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Hi I've had an inflamed pain radiating from my pelvis e area I would like to know if any other men have experienced this in with drawel I had my prostate checked and it came back O k it's painful it's not there all the time and if uI knew it was withdrawel symptoms I couldu grin and bare it like every thing else I am 9 months of ads cold turkey and I have just had a month on antibiotics and it was terrible. In view of what I've been reading I'm hoping to get some feed back thank you all in antisepation God bless

I was originally on 350 mils doxepin started in1975 through the years I tapered down to 100 mils

I stayed on this dose for many years

I have now been off for 7 months ago

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After 10 months of severe wd from lex i have recovered last september. Well in december i had a bad chast infection, i could not stop caughing , fever, very very tired - so took the antibotic azytromycine for 3 days. Well in less then 2 weeks from starting the ab i started being much more sensitive to stress, not being able to deal with things, taking a looong time to calm down after something triggers me. Its been 2 months and a galf since and i clearly see the difference nefore and after antibiotics. I had another very nasty cold in january, but i was able to avoid the ab this time. I took some days off work and asked for help with my child so that i recover from the jolly thing.

Lexapro for 6 years.

Stopped September 2013.

details:

10 mg - jan 2007- sep 2009. 2 month taper = CT aug.-sep.2009. HUGE crush nov. 2009.

5 mg dec 2009. 10 mg 2010

My first real taper from 10 mh to 3 mg - all 2011. november 2011 - crush. back to 10 mg till may 2012.

My second taper taper from 10 to 0 mg jun 2012 - sep 2013.

nov 2013 - crush. I think my crush is because i have jumped from 1 mg lex to 0 in sep 2013.

Lex is a very powerful drug. NEVER jump from 1 mg to 0. TAPER IT IN TENTHS OF MG, PLEASE.

I had 10 months of SEVERE withdrawal. moderate to mild now. better ! Not taking any drugs now.

 

 

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Oh my god I wish I would have read this earlier. I have been suffering with dark depression and anxiety after cold turkeying off prozac 5 months ago. I felt a UTI coming on for the last few days and yesterday morning it was horrible so went to doc and got prescribed cipro. Took 2 pills morning and night as prescribed. Today I have been mangled. If the worst of my depression was a 6 before, it was the scariest suicidial 10 out of 10 for about 2 hours today. Now it's down to a 7 but I'm shaking like a leaf after everything I read. I can't go back to that place again, I am NOT strong enough, i will have to commit myself. Please someone tell me that im through the worst of it and I havent caused permanent damage from taking it yesterday.

Diagnosed: Pure O Ocd, Severe Anxiety Disorder NOS, PMDD

 

November 2009 - May 2013- CIPRALEX 20mg

C/T off 20mg Cipralex

Went into dark depression (never experienced before med)

September 2013 - March 2014- PROZAC 20mg

Weaned down to 10mg and held

October 1st 2014 C/T off 10mg Prozac

Protracted withdrawal - 8 months of the most horrific suffering imaginable

June 1st 2015 - ZOLOFT 25mg

June 26th 2015 - Dose increase to 50mg of Zoloft (taken at night after dinner). Slowly improving but still have severe OCD/ruminating, intense DP/DR, and brain fog. Just trying to stabilize at this point.

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Oh my god I wish I would have read this earlier. I have been suffering with dark depression and anxiety after cold turkeying off prozac 5 months ago. I felt a UTI coming on for the last few days and yesterday morning it was horrible so went to doc and got prescribed cipro. Took 2 pills morning and night as prescribed. Today I have been mangled. If the worst of my depression was a 6 before, it was the scariest suicidial 10 out of 10 for about 2 hours today. Now it's down to a 7 but I'm shaking like a leaf after everything I read. I can't go back to that place again, I am NOT strong enough, i will have to commit myself. Please someone tell me that im through the worst of it and I havent caused permanent damage from taking it yesterday.

justwanttobefree,

 

You will get through this and be strong.  Keep telling yourself this is the drug.

 

By the way, after taking a very small dose of a beta blocker, I took melatonin to get back to sleep last week.   Don't know which one was the culprit or whether both were but I also ended up with horrific depression.  I made it and so can you.

Drug cocktail 1995 - 2010
Started taper of Adderall, Wellbutrin XL, Remeron, and Doxepin in 2006
Finished taper on June 10, 2010

Temazepam on a PRN basis approximately twice a month - 2014 to 2016

Beginning in 2017 - Consumption increased to about two times per week

April 2017 - Increased to taking it full time for insomnia

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Hello fellow SA folks today I came to take not to give. 

I spent the night in emerg with a swollen under ear/face/ bit in the neck.. area.  I was told it was an infected lymph node and given Cephalexin 500 mg every 4 hours.  Trying to do my due diligence even tho I don't feel up to it ... I looked this one up and found this.

