27 Still, my recovery was extremely gradual ultimately, I experienced 11 years 9 In my fourth year of protracted withdrawal syndrome (PWS), I was fortunate toīe treated by a psychiatrist with tiny doses of lamotrigine, up to 1.5 mg, to 34 I joined, an online community, to find support. IĬould not tolerate drugs, I was hyper-reactive to anything that was neuroactive,Įven vitamin supplements. Mutated, 28, 32, 33 including 1.5 years of crippling muscle pain and spasms. (R Shelton, personalĪs psychotropic post-acute withdrawal symptoms do, mine fluctuated and In some situations and truly horrible in others….almost all resolve that is, exceptįor a very small group, where the symptoms become persistent”. Every one immediately told me I wasĮxperiencing “relapse” – except Richard Shelton at Vanderbilt University, 26 who responded, “I actually think the discontinuation syndrome is pretty bad Had written about antidepressant withdrawal. My symptoms persisting over years, I must have contacted dozens of psychiatrists who My request to my psychiatristsįor reinstatement of paroxetine, as the literature said was appropriate, 26, 31 was I spent hours hunting for journalĪrticles about antidepressant withdrawal syndrome. Vacuum of positive emotion as well as genital anesthesia (post-SSRI sexualĭysfunction or PSSD), which took several years to resolve. Plunges into unprecedented contentless black holes of pure dread. Symptom pattern changed to other odd symptoms, among them disorientation,ĭepersonalization, insomnia, light and heat intolerance, indigestion, palpitations,Īnd unease, 27 punctuated by spontaneous weeping spells, attacks of sheer terror, or sudden “brain zaps”, 26 the last continuing for 7 months. Off paroxetine, I initially experienced hypomania, sweating, and electrical-feeling Aįew years prior, I had stepped off 2 years’ treatment with 10 mg fluoxetine, anotherĬommon selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), for pre-menstrual symptoms Receiving none, I went off paroxetine over a few weeks in 2004. The nearby outpatient psychiatric clinic of an internationally recognized university 24, 25 After aĭisastrous psychiatrist-directed switch to escitalopram, I sought tapering advice at At age 50, in excellent physical health, I was prescribedġ0 mg paroxetine for work stress, following which I developed sexual dysfunction,Įmotional anesthesia, and, after a couple of years, demotivation. I started because of my own awful experience ofĪntidepressant withdrawal. My interest in psychiatric drug withdrawal In psychiatric drug withdrawal syndromes that I offer impressions of major themes It is as a patient advocate and lay expert Online, I haveĬommunicated with or been a peer counselor to more than 10,000 individuals seeking Psychiatric drug adverse effects, tapering, and withdrawal syndromes. Understand my own condition, since 2004 I have read everything I could find about I endured 11 years of protracted antidepressant withdrawal syndrome myself. Information about psychiatric deprescribing. It is frequently mentioned inĪrticles, books, papers, and websites about psychiatric drug withdrawal, 13 – 17 even in continuing medical Pseudonym Altostrata, I have operated one of those online communities,. Peer support for tapering off psychiatric drugs and recovering from withdrawal 1 – 4 To fill this gap, over the lastĢ5 years, patients have developed a robust Internet-based subculture of volunteer Medical information about how to safely go off the drugs has been lacking. Recent studies confirm antidepressant withdrawal syndrome incidence upwards of 40% – Although psychiatric drug withdrawal syndromes have been recognized since the 1950s –
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