raul Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Please i want to know if there is anybody from spain, because i want to share experiences of withdrawl antidepressants if it is posible knowing each other personally or by Skype or telephone. For me it is a way not to feeling so alone here in spain, where i don't know anybody in my situation. If you are interested please send me a message, for me it is very important although i know that i have the support of this forums. Thanks everybody history: 2004-2009: paroxetine 20 mg. may 2009 to december 2009: mirtazapine 30 mg january 2010-july 2010: prozac 20 mg september 2010-december 2011: escitalpram 10 mg and march 2012 to december 2012: escitalopram 15 mg march 2013-16 june 2014: venlafaxine 75 mg: cold turkey 6th september 2014 escitalopram 10 mg tapering it in 1 mg /month until june 2015: tapering made in 6 months but have no respected 10% result: w/d symptoms 20 july 2015 reinstated 5 mg escitalopram and decided when stable to taper only 10%/month. I also take Mg, fish oil, vit C, E and multivitaminic with minerals,. Increase to 6 mg escitalopram on 14th august. Increase to 7 mg on 23th august, with 1 mg klonopin to help sleep. Updose to 10 mg on 28th august ( because of horrible depression and suicidal), and pray i made a good choice. Link to post
oskcajga Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Please i want to know if there is anybody from spain, because i want to share experiences of withdrawl antidepressants if it is posible knowing each other personally or by Skype or telephone. For me it is a way not to feeling so alone here in spain, where i don't know anybody in my situation. If you are interested please send me a message, for me it is very important although i know that i have the support of this forums. Thanks everybody I am not from Spain, but I visited there once. Which area of Spain are you from? Link to post
raul Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 hello silver star, i am from alicante, today i am having a very bad day, with too much cortisol all day, and crying and depressed , i feel tired, for me the withdrawls symptoms are much strong for me, and nobody's here understand me, it is very frustrating, Luckily i have this fórum. history: 2004-2009: paroxetine 20 mg. may 2009 to december 2009: mirtazapine 30 mg january 2010-july 2010: prozac 20 mg september 2010-december 2011: escitalpram 10 mg and march 2012 to december 2012: escitalopram 15 mg march 2013-16 june 2014: venlafaxine 75 mg: cold turkey 6th september 2014 escitalopram 10 mg tapering it in 1 mg /month until june 2015: tapering made in 6 months but have no respected 10% result: w/d symptoms 20 july 2015 reinstated 5 mg escitalopram and decided when stable to taper only 10%/month. I also take Mg, fish oil, vit C, E and multivitaminic with minerals,. Increase to 6 mg escitalopram on 14th august. Increase to 7 mg on 23th august, with 1 mg klonopin to help sleep. Updose to 10 mg on 28th august ( because of horrible depression and suicidal), and pray i made a good choice. Link to post
Laura1981 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Hi Raul, I'm also not from Spain, but I lived there for a while. If you ever feel like you have to chat to someone in Spanish, just send me a personal message. Sorry you're suffering so much!!! All the best, Laura Feb 2015 Took venlafaxine for 5 days only... experienced withdrawal that made me completely non-functional Mar 2015 took under 1mg of Sertraline for 10 days in an attempt to combat Venlafaxine withdrawal. Got adverse reactions. After stopping Sertraline, withdrawal got much worse. New, horrific symptoms. June 2015 Still non-functional but slowly getting better. Still brain zaps, migraines, sweating, heart racing, depression, crying spells September 2015: 24/7 brain zaps, twitches in the face, no concentration, bad memory, language skills deteriorating. Profile feed: http://goo.gl/3g2GRn Sign this petition for a blackbox warning on Prozac in Ireland: https://www.change.org/p/leo-varadakar-hpra-the-lack-of-a-blackbox-warning-on-prozac-in-ireland-and-its-use-by-the-hse-in-under-18-s?recruiter=63289046&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_for_starters_page&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg Link to post
