better yet...... only prescribe AFTER everything else is tried.... within reason ofc fda, gov, drug companies its all a fing joke. pushing drugs not for cures. but to have lasting life long patients.......... its a very sick, cruel world atm
Biggest thing for me right now after stopping antidepressants for Six days is swinging from anger to wanting to cry and feel ok again in under a minute.
Did you managed to quit? I know that, for me, the worst part of the withdrawal came after 3 months. Horrible moments :P I didn't quit cold turkey, but even if I lowered slowly, it kick me after 3 months :P
"try not to be on the medication more than six months to a year" Ha, yeah tell the doctors that. They just put you in and forget about you. 15 years later and I'm finally off this ****.
I was taking effexor for approximately 5 years. Side effects kept building up and all of a sudden I was having extremely negative and self destructive thoughts.
@ashok0049 And stay away from too much caffeine. It made me feel worse. Find whatever you like to drink like coconut water, power or Gatorade, herbal tea, etc.
Ive been tapering off of paroxetine for over two years now. Im at 3.6mg, down from 40mg/day. I was put on this medication at age 10 and stayed on it for decades. Each time i tried to get off, the withdrawals were so intense, the docs' belief that I should stay on the drug was reinforced. They (nor I) knew anything about how intense the withdrawal really is. At age 30, my dose was doubled from 20mg to 40mg/day and i went manic and suicidal for the first time in my life. It last months and it was terrifying. I engaged in dangerous activities and had bizarre behaviors very unlike myself. This experience sent me on a journey of learning how to get off this drug for good. Meditation, healthy diet, no alcohol, lots of therapy, cold showers, good relationships, etc. Thia stuff has changed my life. Its just a shame that so many people feel stuck on these drugs because of how hard they are to get off. SSRIs should not be used long-term.
I'm so sorry for all the pain and suffering caused by paroxetine. I'm very glad you are taking charge of your health. I agree that SSRI's should never be used long-term. The suffering is unimaginable. I wish you much success in your taper and may your life be filled with peace and happiness once this med journey is completed. You sure deserve a break. Age 10. Ugh.
@@Jannietime1 Thanks so much for your support and encouragement. It's been a tough road but also a journey that's taught me a lot. I joined a support group which has really helped me avoid feeling sorry for myself or getting stuck in victim-mode. Life comes with difficulties but those challenges shape us and cause us to grow. I look forward to my future- good stuff ahead! All the best to you.
I want to listen to this, I really do, but I can’t the music is so distracting why do people make these really good videos smother with pointless music
@@Crazydoglady. No, it’s frustrating. ESPECIALLY if, say, you’re going through med withdrawals and looking for information. Her videos are very helpful and informative-but would be easier to process without the distraction is all. Cheers.
I don’t understand why there is music on teaching videos. I have trouble staying focused anyway 🙃I love this Dr and all of the teachings they are so helpful. Thank You so much for your help and support ✔️💯
as someone who has struggled with addiction and also weaning off effexor... it certainly feels like addiction. dont care what kind of differentiation that drs like to make. I am addicted to my antidepressant.
I’m weaning myself off Effexor too!! I was on 75 for a year or so and then 37.5 for 4 years. I just started taking out 10 beads at a time . I’m going to go slow so hopefully the withdrawals are minimal. How’s your taper going ?? I want off this med!!!!
@@anaksunamoon8618 how are things going with you? I’ve been on it for about two years with 75 mg. Did you notice a difference when you drop Straight to the half dose of that
This Venlafaxine / Effexor drug is a trap and a nightmare. It seems helpful and effective at first, but then you find out what happens if you miss a dose or try to get off of it. Nobody told me about this. If I knew what was coming, I never would have started taking it. The withdrawal is much worse than the condition that led me to using this medication in the first place. It's not even a rare occurrance to have such an awful experience during withdrawals and I don't understand how a drug like this is even legal and commonly prescribed. I'm on 75, I wanted a lower dose to see if it easier to get off of it. My doctor claims 37.5 doesn't exist and 75 is the lowest dose that works...
These doctors are so quick to prescribe these, I am 6 months off Zoloft, was on them 3 years and never again! but I'm still having a difficult time. can't sleep feeling anxious and depressed!
@@petrosstyle2981I agree this is what happens when I'm off my Zoloft you should really start back up I'm an ex drug addict and now I feel like medicine is the only thing keeping me from losing everything
think I have the most severe mental symptoms since I read many people stories. I have extremely severe intrusive racing thoughts. Severe flasback thoughts and images from childhood memories till now. Weird feeling. Hyper sensitive to every thought and sensation. Hyperawarness. Combined with severe depression and derealization and 24/7 hypersalivation with panick and cognitive impairment, brain fog attacks, I feel like I am the strongest person in the planet
Me. I am on week 2 of withdrawl of citalopram..been on it for f**** 10 years :(. The insomnia and fatigue are the worst. My anxiety is bad. But i wanna push through
If you have access to a sauna, definitely take advantage. Making yourself sweat will help pull out all of the toxins from your body. I have been using my infrared sauna 30 to 45 minutes daily, and I can say that it has definitely helped with all of the withdrawal symptoms.
