassium it had diminished yet again to the point where it was mild, but still continuous.  I started the potassium and it continued to decrease and about a week after starting the potassium it was mild but intermittent, and then the good news, it went to the point where I had nothing at all. No burning skin for a few days.  So the question is was that the potassium or was it just the continuation of the downward curve? I wish I had a definitive answer for this question.

 

 

I did a taper 22 days after starting the potassium and the burning skin returned however it was not as bad as prior tapers. I have burning skin now but it is mild and intermittent. I am ten days into this present taper so I’ll see what happens in the next week.

 

 

So to recap, I think it's helping but I don't know for sure. I bought a sixty-day supply of potassium so I will check in again in thirty more days.

Thank you for the update.  Very good to hear you have found relief.  My burning is now mostly in  my feet.   Eating a banana a day.  My main symptoms now are agitation, toxic sleep (wake in panic) and depression.   

 

All the best to you.  

 

Dave

[Altostrata]

Very interesting, RachelSusan and Dave. Well, at least the potassium doesn't seem to hurt.

[littleball]

Yeah, burning feet are totally annoying. They burn especially at night, when I put them into bed. I have had these burning sensations for over 9 months with no windows, when they stop, I will be well underway with recovery

[LilyBlueRose]

Hi I am wondering if anyone suffers from flushing/burning /stinging in the face /ears? I've had on and off redness. And burning in my right cheek and ear. Started around a year after WD and I'm three years off

 

[India]

Does anyone get cold burning? I get this feeling I can only describe as cold burning in my limbs and body. If you get it, you’ll know what I mean.

[Lloyd]

55 minutes ago, India said:

Does anyone get cold burning? I get this feeling I can only describe as cold burning in my limbs and body. If you get it, you’ll know what I mean.

 

I had burning skin & i get hot cold flushes in my body. Limbs seem to be most affected. The burning sensation died down after 6 or so months.

[Repent]

On 3/27/2019 at 3:11 AM, India said:

Does anyone get cold burning? I get this feeling I can only describe as cold burning in my limbs and body. If you get it, you’ll know what I mean.

 

Yeah, i do! Cold burning.. And hot burning, it switches but always constant over ALL my upper body. 

[Frankgrimes]

Do any of you have signs of the burning?  Are your hands or feet red?  I have burning from going off Paxil (but then reinstating) and then tapering zoloft (and then reinstating).  Also, have any of you reinstated with reduction in withdrawal symptoms??

[Mirthazard]

Does anyone got horrible feet pain after going off mirtazapine or other AD?  Trying gabapentin but its barelly helping.

 

[Mirthazard]

Its starting to help better after couple of days. Thank you

[MRothbard]

No. I do get restless leg or something like that where I feel like I have to flex my leg muscles

[VincentV]

 

On 5/15/2019 at 4:41 AM, MRothbard said:

On 5/15/2019 at 4:41 AM, MRothbard said:

No. I do get restless leg or something like that where I feel like I have to flex my leg muscles

 

 

Yeah i get that, I call it 'leg tension'. I find it really unpleasant, and often worry (probably unduly) that it'll turn into full blown akathisia. I seem to have some weeks where I get a lot and others where its not really there. How often do you get it? 

 

On 5/10/2019 at 8:14 PM, Mirthazard said:

Does anyone got horrible feet pain after going off mirtazapine or other AD?  Trying gabapentin but its barelly helping.

 

I used to get what i called boiling 'water foot' where it felt like my right foot (always only my right) was being filled up with hot water. Ive not had it for 5 months or so though. 

[MRothbard]

22 hours ago, VincentV said:

Yeah i get that, I call it 'leg tension'. I find it really unpleasant, and often worry (probably unduly) that it'll turn into full blown akathisia. I seem to have some weeks where I get a lot and others where its not really there. How often do you get it? 

 

Not too much lately. about once a week for 10 minutes or so.

[Daisygirlsk]

On 5/10/2019 at 1:14 PM, Mirthazard said:

Does anyone got horrible feet pain after going off mirtazapine or other AD?  Trying gabapentin but its barelly helping.

 

Yes really badly

 

On 5/6/2019 at 11:37 AM, thecowisback said:

what is si?

hang on in there - we will all recover one day, i'm sure xxxx

 

[Mirthazard]

On 5/20/2019 at 9:46 PM, Daisygirlsk said:

Yes really badly

 

 

Daisy you were on mirtazapine?

[Songbird]

@Mirthazard  I've merged your topic into a similar one.  We also have a topic about restless legs: non-drug treatments for restless legs.

[Mirthazard]

Not sure if its restless legs, the pain and pin and needles sensation is in my feet only, altough i have jerks in my whole body, legs to, while asleep.