 

"cephalexin 500 mg dosages tev ... 8 mgphenylalanine; each 250 mg cephalexin tablet for oral suspension contains 5" 

 

 

What creeps me out is Effexor I think is this "phenylalanine"  I think I read that before... not sure. 

"Phenylalanine is used for depression, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),Parkinson's diseasechronic painosteoarthritisrheumatoid arthritisalcohol withdrawal symptoms, and a skin disease called vitiligo.


Some people apply it directly to the skin for vitiligo.
 

How does it work?

The body uses phenylalanine to make chemical messengers, but it is not clear how phenylalanine might work."

 

I am not in a lab rat mood tired fed up but I need some help in trying to figure this out.. the pill I have is oblong orange kind of and made by Teva... 

 

I took one... if some one who feels well enough today could figure out if this is an issue please let me know.  I need to take something and have got to lay down and sleep awhile as I am now in zombie mode. 

Thanks and peace all...

 

( I hope I did not screw this all up but I may have if I did I am sorry) 

B

WARNING THIS WILL BE LONG
Had a car accident in 85
Codeine was the pain med when I was release from hosp continuous use till 89
Given PROZAC by a specialist to help with nerve pain in my leg 89-90 not sure which year
Was not told a thing about it being a psych med thought it was a pain killer no info about psych side effects I went nuts had hallucinations. As I had a head injury and was diagnosed with a concussion in 85 I was sent to a head injury clinic in 1990 five years after the accident. I don't think they knew I had been on prozac I did not think it a big deal and never did finish the bottle of pills. I had tests of course lots of them. Was put into a pain clinic and given amitriptyline which stopped the withdrawal but had many side effects. But I could sleep something I had not done in a very long time the pain lessened. My mother got cancer in 94 they switched my meds to Zoloft to help deal with this pressure as I was her main care giver she died in 96. I stopped zoloft in 96 had withdrawal was put on paxil went nutty quit it ct put on resperidol quit it ct had withdrawal was put on Effexor... 2years later celexa was added 20mg then increased to 40mg huge personality change went wild. Did too fast taper off Celexa 05 as I felt unwell for a long time prior... quit Effexor 150mg ct 07 found ****** 8 months into withdrawal learned some things was banned from there in 08 have kept learning since. there is really not enough room here to put my history but I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things especially any of the drugs mentioned above.
One thing I would like to add here is this tidbit ALL OPIATES INCREASE SEROTONIN it is not a huge jump to being in chronic pain to being put on an ssri/snri and opiates will affect your antidepressants and your thinking.

As I do not update much I will put my quit date Nov. 17 2007 I quit Effexor cold turkey. 

http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1096-introducing-myself-btdt/

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BTDT, in Canada, is there a local pharmacist you could call to ask?   Sorry, I am not much help.

Drug cocktail 1995 - 2010
Started taper of Adderall, Wellbutrin XL, Remeron, and Doxepin in 2006
Finished taper on June 10, 2010

Temazepam on a PRN basis approximately twice a month - 2014 to 2016

Beginning in 2017 - Consumption increased to about two times per week

April 2017 - Increased to taking it full time for insomnia

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I just wanted to add an update. I recently had to take a full regimen of Amoxicillin (1500 mg a day) for a toothache and tolerated it well. Towards the end I did feel a bit off and weird but nothing too terrible.

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Hello fellow SA folks today I came to take not to give. 

I spent the night in emerg with a swollen under ear/face/ bit in the neck.. area.  I was told it was an infected lymph node and given Cephalexin 500 mg every 4 hours.  Trying to do my due diligence even tho I don't feel up to it ... I looked this one up and found this.

 

"cephalexin 500 mg dosages tev ... 8 mgphenylalanine; each 250 mg cephalexin tablet for oral suspension contains 5" 

 

 

What creeps me out is Effexor I think is this "phenylalanine"  I think I read that before... not sure. 

"Phenylalanine is used for depression, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),Parkinson's diseasechronic painosteoarthritisrheumatoid arthritisalcohol withdrawal symptoms, and a skin disease called vitiligo.

Some people apply it directly to the skin for vitiligo.

 

How does it work?

The body uses phenylalanine to make chemical messengers, but it is not clear how phenylalanine might work."

 

I am not in a lab rat mood tired fed up but I need some help in trying to figure this out.. the pill I have is oblong orange kind of and made by Teva... 

 

I took one... if some one who feels well enough today could figure out if this is an issue please let me know.  I need to take something and have got to lay down and sleep awhile as I am now in zombie mode. 

Thanks and peace all...

 

( I hope I did not screw this all up but I may have if I did I am sorry) 

B

Effexor is Venlafaxine. Phenylalanine is an amino acid.

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I had replies in my thread that were helpful I got to the end of them but not sure it worked completely. 

