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Aug 15, 2007 | 4:51 PM
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From Anti-depressants.

Recently I ran out of my meds again. And I've been doing so great, I thought well, maybe this time I don't need them.. After 8 days I crashed hard. I had a great week, then by Sunday out of the blue I was irritable, angry, bummed out, so so tired. I went to bed and couldn't sleep.

In the middle of the night, I thought to myself. Maybe these are withdrawal symptoms.

Sure enough. They were.

I started taking Celexa 6 years ago. Have been on and off since. Every time I try to quit I end up in the hospital depressed as hell, suicidal. And of course, I'd just get back on the meds because obviously I needed them right?


Wrong! Turns out that the withdrawal symptoms from SSRIs are depression, suicidal thoughts, impulsive behavior. And the symptoms are worse than before you took the meds.

It is suggested you wean yourself off the drugs, because of the symptoms. Now my question is, why the hell didn't the doctors tell me any of this? They were more than happy to write a script and get me back on the drugs. No one told me that my depression might be  withdrawal.

That's really scary if you think about it.

Right now I'm looking at 8 months to a year of weaning off, and will still have the symptoms 1-4 months after I'm off. CRAZY!

Please read the fine print and ask lots of questions before you go on them. I was too depressed to care and took them willingly, now I'm suffering the consequences.

 

 Antidepressant facts

 

Addiction & Withdrawal Side-Effects
 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, rollercoaster emotions rapidly following up on eachother, out of character behaviour, severe malaise, general dysphoria, derealization, panic attacks.

 


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jeanette read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 7:15 PM

I guess I have been lucky.I have always been able to pull my self out of a depression.Oh with the help of my hubby.When I would get to bad with the yelling and cranky the kids stayed out of my way.But I seen what my mom went through on valium after years on them and I swore if anyway possible I would not do anti depreesant.So far so good.Never did.
Cuteypops read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 7:34 PM

I'm just curious. If you are doing well on the meds why do you want to get off of them?
jeanette read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 7:37 PM

Goodluck Eye and thanks for reminding people to read the fine print.
LadyCardFan read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 7:48 PM

andyandeye . . . I see this all the time. Many of the drugs are increasing seratonin levels in your brain, as such, when you stop taking them, wham-o, your crash and burn. I tell center participants to only go off a med under the care of their medical professional. Unfortunately, it happens all too often, then they can end up back in the hospital.

Good luck with this weaning off the meds, talk to your doc often, and if you need help, get it.
nightpanther99 read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 7:50 PM

Hey EYE wish you well on the withdrawals i know it has to be hard to beat something that your system craves Good luck you know you have a good support system right here . There are alot of caring people at your disposal.. Call on any of us if you need some support .. Good luck and god bless
andyandeye read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 8:38 PM

Cuteypops...

Why should I be taking meds and messing my system up for the rest of my life, if I don't have to?

The side effects for celexa include kidney failure, and all that fun stuff. If I can avoid that... Then it's worth it right?
devas_yb_ecarg read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 9:03 PM

andyandeye...I will be praying for you that this issue will resolve and you can get off the drugs...Take care
rosie read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 10:12 PM

good luck, eye... i dont do doctors much, twice in last 10 years... for sinus only and they dont help much there either... i just suffer through depression, my sister said if ya dont deal with it at the time, and sugar coat it with drugs, you'll be sorry later
mr_wildflower read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 10:31 PM

Hang in there girl..... I like you and hope we can hang out some more.... Try some physical activity.....walking is good..... Hope you can come out and sing with us again soon......
LadyCardFan read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 10:36 PM

andyandeye . . . there are many people out there that no longer need the medication, so I can understand where you are coming from, just be smart and work with the doc.

Unfortunately, some are not so fortunate and no medication will help, others it only helps mildly. If you've had 6 decent years . . . you're one of the lucky ones.
michelle4wellness read my blog view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 11:41 PM

Andyandeye....what happened to us getting together after having so much fun at the Blog party? I miss you!! Why don't you come out to the Eagle's on Friday night and karaoke that beautiful voice of yours??

Listen girl, get in touch with me at my regular email. I think you are at the point I was years ago with antidepressants....I will tell you what has worked for me. I'm sorry you are having a rough time right now. Call me or email, okay? And think about Friday....
luvthykids read my blog view my photos
Aug 16, 2007 | 12:27 PM

ANDYANDEYE I WAS PAXIL FOR A LONG TIME AND FINALLY I GOT TIRED OF TAKING THEM AND JUST QUIT AND MAN THE WITHDRAWELS WERE BAD SO I WENT BACK ON THEM FOR A SHORT TIME AND GRADUALLY GOT OFF OF THEM AND THE SIDE EFFECTS WEREN'T GREAT BUT I HAVE BEEN OFF OF THEM FOR AN YEAR AN A AHLF NOW AND I FEEL MUCH BETTER AND MY HUBBY EVEN SAID THAT HE THINKS I'M BETTER NOW THAN I WAS WHEN I WAS ON THEM. IF YOU EVER NEED TO TALK CONTACT ME AND SEE IF I CAN HELP SINCE I HAVE BEEN THERE. GOOD LUCK
mrmgrady read my blog view my photos
Aug 16, 2007 | 2:23 PM

Andyandeye,

Please, please talk to your doctor about this before deciding to discontinue taking ANY of your medications. I looked at the website you provided and I did not see ANY medical research done by a REPUTABLE school or university. I have to make this public warning, DO NOT ACCEPT ANY INFORMATION from a website unless it is from a REPUTABLE school or university! I, myself take Remeron, Celexa and Welbutrim and am in relatively good physical condition for being 50! It seems like there is good clinical reasoning for you to be on those medications, please don't hurt yourself further by not taking them!
kk_mom read my blog view my photos
Aug 16, 2007 | 7:59 PM

girl listen to michelle, you should contact her. great to hear from you. your crazy love shack partner.
connie3212 read my blog view my photos
Aug 17, 2007 | 11:16 AM

Andyandeye....first of all how long were you on your antidepressant? If you are them for a long period of time then it will take a while to wean yourself off of them. You just can't stop cold turkey. It is the same as being addicted to meth...you have to do a wean of that too. You basically are getting the drug out of your system little by little. I hope that you can successfully wean yourself off.

Cuteypops....a lot of people go on antidepressants for obvious reasons and once they start feeling better they want to be off of the med. A lot of people don't want to take a pill for the rest of their lives. That is what I gather from doing my medical transcription.....
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