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Cold Turkey
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Right, i've done it! I am cutting down my meds from 1/4 of a tablet to nothing.
side effects i could experience:
Withdrawal side-effects/reactions from (SSRI) Anti-depressants which may be seen within 8-hours, often includes a spontaneously experience of a "flu-like" syndrome, feeling "crummy", tired, achy, etc..
In addition to the flu-like symptoms:
anxiety, dizziness, fatigue, headache, migraine-like feelings, nerves jangling when moving eyes,
continuous indigestion, neck and back pain, psychotic features such as visual and/or audial hallucinations/illusions,
insomnia, nausea, restlessness, "electrical shock" like phenomena/electrical surges or shocks through the head and/or body, hyper-sensitivity of the nervous system to light,
sound, colours & stressors, tremors, tinnitus and a vertiginous-like experience, depressive thoughts,
suicidal thoughts, homicidal thoughts, extreme anger, severe agitation, extreme irritability, "over-reacting",
ringing in ears and throbbing in head, vomiting, paranoia, aggressive behaviour, roller coaster emotions rapidly following up on each other,
out of character behaviour, severe malaise, general dysphoria, derealization, panic attacks.
wish me luck!
side effects i could experience:
Withdrawal side-effects/reactions from (SSRI) Anti-depressants which may be seen within 8-hours, often includes a spontaneously experience of a "flu-like" syndrome, feeling "crummy", tired, achy, etc..
In addition to the flu-like symptoms:
anxiety, dizziness, fatigue, headache, migraine-like feelings, nerves jangling when moving eyes,
continuous indigestion, neck and back pain, psychotic features such as visual and/or audial hallucinations/illusions,
insomnia, nausea, restlessness, "electrical shock" like phenomena/electrical surges or shocks through the head and/or body, hyper-sensitivity of the nervous system to light,
sound, colours & stressors, tremors, tinnitus and a vertiginous-like experience, depressive thoughts,
suicidal thoughts, homicidal thoughts, extreme anger, severe agitation, extreme irritability, "over-reacting",
ringing in ears and throbbing in head, vomiting, paranoia, aggressive behaviour, roller coaster emotions rapidly following up on each other,
out of character behaviour, severe malaise, general dysphoria, derealization, panic attacks.
wish me luck!
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Hows it going, your on a hypa at the moment with racing thoughts, why dont you try writtting those thoughts down on paper, it may be able to keep you busy .
Did you get chance to dicuss it with your GP going back to 1/8 of a tablet? If not, you may need to check out with them tomorrow.
Good luck :thumb: take care
I havent discussed w/my doctor, he told me to go with 'what i was comfortable with' and to take it at my own pace, and i've recently had a meds review where he said to just continue to cut down as/when i feel like it. I think 1/8 is good now, compared to zero, i feel more in control when i get to take something as opposed to knowing i can't take anything and i have to wait it out.
Thank you thou
thats great , you ve really thought about it and you have control which is fantstic, you know your own body and mind the best.
Well done take care :thumb:
good luck!!!
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Jesus. And these drugs are meant to help you?