 

I will add I have had so much trouble with tooth pain and body pain .. if you have followed me you know I tried bio gaia well I have put a drop of it on a sore tooth and it stopped aching... why who knows... I have also found it stops body pain... is it all in my head I can't be sure can I but so far my impression is that it does these things... 

 

When I started it I was in agony from my side having trouble breathing and walking due to leg thigh pain... it helped... long drawn out story about it on my thread... is it safe who knows... is anything...

 

I went on a couple days stopped used it here and there to treat specific things... 

hand and foot pain ... used it one night at 4 drops in the morning the pain was gone.... 

 

I don't know I could be mad... it is all very confusing like everything else in withdrawal.  Just saying what I am doing. is all

WARNING THIS WILL BE LONG
Had a car accident in 85
Codeine was the pain med when I was release from hosp continuous use till 89
Given PROZAC by a specialist to help with nerve pain in my leg 89-90 not sure which year
Was not told a thing about it being a psych med thought it was a pain killer no info about psych side effects I went nuts had hallucinations. As I had a head injury and was diagnosed with a concussion in 85 I was sent to a head injury clinic in 1990 five years after the accident. I don't think they knew I had been on prozac I did not think it a big deal and never did finish the bottle of pills. I had tests of course lots of them. Was put into a pain clinic and given amitriptyline which stopped the withdrawal but had many side effects. But I could sleep something I had not done in a very long time the pain lessened. My mother got cancer in 94 they switched my meds to Zoloft to help deal with this pressure as I was her main care giver she died in 96. I stopped zoloft in 96 had withdrawal was put on paxil went nutty quit it ct put on resperidol quit it ct had withdrawal was put on Effexor... 2years later celexa was added 20mg then increased to 40mg huge personality change went wild. Did too fast taper off Celexa 05 as I felt unwell for a long time prior... quit Effexor 150mg ct 07 found ****** 8 months into withdrawal learned some things was banned from there in 08 have kept learning since. there is really not enough room here to put my history but I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things especially any of the drugs mentioned above.
One thing I would like to add here is this tidbit ALL OPIATES INCREASE SEROTONIN it is not a huge jump to being in chronic pain to being put on an ssri/snri and opiates will affect your antidepressants and your thinking.

As I do not update much I will put my quit date Nov. 17 2007 I quit Effexor cold turkey. 

http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1096-introducing-myself-btdt/

There is a crack in everything ..That's how the light gets in :)

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Yep, Cipro messed me up!!!!!!  :(

Lexparo 10mg user for 2.5 years. Last dose was 2/27/2008 after a fast 1 month taper. Recovered around 2011. Had issues with depression, anxiety, akathasia, inner restlessness, vertigo, insomnia, loss of appetite, eye floaters just to name a few. Basically rode it out, employing the Dr. Claire Weekes method.

 

Took Cipro in July of 2014 and have been having set backs with nausea, vertigo, anxiety (racing thoughts), and depression the last half of 2014.

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As you know Aero, me too! It is what started me on this Paxil journey twice. And I finally knew what happened to me after that second floxing by levaquin. I'm not sure if I would even want it for a life saving condition and that is the truth. I cant believe how bad they made me feel physically and mentally.

Paxil start September 2003 due to Fluoroquinolone adverse reaction that I wish doc. knew what it was. 10mg. most of the time with a few short runs of 20mg. FAST tapered 3 times and finally hit poop out or a reaction to nsaid's in Nov.2013. Started a 10% taper Jan. 2014 and have been ok until Sept 14 and went through a short hell. Now plodding through and looking for the light with unrelenting insomnia and pain, fog, loss of interests....<p>12/20/14 - .8mg.

1/01/15 - .75 mg.

1/15/15 - .42 mg. better sleep now, hope it continues...

2/11-15 - .25 mg. doing really good!! 2 weeks feel 85% of old me!

3/17/15 .14 mg. Knee pain bad!

4/07/15 .05 mg. this is so small now that I am estimating and just licking it off palm small as a "." 

4/13/15 NOTHING !!!! Took my last little micro dose on 4/12/15. 

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As you know Aero, me too! It is what started me on this Paxil journey twice. And I finally knew what happened to me after that second floxing by levaquin. I'm not sure if I would even want it for a life saving condition and that is the truth. I cant believe how bad they made me feel physically and mentally.

Yep!  Who would have known?  I trusted my doctor.

Lexparo 10mg user for 2.5 years. Last dose was 2/27/2008 after a fast 1 month taper. Recovered around 2011. Had issues with depression, anxiety, akathasia, inner restlessness, vertigo, insomnia, loss of appetite, eye floaters just to name a few. Basically rode it out, employing the Dr. Claire Weekes method.