Me! It’s miserable withdrawing/recovering from Effexor. I’ve been weaning with guidance from my physician and it’s still horrible! These drugs are damaging to the brain! SMH
I just went through agonizing symptoms, all of the ones in FINISH, these past two months. I was being monitored by a doctor (but I don't think he knew much about this) and going off Paxil gradually, but not nearly as gradually as you are saying. I had been on Paxil for 26 years. It's been awful. Really, really awful. I have been off totally for two weeks and am feeling better, but I would never have done this if I had known! Thank you for making people aware of this. I wish you could have talked to my doctor before I started this!
I am sorry that you had to go through this. I am glad to hear that you are feeling better now. If you need further support, you can call me for a free phone consultation www.levelheadedmind.com/contact. Take care 🙏🏽
Darcy, I am going through the same thing. Switching off Paxil has been miserable. I've had to take a leave of absence from work because of it. I had no idea that it was high risk to get off of. I'm glad you are improving though.
@@yyyallison After six weeks off Paxil I had to go back on it. I was miserable and having dark episodes of depression. During the withdrawal and the six weeks completely off I was taking Buspirone. It didn't seem to do anything. I am feeling back to myself again and will never go off Paxil again. Hope you feel better soon.
I tapered myself off of lexapro in July n August. It is November. 14 years on Lexapro and Klonopin. Tapered off off Klonopin last December. Probably did it too fast. Too late. It's done. Presently tapering off of xanax. Was on 1mg at night from January- July. Decided to taper off. It was at that time that I began slowly to realize what I had gotten myself into... I discovered in August the epidemic of people trying to withdraw off these meds and the extreme distress it causes. I realized how BMS burning mouth syndrome, tongue thrusting, the debilitating dizziness and so much more had happened to me. And yes, I am having brain zaps. In fact it started in October and here mid November it seems to be increasing. Sigh. Heaven help us. Have mercy. I wish I had never, never been offered these meds.
How are you feeling now? I stopped lexapro over a month ago now I'm still really struggling. I hated being on it being numb and not feeling anything but now I'm feeling everything a million times worse. Did you get anger episodes and really upset? I do not wanna go back to the lexapro but if this doesn't I'll have to, please let me know if the lexapro withdrawls are better or not for you
@pilwespoisu Hey man, I'm doing great. Back to my normal social self, I can talk to anyone again, rarely any depression anymore. Sleep is mostly back to normal and I'm not dulled out and numb from gje Lexapro anymore. I went through WD for probably 3-4 months from it, panic attacks, anxiety, worse depression, but now I feel better than ever. I started using ketamine 1-2 times a week with testosterone replacement therapy and I'm kinda back to my old self. Still have tons of back issues from a car wreck and surgeries, but the ketamine and test have me back in the gym. Ketamine is amazing man, re wires your brain and undoes years of trauma almost immediately.
@pilwespoisu It got worse in December and I was hospitalized. I am better now. Still have vestibular issues, burning mouth, neuropathy. But the anxiety is mostly gone. I have been completely off the benzos for some months now and know it will take time to heal from this. It really messed with my neurological system. Thank you for checking on me.
I have been on antidepressants for 20+ years maybe 23 not 100% sure and I want off them so badly but what I felt 20+ years ago is now made so much worse by these withdrawal symptoms that drs act like you don't actually have. My irritability gets so bad and you can't just sit in a corner for life, things have to be done. I feel like the pharmaceutical companies and drs are destroying our ability to function. I would love to be able to stop taking these meds and live happily! I am going to take this to my dr and see what I can do....ugh pray for me please!!!!
I really wish there were many doctor's like you who actually know about this. I've been on antidepressants for 20 years and none of my docs ever even considered getting me off of them. When I finally decided to get off of duloxetine I was tapered off to fast by my doc and have been suffering withdrawal symptoms for two months and counting. Thanks for posting this info.
I've been off Citalopram since October 2022, I started to wean off them since June 2022 and the dizziness side effects are still there, I was only on them from January 2022... Is this still a side effect or what is it
Hey how are you now? Did symptoms end? I gave up duloxetine ~3 months ago after ~9 years use and then I used fuloxetine for one month. I did all these with my doc. After 3-4 weeks then, my withdrawal symptoms (nausea, headache, fatigue, dizziness etc) started and still goes on. I cannot go away from home for so long because of those symptoms.