[armide]

Since gradually tapering amitryptilline I was on it for migraine since January 2019 from 25 mg to 2.5 mg ... a burning sensation over my right forearm  which did not let me sleep that day it was 2 April I said I am gonna stop since I am on 2.5 mg....I had some melatonin so I can be able to sleep ... little I know I opened the door to hell the very next night I reinstated amitryptilline to10 mg then I was fine for a month  but I thought that burning feeling was because of the melatonin and then I after a month I was again at 2.5 mg I cutting the 10 mg pill in 4 small pieces it so I guess it was not really 2.5 mg since some of those were less or more ... since May 15 I was gone into swirl of symptoms from burning feet burning skin burning trunk and back itchy scalp and severe anxiety and incapacitating insomnia  I went though a battery of test from mri ultrasound Nerve conduction test all kind of autoimmune test let alone got problems and fast weightloss... but the problem of burning skin tingling stinging doesn’t seem to go away it lessened ain’t but I comes in waves days worse than others I wonder for how long what’s is the best treatment to alllievatr all this .//:I can not wear shoes anymore thin socks and flip flops.  And  the skin of my palms and soles became thin dry and super red my whole body skin backs flaky itchy tender to touch 

any similar experience 

[direstraits]

On 5/29/2019 at 3:28 AM, armide said:

Since gradually tapering amitryptilline I was on it for migraine since January 2019 from 25 mg to 2.5 mg ... a burning sensation over my right forearm  which did not let me sleep that day it was 2 April I said I am gonna stop since I am on 2.5 mg....I had some melatonin so I can be able to sleep ... little I know I opened the door to hell the very next night I reinstated amitryptilline to10 mg then I was fine for a month  but I thought that burning feeling was because of the melatonin and then I after a month I was again at 2.5 mg I cutting the 10 mg pill in 4 small pieces it so I guess it was not really 2.5 mg since some of those were less or more ... since May 15 I was gone into swirl of symptoms from burning feet burning skin burning trunk and back itchy scalp and severe anxiety and incapacitating insomnia  I went though a battery of test from mri ultrasound Nerve conduction test all kind of autoimmune test let alone got problems and fast weightloss... but the problem of burning skin tingling stinging doesn’t seem to go away it lessened ain’t but I comes in waves days worse than others I wonder for how long what’s is the best treatment to alllievatr all this .//:I can not wear shoes anymore thin socks and flip flops.  And  the skin of my palms and soles became thin dry and super red my whole body skin backs flaky itchy tender to touch 

any similar experience 

Hi armide,

I have many of the same symptoms.

burning hands,feet,back,forearms,lower legs....also tingling and numbness in feet and legs.

also have trouble wearing shoes and socks at times,feet burn so bad.

itchy scalp,too.

 

I've been drug free 5 years.

[armide]

hey there 

may I ask you which medication were? you on 

[direstraits]

3 minutes ago, armide said:

hey there 

may I ask you which medication were? you on 

the last one was paxil

[armide]

Oh yeah I know that one quite well my father was on it for like 4 years it was quite difficult for him to come out  I had to sleep in the same room so I make sure he doesn’t hurt himself during violent nightmares  can’t recall much about the term of his symptoms but I guess it was a very hard medication to come off

my problem is that burning sensation that never ceases it comes in waves my shrink just put me on pristiq and Latuda to allievqte my anxiety and my severe insomnia but I haven’t started yet really scared to death  I am in zoplicone  and Xanax .25 mg whenever I am anxious 

how are you dealing with the burning and tingling stinging sensations if I may ask 

[armide]

On 5/22/2018 at 1:20 AM, TryingToHoldOn said:

Does anyone else have a burning face?  My seems to extend down from the back of my head over my forehead to my chin.  The burning areas move from my nose to my cheeks and up to my forehead.  Sometimes all those areas are affected along with feeling extreme tightness and numbness.  Does anyone else have this?

Is this a sign of atypical Trigeminal neuralgia?  It is so intense and causes a lot of agitation in the face.  I just want to rip my face off!  Can anyone else relate?

Hey there 

I have that too on my face mostly sometimes one cheek is hotter than other ...it circulates to the back of my. neck and my back it is extremely annoying get worse with exertion and anxiety 

[direstraits]

sometimes they're worse than other times...Epsom salts baths are soothing.

just pray it all goes away someday. 🙏

On 5/30/2019 at 2:34 PM, armide said:

how are you dealing with the burning and tingling stinging sensations if I may ask

 

[hussy]

I am in month 27 of withdrawal from 5 month effoxor use. I recently started to expereince extreme burning feet. and lot of fatigue .. I am unable to function as of the last 3 days. Its so horrible . How long will this take to improve

[Frankgrimes]

On 3/3/2016 at 7:46 AM, peggy said:

ha ha Fresh... my dog would NEVER get off my bed then - she would be snuffling at the bags..