 

Took Cipro in July of 2014 and have been having set backs with nausea, vertigo, anxiety (racing thoughts), and depression the last half of 2014.

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Hey Aero, I have meant to tell you that you need to avoid any beef or especially chicken that is not organic during this recovery or for a while after. Chicken and livestock are fed fluoroquinolone antibiotics and it is then ingested by humans through their meat. Stay away!! Hope you are doing good.

Paxil start September 2003 due to Fluoroquinolone adverse reaction that I wish doc. knew what it was. 10mg. most of the time with a few short runs of 20mg. FAST tapered 3 times and finally hit poop out or a reaction to nsaid's in Nov.2013. Started a 10% taper Jan. 2014 and have been ok until Sept 14 and went through a short hell. Now plodding through and looking for the light with unrelenting insomnia and pain, fog, loss of interests....<p>12/20/14 - .8mg.

1/01/15 - .75 mg.

1/15/15 - .42 mg. better sleep now, hope it continues...

2/11-15 - .25 mg. doing really good!! 2 weeks feel 85% of old me!

3/17/15 .14 mg. Knee pain bad!

4/07/15 .05 mg. this is so small now that I am estimating and just licking it off palm small as a "." 

4/13/15 NOTHING !!!! Took my last little micro dose on 4/12/15. 

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Hello guys am I ok to take Flucloxacillin antibiotic for a ear infection?

 

I read somewhere that some antibiotics can make wd worse?

1999: amitriptyline
2002: fluoxetine
2003: venlafaxine
2007: Paxil 20mg
2012: Paxil 30mg
2014 june: Paxil stopped working and was put on citalopram 20mg
2014 august: docs put me on Paxil 20mg still feeling bad and had to stop antihistamines for hives
2015 January: doctors put me on sertriline 50mg
2015 February March: doctors wanted me to go back on Paxil 20mg
2015 April 1st: I wanted off and dropped to 10mg
9/5/15  Feeling worse for ware!  struggling but i WILL get through this

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Some people have adverse reactions to antibiotics , yes.

I did once and spent 3 days with vomiting , diarrhea and ferocious stomach pain.

 

I put Paxil and  Flucloxacillin (penicillin) into the Interaction Checker at www.drugs.com , but nothing came up.

 

After my experience I'd try a partial dose as your first to see how you react.

 

There is thread in this section called "Taking Antibiotics" , where the poster had the same concerns as you and

had no bad reaction to penicillin.  Try putting the title into search so you can read the whole thread.

 

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1987-1997 pertofran , prothiaden , Prozac 1997-2002 Zoloft 2002-2004 effexor 2004-2010 Lexapro 40mg

2010-2012Cymbalta 120mg

Sept. 2012 -decreased 90mg in 6months. Care taken over by Dr Lucire in March 2013 , decreased last 30mg at 2mg per week over 3 months. July 21 , 2013- last dose of Cymbalta

Protracted withdrawal syndrome kicked in badly Jan.2014 Unrelenting akathisia until May 2014. Voluntary hosp. admission. Cocktail of Seroquel, Ativan and mirtazapine and I was well enough to go home after 14 days. Stopped all hosp. meds in next few months.

July 2014 felt v.depressed - couldn't stop crying. Started pristiq 50mg. Felt improvement within days and continued to improve, so stayed on 50mg for 8 months.

Began taper 28 Feb. 2015. Pristiq 50mg down to 45mg. Had one month of w/d symptoms. Started CES therapy in March. No w/d symptoms down to 30mg.

October 2015 , taking 25mg Pristiq. Capsules compounded with slow-release additive.

March 2016 , 21mg

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I'm writing this topic to see whether or not this community would be able to help guide me in the right direction in regards to which antibiotics I could take in the case of a severe bacterial infection.  I have hypersensitivity to many substances, and I'm paranoid about the fact that antibiotics are well known for producing many neurological side effects, some of which can be long lasting and debilitating. 

 

So, 1)  Which antibiotics can I take?  What has worked for you (if you have severe hypersensitivity).

 

2)  If I need surgery, can I ever take an anesthetic without destroying my central nervous system and being unable to feel anything for the next year?  I seriously feel as if I could never ever take general anesthetics, especially considering that I can barely handle lighter substances, like pain killers and marijuana.

 

 

Any advice will be taken with a grain of salt, but I guess it would be nice to know what people here think and their experiences.

 

Note, please only answer if you've had severe hypersensitivity and had to take antibiotics or had to have surgery.

 

Thanks!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Looks like you found page 2 of our Taking antibiotics topic oskcajga :)

 

You may find an answer to part 2 of your question here:

 

Surgery during Withdrawal

I'm not a doctor.  My comments are not medical advise. These are my opinions based on my own experience and what I've learned. Please discuss your situation with a medical practitioner who has knowledge of tapering and withdrawal...if you are lucky enough to find one.