LoveandLight Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I cannot imagine how hard this must be to do in a non-native language! 2000 - sertraline for job anxiety low confidence (17 years old) ..which turned the next 16 years into nightmare! On/off sertraline severe withdrawals every time. 2014 - felt better as reduced dose of sertraline no more inner restlessness. Doctor rushed off again. Hit severe withdrawal. Lost the little I had in life. Couldn't get stable again on 12.5mg. Was switched to prozac. Had severe reaction to prozac..came off in November 2015 at 6mg as felt more confused and damaged on it..Even more withdrawal ..rage, depression, dyphoria, near constant suicidal ideation, self harm impulses, doom, concrete block in head, unable to do much of anything with this feeling in head..went back on 6mg of sertraline to see if would alleviate anything. It didn't..reduced from December to June 2016 came off at 2.5mg sertraline as was hospitalised for the severe rage, suicidal impulses, and put on 50mg lofepramine which in 2nd week reduced all symptoms but gave insomnia which still have..psych stopped lofepramine cold turkey..no increased withdrawal symptoms new symptoms from lofepramine except persistant insomnia which has as side effect. Taking Ativan for 8 months for the severe rage self harm impulses 1-3 times a week (mostly 2 times a week) at .5mg. Two months (I'm unsure exactly when the interdose started to happen) ago interdose withdrawal seemed to happen..2 days I think after the Ativan. Nightmare that could have been avoided! Link to post
Moderator Emeritus Fresh Posted September 6, 2015 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 6, 2015 Hi Raul , do a google search for "Spain survivingantidepressants" and you'll see posts from heaps of people in Spain . . . I noted some names on your thread. 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 Link to post
Gato123 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hi Raul I am in Spain. Are you still on this site? I don't remember the order or all the dosages but between 2002-2018 I was on... Wellbutrin, 2002-2005 150-300mg Paxil, Lexapro, Effexor, Prozac, Adavan, Xanax RECENT PAST: Cymbalta 2015 to 2017, rapid taper in Janaury-February 2017, started withdrawal February 2017 Bridged to Prozac 60 mg in late summer 2017 Taper from Prozac 60 mg to 0 in spring 2018 Entered another withdrawal starting in August 2018 Link to post
Flowers Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Hi Gato123 I am in Spain. Close to Granada. Hope you see this message! 15 yrs on 20 to 30 mgs CITALOPRAM. MAY 2014 Increased to 40 mgs per day.SEPT/NOV 2014 tapered in 6 weeks down to 10 mgs as per Dr instructions due to violent nightmares/palpitations.Given Noctamid (lormetazepam) to help with anxiety. On average took 2mg per day for 8 weeks.No taper was advised.DEC 2014 WD severe. Nervous tic in eyes and limbs, muscle pain,fluct temp, weakness, dep and anxiety, nausea, giddy, unstable when walking. Different Dr suggested taking 20mgs CIT. BROMAZEPAM 3mgs up to 3 x daily for anxiety.DEC 9 2014 Updose CIT to 30mgs. Only taking BROMAZEPAM in emergency.DEC 31 2014 Settling at 30mg CIT - helping with depression. No Brom for 2wks.Found SA.APR 2015 Trying to stabilise on 30mgs CIT. JAN 2016 Started Cit Taper reducing by 5% per month. 28.5 mgs FEB Taper held bereavement. APR Taper resumed 27mgs . MAY 25.50 mgs . JUNE 24 mgs . JULY I stupidly mixed up my BP meds with CIT. Consequently took no CIT for 3 days and doubled my BP meds. Waiting for the fallout....Holding for a while until any chance of repercussions have abated. SEPT taper resumed to 22.5 mgs . OCT 21 mgs .NOV 19.95 mgs DEC crashed. 2017: FEB 3rd updose to 20.5 mgs to try to stabilise.FEB.switched over to 75mgs of Venlafaxine XR for 3 weeks.Too stimulating so switching back to Cit. 12 March 37.5 Ven and 20 Cit. 21 March 18mg Ven 20mg Cit. 4 April 9mg Ven 20mg Cit. Xanax .50mg when needed. 