 

i am positive now that the burning feet is a withdrawal effect for me and interestingly is one of the only physical one i get regularly - the other being muscle twitching as i am going off to sleep.. i took a 5% reduction the other day and two days later my feet are burning.  

 

@peggy Hi Did that burning eventually go away once you adjusted (in order to taper again)?  I switched name brand to generic lexapro and I got the burning.  I have never “seen it through” as I always end up having to reinstate.  Does it settle down?  Just want some hope.  Thanks!

 

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[armide]

On 5/7/2019 at 11:40 PM, Frankgrimes said:

Do any of you have signs of the burning?  Are your hands or feet red?  I have burning from going off Paxil (but then reinstating) and then tapering zoloft (and then reinstating).  Also, have any of you reinstated with reduction in withdrawal symptoms??

Hi there do you still have red hand and feet I am going through the same it is killing me 

[Erikka]

I need some encouragement I’m about at my ropes end. I just started last Thursday getting the burning feeling on head and now throughout my body. This symptom will be what breaks me for sure. Any advice to relieve symptoms? 

[Andi]

Hello everybody,

 

So a couple of years ago i started Lexapro 20mg. The first 2 years i had no problems at all, then after about 2 years i started to get neck pain, and not just some pain but really intense nerve pain that made it hard to even move my neck. I went to the docter and he kept saying it was just stress and i should not worry so much. After walking around with the neck pain and ruling out everything else i decided to quit the Lexapro because i was suspecting it to be the cause of the problem. I then made a stupid mistake by quitting cold Turkey but atleast one thing was very clear: after 2 days the neck pain was for the most part gone, after a couple of weeks i got hit with the discontinuation syndrome and the neck started to irritate as well but never so bad as on Lexapro. So last year i started Venlafaxine because the docter prescribed it to me after i was doing very bad, (which i now know was because of the withdrawal syndrome) I felt better within 3 days on 37mg, after a week i went op to 75mg and oh my god my neck started to burn like never before!! I was sweating from just trying to move my neck. So i decided to lower the dose to 37mg and once again the neck was feeling better within 2 days. So 6 months ago i quit Venlafaxine after a short taper, the first 6 weeks i was doing oke, then after 6 weeks i got hit once again with the withdrawal syndrome. So after about 6 months i had enough and i reinstated the Venlafaxine at a very small dose 6mg! After about 3 days i got flue like symptoms and my neck started to burn again!! The flu was gone after one night but the neck pain stayed, since the neck pain was to much i decided to quit but now after about 3 days the neck pain is still here, im starting to get really frustrated because i cant live with this. Normally the problem Always went away after lowering or quitting the drug however now its still here. I like to make clear that i have no other issues, i was actually starting to feel better on 6mg but decided to stop because of the neck pain. Now the question i like to ask: Is there really no one that has any idea what could have caused this problem? Its not a withdrawal issue since the medication started it in the first place. Could it be serotonin syndrome? Or could there be an underlaying issue? My blood tests where Always fine. It scares me that it doesnt go away now because this is seriously making me think about ending it all. I cant believe that in this day and age no one has any idea what could have caused this. Obviously i will make an appointment with my doctor and i want to be checked by a neurologist.

[armide]

On 8/7/2019 at 7:59 PM, Erikka said:

I need some encouragement I’m about at my ropes end. I just started last Thursday getting the burning feeling on head and now throughout my body. This symptom will be what breaks me for sure. Any advice to relieve symptoms? 

When did you stop your ssri 

i got this burning which has been constant since May 2019 without interruption nothing relieves it except for which knocks me out then when I wake up the burning will be less until I start My day when I eat it gets worse specially carbohydrates or sugar or meat I lost 10 kGs in these 5 months i went though many test and health anxiety because of it still enduring 

I thnkk you to watch your diet and stress 

cool water bath are good for like an hour and then the burning wakes up again 

[Erikka]

Thanks armide! I have been off my SSRI for almost 11 months- I did do a 1x dose in May of 2019 and burning started at beginning of August and comes and goes. It’s no fun! 

[OzAnnie]

On 5/18/2014 at 7:42 AM, Finn said:

Has anyone had a burning sensation in the face--like being flushed. It's hot to the touch too. What could this be?

Hi Finn- Yes! For the last week or so I have what feels like a flush of heat in my face. It lasts for less than a minute and it's not unpleasant, just really weird. Tends to wake me up a couple of times each night. I thought I might be going through "the Change" but it coincides with the beginning of tapering off effexor, which I started a month ago. Pleased to hear someone else is experiencing this.