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Full Drug and Withdrawal History

Brief Summary

Several SSRIs for 13 years starting 1997 (for mild to moderate partly situational anxiety) Xanax PRN ~ Various other drugs over the years for side effects

2 month 'taper' off Lexapro 2010

Short acute withdrawal, followed by 2 -3 months of improvement then delayed protracted withdrawal

DX ADHD followed by several years of stimulants and other drugs trying to manage increasing symptoms

Failed reinstatement of Lexapro and trial of Prozac (became suicidal)

May 2013 Found SA, learned about withdrawal, stopped taking drugs...healing begins.

Protracted withdrawal, with a very sensitized nervous system, slowly recovering as time passes

Supplements which have helped: Vitamin C, Magnesium, Taurine

Bad reactions: Many supplements but mostly fish oil and Vitamin D

June 2016 - Started daily juicing, mostly vegetables and lots of greens.

Aug 2016 - Oct 2016 Best window ever, felt almost completely recovered

Oct 2016 -Symptoms returned - bad days and less bad days.

April 2018 - No windows, but significant improvement, it feels like permanent full recovery is close.

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Hello guys am I ok to take Flucloxacillin antibiotic for a ear infection?

 

I read somewhere that some antibiotics can make wd worse?

 

 

I have no idea.  Anyone here know?

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Try reading this thread from the beginning , and you'll get a good idea of lots of peoples' experiences.

1987-1997 pertofran , prothiaden , Prozac 1997-2002 Zoloft 2002-2004 effexor 2004-2010 Lexapro 40mg

2010-2012Cymbalta 120mg

Sept. 2012 -decreased 90mg in 6months. Care taken over by Dr Lucire in March 2013 , decreased last 30mg at 2mg per week over 3 months. July 21 , 2013- last dose of Cymbalta

Protracted withdrawal syndrome kicked in badly Jan.2014 Unrelenting akathisia until May 2014. Voluntary hosp. admission. Cocktail of Seroquel, Ativan and mirtazapine and I was well enough to go home after 14 days. Stopped all hosp. meds in next few months.

July 2014 felt v.depressed - couldn't stop crying. Started pristiq 50mg. Felt improvement within days and continued to improve, so stayed on 50mg for 8 months.

Began taper 28 Feb. 2015. Pristiq 50mg down to 45mg. Had one month of w/d symptoms. Started CES therapy in March. No w/d symptoms down to 30mg.

October 2015 , taking 25mg Pristiq. Capsules compounded with slow-release additive.

March 2016 , 21mg

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I was just wondering if anyone has had bad reactions to antibiotics (particularly amoxicillin) after having problems with SSRI's. I have had some type of ear infection/throat infection for about 5 weeks and for some reason it won't go away. I have antibiotics from the doctor but am afraid to take them. I think this may be irrational but I thought I would ask here anyway. I have had so many bad reactions to things which never bothered me before. I can't even take a whole aspirin...ugh.

 

I took amoxicillin after about a year that I stopped SSRIs because I had a skin irritation and my dermatologist thought that it was bacterial. I didn't notice any strange effect.

 

During SSRI withdrawal you have a CYP2D6 enzyme deficit. This enzyme is responsible for metabolizing some drugs. If you're low on this enzyme they may have a toxic effect on you.

As far as I know amoxicillin is not in the list of CYP2D6 inhibitors. 

On Cypralex from June 2012 to October 2012, then I quit almost cold turkey.

First symptoms: dizziness, brain zaps, sever mental confusion. After almost a year my condition was acceptable but I still had symptoms.

Having mild symptoms until now (intermittent confusion and sleep disorders).

 

My favorite citation: «There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy» ~ Friedrich Nietzsche 

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I have a question about antibiotics. I went swimming on Sunday at a waterpark and a day later my ear starting hurting. I've come to the conclusion that I have an ear infection. So my question is can I take any antibiotics? Even if they are the antibiotic ear drops. I don't want to do anything to upset my nervous system. I've heard about cipro before.

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Alto can you offer any advice?

Ritalin (forgot the dosages), 95'-00'
Adderall 10mg for ADD, 00'- Jan 10'
Lexapro 10mg, August 10' - March 14'
Lexapro 15mg, March 14' - Sept 14'
Prozac 10mg, Sept 14' - October, 24th 14'
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I would stay away from Cipro. So many, including myself have had bad reactions.

 

There are some safer ones out there, if there really is such a thing as safe.

 

This article may help you with your decision.

 

http://floxiehope.com/2014/08/08/antibiotics-after-fluoroquinolone-toxicity/

Prozac 1999-2009 quit semi cold turkey.

 

2012 Placed on Seroquel 25 mg, Tranxene (Clorezepate) 3.75 mg 3x a day, Remeron 30 mg for anxiety/akathesia.

 

Weaned off Seroquel and Tranxene .to Remeron 15 Mg.

