mustBEstrong: End with antidepressants after 10 years

[mustBEstrong]

Hello warriors

I am from Czech republic, so i am sorry for my English.

And this is my story - I took the antidepressants for 10 year from 14 years.My diagnosis was Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia,Panic Disorder everything tied to family terms. And now I am 3 months without them and it is very hard to me...but I am fighting and I don 't want give up. But every day is situation worst. It is possible that the side effects of discontinue medicaments show until now?? I ' m in intolerable condition. My best friend is bed now. It is terrible. Flushes of anxiety,irritation, hammering, inability do anything. I have fear that be worst...and i dissapoint myself I wish I had the certainty that eveything be ok when I endure this.

How can I help?? Have you got any experience with DLPA?? Or anything else natural antidepressants??

Thank you for you're all opinions.

[Petunia]

Welcome to SA mustBEstrong,

I moved your post from the symptoms section to here.  You can use this thread as your ongoing journal to track progress and communicate with the community, add to it whenever you want.

 

I can understand your English just fine

 

I'm sorry that you are not feeling well since stopping your antidepressants, it sounds like you may be having withdrawal symptoms.  Its possible for withdrawal to last for months after stopping these drugs too fast. Many of us are here for this reason. How did you stop taking your medication, did you taper or just stop suddenly?

 

We suggest reducing by no more than 10% of the current dose every 4 weeks, this reduces the risk of withdrawal symptoms arising.  Please read through this which will explain why:

  

Why taper by 10% of my dosage?  (The general philosophy of gradual tapering)

 

What drug were you taking and what dose?

 

What symptoms are you having now?

 

Please put your drug and withdrawal history in your signature.  Putting a short version of your drug and tapering history in your signature helps people understand your context, it appears below each of your posts.  Here are instructions for how to do it:

 

http://survivinganti...your-signature/

 

Reinstatement of a small amount of the drug can often work well to alleviate withdrawal symptoms.  According to medical knowledge, reinstatement is the only way to alleviate withdrawal symptoms.  Reinstatement is best done immediately upon appearance of withdrawal symptoms. The more time that passes, the less likely it is to work.  Here is some information about reinstatement for you to read through:

 

http://survivinganti...rawal-symptoms/    Once we have some more information about your history, then we can help you decide if its something you would like to try.

 

I don't know what DLPA is and we find that adding other drugs, most supplements and even natural anti-depressants like St Johns Wort often makes the symptoms worse.  But many people find  fish oil and magnesium helpful, see King of Supplements: Omega 3 Fatty Acids (Fish Oil) and Magnesium, Nature's Calcium Channel Blocker

 

Once you get back to us with more details about your drug history and situation, we will be in a better position to offer suggestions.  You will recover, it may take some time and we are here to support you.

 

Petu.

[Brain]

What's DLPA?