My nephew, who is a family physician, discussed with me how very , very tiny the increments of decrease must be to avoid problems. And if symptoms occur at any point, the patient must go back up to the last dose that was comfortable and may have to stay at that dose for awhile. Unfortunately, the capsules I take are extended-release and contain minuscule coated granules within. These granules are of different strengths and different release times, of which I am ignorant. So, for example, I can’t open a capsule and take nine-tenths of them and expect that I have taken nine-tenths of the capsule dose. At least in my area, a compounding pharmacy would be needed to custom create these doses and that would likely not be affordable for me and, I’m guessing, not covered by insurance either.
I've been on sertraline for 15 years to treat panic disorder. Took through three pregnancies....went up after my second and third births as I had some scary postpartum anxiety after my first birth. 6 years after having my last baby I was into meditation and wasn't having anxiety much....was feeling really good. I decided I should try going off of it, as I'd heard its not great to be on it long term. I'd dropped my dose to only 50mg for the last year, so I finally weaned off in mid April. Its mid July now and I'm just not feeling like myself. I'm so easily triggered, especially by my family. I'm feeling depressed, sad, hopeless, fearful of things I once enjoyed, on the verge of anxiety and wanting to cry all the time. Its a horrible way to feel. I'm torn between going back on or seeing if waiting it out a few more months makes a difference. I so want to be normal and feel normal without the medication.
@@Jayy-xoxo Not really. The first couple of weeks I felt a little light headed. I never did experience that buzzing brain people talk about. I'm no longer waking up soaking wet with sweat. Certain foods don't taste as good as they used to. I feel extra sensitive to certain noises. I've had crazy sensitive reflexes in my knees and now they are just normal reflexes again. But my anxiety is actually a lot better now than when I wrote my original post. So thats been nice! I've been feeling a lot more balanced, emotionally.
@@97k01 I took it for about 8 months. I am off now. I am not sure about bupropion. According to google, it is possible to have withdrawls. Have you talked to your doctor or pharmacist?
Been on it for over 10 years! Tapered off for 1 month /6 weeks without it and I felt great! Decided to go back on it and it's a whole new monster! Dizziness, amxiety,and mood swings! Horrible SHIT!!!!!
Thank you for talking about this as withdrawal. I do not like the word "discontinuation". It is trying to put the blame on the patient and also is minimizing how absolutely horrible it is. Most of the time this happens for me it's because I can't get my refill from my prescriber/cant get in touch with my prescriber. I am also on a very high dose of this medication so even when I was running low and had to just reduce the dose a bit-immediate symptoms. Within hours.
I’ve been on Effexor for about 15 years! 75 mg daily. Made the switch to 37.5 for a few months. Really felt no different. Then gradually came off by taking one pill every other day. Then licking my fingers and taking a few beads and then quit. The first few days was good! I could actually feel again! I could watch a movie and cry or laugh! The 2 nd week it hit me! The headaches, nausea, GI issues, aches and tingling! It’s been 4 weeks since that last little dose and I still feel horrible!
I wish you the best in your recovery. Some people find relief with free form amino acids and b complex vitamin as long as your doctor approves, try that.
@@kimschlosser2854 Too many medication interactions with St John's Wort, but it could he'll, just run it by your doctor. 5Htp can also help and no interactions. But still run it by your provider.
I’ve tapered off fluvoxamine at my drs direction. When I had a 6-7 days of 25mg twice a day he had me stop. He did increase buspirone to 15mg twice a day before I stopped the other. I’m also on 0.25mg Ativan twice daily. But man, only 4 days off and I’m having bad zappy dizziness/disorientation whenever I move my head or eyes. I can actually hear the zap sounds in my ear. Now I’m extremely nauseous and just I’ll feeling. I’m also battling some heart rate problems the last few months. So trying to deal with both issues is debilitating. I pray this goes away soon. I can’t drive and have already been off work two weeks. Waiting on cardiologist referral, thinking I might have POTS after having COVID. This is so rough and scary.
Was on for 22 years... almost 5 months down and still having issues. Chronic fatigue and severe cognitive issues one day, and the next, I'm manic and can't handle the anxiety. Way way worse than I've ever experienced.
I recently tapered off Paroxetine under the guidance of a doctor and fully quit three weeks ago. The withdrawal symptoms have been quite severe, including high levels of anxiety and even panic attacks, making me feel unstable. I believe I have passed the peak of the withdrawal symptoms, but I am still experiencing a low level of anxiety.
Same. I'm off venlafaxine and it's hard. They never helped me anyway and now I have to struggle with stupid symptoms. I wish the doctors warned us it would be really hard to come off of them.