In May 2014 tried quitting Remeron at its lowest dose. Had severe withdrawals.Reinstated Remeron at 30 mg by doctor. August 5 2014 entered hospital. Doctor pulled the Remeron and bridged it to Pamelor (Nortriptyline) 40mg and Zyprexa 2.5mg.After removing the Remeron all my bad symptoms went away and I am stable.

 

9/11/14 - 7.5 mg tranxene, 40mg Pamelor, Zyprexa 2.5mg

12/29/14 -  20mg Pamelor, 1/6/15,  7/31/15 3.5mg, 8/10/15 3.2 mg, 9/15/15 2.2mg, 10/15/15 1.8mg

(Feb 2016 - 1.4mg Pamelor only -  OFF OF TRANXENE AND ZYPREXA SINCE DEC 2014 BENZO FREE Since 2014. Nortrityline (Pamelor) .8mg Aug 2016

March 2017 DRUG FREE

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Definitely no Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox or Floxin (Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics). Do not let doctors tell you that ear drops and eye drops do not get into your system. My husband was "floxed" as badly with eye drops during cataract surgery as our daughter was floxed with oral Cipro. Also, the most common ear drop is Ciprodex (the "dex" is a steroid), and Fluoroquinolones are never to be given with steroids. Even the patient info sheet acknowledges that!

Zoloft 100 mg. daily for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome since Oct. 1994 / Synthroid 88 mcg. daily / Supplements: Neptune Krill Oil-1,000 mg. twice daily/Astaxanthin 10 mg. twice daily/Ubiquinol 100 mg. twice daily (These 3 have allowed me to discontinue (approved by doctor) bp meds I was on. Calcium Citrate 500 mg. daily/Vitamin D3 2,400 iu daily/K2 (MK7) 100 mcg daily (osteopenia and fam. hist. of severe osteoporosis). Stress B Complex (1/2 dose)/Quercetin (for allergies/asthma)/Magnesium (400 mg. oral glycinate and about 50 mg. magnesium chloride spray oil a day, divided throughout day).

Tapered Zoloft about 6 wks. Totally off since the end of July (25-29, 2014). 3 wks. vertigo at end of taper, then 3-4 wks. OK, followed by withdrawal symptoms increasing in severity (nausea, gastric disturbances, loss of appetite, insomnia, restlessness, jitters, anxiety, agitation--jumping out of my skin--possible akathisia?) Seem to have paradoxical reactions to everything new, even Vitamin C. Severity of akathisia comes and goes, but is constant to some degree. Hard to leave house, and cannot be home alone. (Retired)

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Merged related topics. Please use search in the Symptoms forum before opening a new topic.

 

Antibiotic ear drops are probably safer than taking tablets.

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I've been doing pretty well since I dropped from 30mg 10mg 4 months ago! I'm just suffering with ibs and aches and pains but nothing to bad :)

 

But I just wanted to ask are metronidazole antibiotics bad while in wd?

 

Sorry the search didn't bring anything up

1999: amitriptyline
2002: fluoxetine
2003: venlafaxine
2007: Paxil 20mg
2012: Paxil 30mg
2014 june: Paxil stopped working and was put on citalopram 20mg
2014 august: docs put me on Paxil 20mg still feeling bad and had to stop antihistamines for hives
2015 January: doctors put me on sertriline 50mg
2015 February March: doctors wanted me to go back on Paxil 20mg
2015 April 1st: I wanted off and dropped to 10mg
9/5/15  Feeling worse for ware!  struggling but i WILL get through this

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Here is our antibiotics topic:  Antibiotics - Surviving Antidepressants  *topics merged

 

I think Flagyl (metronidazole) is one of the safer antibiotics, but I'm not sure, so have a look through the topic. 

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I'm not a doctor.  My comments are not medical advise. These are my opinions based on my own experience and what I've learned. Please discuss your situation with a medical practitioner who has knowledge of tapering and withdrawal...if you are lucky enough to find one.

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Several SSRIs for 13 years starting 1997 (for mild to moderate partly situational anxiety) Xanax PRN ~ Various other drugs over the years for side effects

2 month 'taper' off Lexapro 2010

Short acute withdrawal, followed by 2 -3 months of improvement then delayed protracted withdrawal

DX ADHD followed by several years of stimulants and other drugs trying to manage increasing symptoms

Failed reinstatement of Lexapro and trial of Prozac (became suicidal)

May 2013 Found SA, learned about withdrawal, stopped taking drugs...healing begins.

Protracted withdrawal, with a very sensitized nervous system, slowly recovering as time passes

Supplements which have helped: Vitamin C, Magnesium, Taurine

Bad reactions: Many supplements but mostly fish oil and Vitamin D

June 2016 - Started daily juicing, mostly vegetables and lots of greens.