13 April 0 mgs Ven, 20mg Citalopram. Xanax .50 mg per day. 5 May reinstated a small amount of Ven to stabilize 1 mg twice a day. 20 mg Citalopram at night. Xanax .25 mg twice per day.Other Meds: Losartan (BP)Started 1993 at 50 mgs at night. Seretide (Asthma) Started 1996 at 1 puff twice a day. Jan 2019 Antibiotic Ceclor 500mgs twice a day for bronchitis and Atrovent 2ml capsules twice a day for asthma. Finished the course of both Jan 17. XANAX Jan 27 - Feb 3 2019 Failed Valium Crossover. Feb 14 2019 Updosed Xanax by .0625 Feb 17 2019 Decreased Xanax by .0625. Back to .50mg daily. Update Xanax 28.2.20 tapered to .1250 mg 8am .25 mg midnight. Current Meds 28.2.19: CITALOPRAM 20mg taken at midnight. VENLAFAXINE .9 mg twice a day at 8am and 10pm. XANAX .50 mg split into 4 doses per day. 10am .0625mg / 2pm .1250mg/ 6pm .0625mg / midnight .25mg. LOSARTAN 50 mgs taken at midnight. SERETIDE 1 puff taken at 8am and 10pm. 7.7.19 VENLAFAXINE UPDATE: Started tapering 10% every 4 weeks. Currently .4 mg twice a day at 8am and 10 pm. 2.9.19 .36 mg x 2. 1.10.19 .32 mg x 2. 26.11.19 .29 mg x2. 26.12.19 .26 mg x 2. 23.1.20 .23 mg x 2. 20.2.20 .21 mg x2.20.3.20 .19 mg x 2. 21.4.20 .17 mg x 2. 19.5.20 .13 mg x 2. 18.6.20 .11mg x 2 .18.7.20.10 mg x 2.1.9.20.09 mg x 2. 30.9. 20 .08 mg x 2. 1.11.20 .07 mg x 2. 2.12.20 .06 mg x 2. 8.1.21 .05 mg x 2. 4.2.21 .04 mg x 2. 9.3.21 .03 mgx2. 7.4.21 .02 mg x 2. 9.5.21 .01 mg x 2. Link to post
Pilar Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) Hola a tod@s! I'm from Spain, I can see this problem is spread all over the world... Two years ago, after suffering an adverse reaction to an antidepressant called amitriptyline I decided to look for support among victims because I found denial in the medical community. I was prescribed this medication for a bladder problem and I ended up having a psychotic episode with hallucinations and a long withdrawal period that left my breathing and sleep impaired. I decided to do activism to raise awareness and find a community of people who had similar problems with these types of drugs in my own country. We created a website and today we are moving a campaign in Spain but also trying to help other people in Irland ( stephen's voice initiative ) and wherever is nedded, as we think we must all collaborate with our stories in order to change the law in every country. This is the campaign, ( http://www.libertadyempoderamiento.net/campaign/ ) the English version of it as the rest of the website is in Spanish, please read and if you'd like to collaborate, don't hesitate to contact us at libertadyempoderamiento (at symbol) gmail (dot) com More information in this SA topic: campaign-and-petition-psychiatric-drugs-victims-speak-out-spain-but-anyone-can-sign Thanks, and best wishes for all of you you are trying to overcome this nightmare. Edited July 13, 2020 by ChessieCat added spacing, change email addy and added link to SA topic Had at almost the same time the following medications: amitriptyline 10mg : On = 10th of March 2018, Off= 20th May 2018 cipralex 5mg ( escitolopram) : On = 25th April 2018, Off= 20th May 2018 Had to stop them abruptly due to side effects, now I'm suffering withdrawal Link to post
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted October 23, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Manny78 said: https://facebook.com/events/s/taller-dejando-las-drogas-psiq/352522992662024/?ti=as Today,October 24th,workshop in Spanish how to taper psychiatric drugs among psychiatric patients. NEW!!! INTERVIEW with Altostrata, SA's founder NEW!!! Plodding along inch by inch: 12" = 1', 3' = 36 " or 1 yard, 1760 yards = 63,360" or 1 mile Current from July 2021: Pristiq 0.11mg ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering Oct 2015 My tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted March 23 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted March 23 (edited) Nomansland has kindly done draft translations of the AD Withdrawal Document. German and French are in the process of being done. If you speak the following language are you able to assist with refining the document/s? Thank you. Edited March 23 by ChessieCat NEW!!! INTERVIEW with Altostrata, SA's founder NEW!!! Plodding along inch by inch: 12" = 1', 3' = 36 " or 1 yard, 1760 yards = 63,360" or 1 mile Current from July 2021: Pristiq 0.11mg ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering Oct 2015 My tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post
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