Aug 2016 - Oct 2016 Best window ever, felt almost completely recovered

Oct 2016 -Symptoms returned - bad days and less bad days.

April 2018 - No windows, but significant improvement, it feels like permanent full recovery is close.

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I need an antibiotic for an infection and was wondering if anyone has had any serious issues that may arise? I am on 500mg of amoxicillin.

 

*Currently at 8.2-8.5 mg of my 10mg pill of Paxil (they actually weigh 12.5mg) 

january 2023 I began reducing my med again. I was a 9mg weight for years, I went to 8.9 in January, went to 8.6mg in February, and in March 2023 I went down to 8.5-8.2 mg ( my scale varies, so I stick within that .3 range because of that) 

*No other supplements or vitamins 

*Taper schedule in the pdf 

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-5vShtJtwAOGA30OxIP87steLmMdFzD29F0fzAPD564

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VJ, please read through this topic from the beginning.

I'm not a doctor.  My comments are not medical advise. These are my opinions based on my own experience and what I've learned. Please discuss your situation with a medical practitioner who has knowledge of tapering and withdrawal...if you are lucky enough to find one.

My Introduction Thread

Full Drug and Withdrawal History

Brief Summary

Several SSRIs for 13 years starting 1997 (for mild to moderate partly situational anxiety) Xanax PRN ~ Various other drugs over the years for side effects

2 month 'taper' off Lexapro 2010

Short acute withdrawal, followed by 2 -3 months of improvement then delayed protracted withdrawal

DX ADHD followed by several years of stimulants and other drugs trying to manage increasing symptoms

Failed reinstatement of Lexapro and trial of Prozac (became suicidal)

May 2013 Found SA, learned about withdrawal, stopped taking drugs...healing begins.

Protracted withdrawal, with a very sensitized nervous system, slowly recovering as time passes

Supplements which have helped: Vitamin C, Magnesium, Taurine

Bad reactions: Many supplements but mostly fish oil and Vitamin D

June 2016 - Started daily juicing, mostly vegetables and lots of greens.

Aug 2016 - Oct 2016 Best window ever, felt almost completely recovered

Oct 2016 -Symptoms returned - bad days and less bad days.

April 2018 - No windows, but significant improvement, it feels like permanent full recovery is close.

VIDEO: Where did the chemical imbalance theory come from?



VIDEO: How are psychiatric diagnoses made?



VIDEO: Why do psychiatric drugs have withdrawal syndromes?



VIDEO: Can psychiatric drugs cause long-lasting negative effects?

VIDEO: Dr. Claire Weekes

 

 

 

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Hey all, I am taking Bactrim for a UTI and appear to be having an adverse reaction. I am pretty sensitized from withdrawal. I'm nauseas, have diarrea, dizzy and worst of all feel very hypersensitive to sounds and light. I only have one dose left and am just trying to decide if I should take it and tough it out or if these reactions are pretty severe.

Intermittent Klonopin use February, 2014 to September, 2015

- Off of SSRIs completely since April, 2012 

- Had horrible side effects from Celexa (constant feelings of terror, insomnia) so stopped taking it after 6 weeks

- Started 20 mg of Celexa in February 2012

- Began to taper off of Zoloft in May, 2011, off Zoloft completely September, 2011

- Increased Zoloft to 75 mg October, 2010 and decreased back to 50 mg in February, 2011

- June 2009- Went on 50 mg of Zoloft

- October, 2007 - July, 2008- Celexa 20 mgs (tapered off fairly quickly)

- 2006-2007- On Effoxor for about 8 months- switched to Prozac and cold turkeyed off

- 2005- Paxil and Lamictal for a few months but stopped taking because it didn't work

- 2004- Paxil for a few months but quit taking because of increased feelings of depression

 

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Also neurological shortly after taking...it's pretty scary..please help..

Intermittent Klonopin use February, 2014 to September, 2015

- Off of SSRIs completely since April, 2012 

- Had horrible side effects from Celexa (constant feelings of terror, insomnia) so stopped taking it after 6 weeks

- Started 20 mg of Celexa in February 2012

- Began to taper off of Zoloft in May, 2011, off Zoloft completely September, 2011

- Increased Zoloft to 75 mg October, 2010 and decreased back to 50 mg in February, 2011

- June 2009- Went on 50 mg of Zoloft

- October, 2007 - July, 2008- Celexa 20 mgs (tapered off fairly quickly)

- 2006-2007- On Effoxor for about 8 months- switched to Prozac and cold turkeyed off

- 2005- Paxil and Lamictal for a few months but stopped taking because it didn't work

- 2004- Paxil for a few months but quit taking because of increased feelings of depression

 

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Hey all, I am taking Bactrim for a UTI and appear to be having an adverse reaction. I am pretty sensitized from withdrawal. I'm nauseas, have diarrea, dizzy and worst of all feel very hypersensitive to sounds and light. I only have one dose left and am just trying to decide if I should take it and tough it out or if these reactions are pretty severe.

You could look into mannose/d-mannose. My mom had a terrible time with UTI's which were related to severe leaky gut (and she recovered). Whenever someone takes antibiotics, they need to support recovery of the gut microbiome. How complicated that is often depends on the health of the gut before the antibiotic and on the treatment and its duration. Changes in the microbiome can easily cause neurological symptoms because the messages the bacteria send via the vagus nerve change. You might try some high quality yogurt and/or probiotics.

1st round Prozac 1989/90, clear depression symptoms. 2nd round Prozac started 1999 when admitted to dr. I was tired. Prozac pooped out, switch to Cymbalta 3/2006. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder due to mania 6/2006--then I was taken abruptly off Cymbalta and didn't know I had SSRI withdrawal. Lots of meds for my intractable "bipolar" symptoms.

Zyprexa started about 9/06, mostly 5mg. Tapered 4/12 through12/29/12

Wellbutrin. XL 300 mg started 1/07, tapered 1/18/13 through 7/8/13

Oxazepam mostly continuously since 6/06, 30mg since 12/12, tapered 1.17.14 through 8.26.15

11/06 Lithium 600mg twice daily, 2.2.14 400mg TID DIY liquid, 2.12.14 1150mg, 3.2.14 1100mg, 3.18.14 1075mg, 4/14 updose to 1100mg, 6.1.14 900 mg capsules 7.8.14 810mg, 8.17.14 725mg, 8.24.24 700mg...10.22.14 487.5mg, 3.9.15 475mg, 4.1.15 462.5mg 4.21.15 450mg 8.11.15 375mg, 11.28.15 362.5mg, back to 375mg four days later, 3.4.16 updose to 475 (too much going on to risk trouble)

9/4/13 Toprol-XL 25mg daily for sudden hypertension, tapered 11.12.13 through 5.3.14, last 10 days or so switched to atenolol

7.4.14 Started Walsh Protocol

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Thanks Meimequest. My gut is not in good shape. Since withdrawal I have developed histamine intolerance so I react to probiotics and fermented foods so I'm at a loss of where to start with recovering my gut microbiome. I bought an infant probiotic so hoping I might tolerate it since I'm so sensitive. I stopped taking the antibiotic and have been taking dmannose. Some symtoms have subsided but not completely. My dmannose says to take 1 or 2 times daily at 2000 mg per serving...wondering if I can take more...

Intermittent Klonopin use February, 2014 to September, 2015

- Off of SSRIs completely since April, 2012 

- Had horrible side effects from Celexa (constant feelings of terror, insomnia) so stopped taking it after 6 weeks

- Started 20 mg of Celexa in February 2012

- Began to taper off of Zoloft in May, 2011, off Zoloft completely September, 2011

- Increased Zoloft to 75 mg October, 2010 and decreased back to 50 mg in February, 2011

- June 2009- Went on 50 mg of Zoloft

- October, 2007 - July, 2008- Celexa 20 mgs (tapered off fairly quickly)

- 2006-2007- On Effoxor for about 8 months- switched to Prozac and cold turkeyed off

- 2005- Paxil and Lamictal for a few months but stopped taking because it didn't work

- 2004- Paxil for a few months but quit taking because of increased feelings of depression

 

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I am feeling better as the day went on. My UTI seems to be on its way out fortunately. The bad part was I had an episode of extreme sensitivity and agitation..I had to lie down for it to pass. I haven't had anything like that in a while..my last Bactrim dose was about 48 hours ago. I am just worried because I'm supposed to fly out of town on 13 hour flight in less than 2 days and not sure if I'm up to it..not sure if there will be any more complications with my nervous system due to the Bactrim.

Intermittent Klonopin use February, 2014 to September, 2015

- Off of SSRIs completely since April, 2012 

- Had horrible side effects from Celexa (constant feelings of terror, insomnia) so stopped taking it after 6 weeks

- Started 20 mg of Celexa in February 2012

- Began to taper off of Zoloft in May, 2011, off Zoloft completely September, 2011

- Increased Zoloft to 75 mg October, 2010 and decreased back to 50 mg in February, 2011

- June 2009- Went on 50 mg of Zoloft

- October, 2007 - July, 2008- Celexa 20 mgs (tapered off fairly quickly)

- 2006-2007- On Effoxor for about 8 months- switched to Prozac and cold turkeyed off

- 2005- Paxil and Lamictal for a few months but stopped taking because it didn't work

- 2004- Paxil for a few months but quit taking because of increased feelings of depression

 

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