@@canyouspellophthalmology I hope they realise maybe some people want to eventually stop taking them and need to be mentally prepared for the hell you have to go through.
I'm coming off paroxetine cold turkey. It's been about a week and I feel absolutely dreadful. Constant panic attacks, trembling, anxiety etc. I'd rather feel like this than completely numb, though.
You should never do antidepressants cold turkey, but tapering them off bit by bit I accidentally did cold turkey on paroxetine and it’s been 8 months since I’m feeling this bad…never have I ever felt so bad before
I stopped Lexapro cold turkey 7 months ago. Sensitive spot of my forehead when touched lightly and weird headache pulses every few mins. Torture. Hope they resolve soon. Good video
@lilgr4 months. Came off of them For a few weeks Started having Anxiety Try to use Wellbutrin Started having terrible headaches so I stopped taking that As well period
@Snowflake1374 still experiencing the nerve sensitivity on my forehead coupled with discomfort in my eye on same side. Over two years off the stuff. I do notice my neck has been extremely tight as well.
I forgot to take my 225 mg of Venlafaxine yesterday. I felt awful all day, it was like if I had an elephant foot pressing my head towards the ground, if I no longer had skin in my body and everything even a small breeze could hurt me, like a burn or an electric shock, I couldn’t concentrate at all at any task and I slept so bad last night. I woke up like 7 times with vivid dreams, extremely thirsty and nauseous. I noticed yesterday’s pills over the counter this morning when I was going to take my dosis for this day and in the blink of an eye everything just made sense. I’m watching this videos while I wait today’s dosis to kick in. I hope this doesn’t happen to anyone 😢
looking to come off venlafaxine. i took a dose 3 hours late and felt so sick, headaches, flu like, etc. my dr. said withdrawal is not real....so no help from pychiatrist....want to get off so badly.
I'm currently tapering off of Paroxetine after being on 20mg every day for the past 4 years..3 weeks in and the most noticeable withdrawal symptom for me is the vertigo by far!! Good luck to everyone in their journeys to happiness ✌️💚
That's what I'm having trouble with. I'm about mid way through my taper. Doing about 1/2 tab less weekly, but this dizziness just came on and I get really nauseous, woke up from the dizziness and couldn't go back to sleep for a while....it's scary to have the dizziness, I'm going to let my doctor know Monday, I'm thinking will need to make the taper longer.
So I took a full tablet instead of 1/2 tab that day,and now that dizziness is gone. I'm going to slow down the taper. Maybe 1/2 tab removed every 2 weeks.
Yeah apparently the taper should be really long! Like 4-6 weeks each taper! I'm still on half dose as withdrawals were pretty bad, hopefully be able to reduce again soon.. hope things go good for you mate
@ArmourofGod77 I'm glad to hear you're doing better.. I'm still on the half dose, might reduce to quarter in the next week or 2.. really don't want the withdrawals to come back again..
Thank you for your mental health channel. I know you have helped many with your expertise. I have been on Effexor/Venlafaxine for over 30 years. I recently read that long-term use of these medications can possibly cause dementia/Alzheimer's according to some research. Therefore, I spoke with my doctor to begin tapering my antidepressant. I started this week from 150 mg to now 75 mg. I will be on this dosage for three months. Thank you for sharing the cross-taper. Hopefully, my doctor is familiar with this technique, and I can quit this medication without too much disturbing side effects.
@@Randompancakes12345 it was horrible. It took about six weeks for the sides effects to go away. Once I went back to working for corporate again all my anxiety and depression came back and the doctor put me back on the meds.
I also had some nausea, dizziness and body aches but I’m getting over it after about 2 weeks and feeling fine. Don’t give up on SSRIs if you really need them. It’s not weakness. It’s a real illness.
Wow 😮 I have been on paroxetine the last 4 years. Yesterday was my last day of medication. Have been working on a 6 week wean off plan. I wish doctors here in NZ would care enough to explain all info we need before starting meds same for coming off. I have not had much trust in our health sector here so appreciate channels like this that give us the info we need THANK YOU
Hello , can u please explain about the wean off plan ? I have been trying to taper fluvoxetine from 100mg to 50mg in a week , I had worse withdrawal symptoms
Just came off of venlafaxine, and did not do tapering properly. I'm dealing with some painful bloating, especially after eating, more trouble with sleep than I would normally expect, and higher likelihood of anxiety/depression arousal. I really did not know much about this before doing it, otherwise I would've been much more careful
I am having the worst and scariest withdrawal symptoms from taking cymbalta since the drug hit the market. I’m on week 6 of 8 in tapering completely off. The symptoms have been utterly horrifying to say the least. I lost my 5 year old daughter to a rare childhood cancer battle of 2 years of chemo and radiation and a liver transplant and my other daughter has a rare clotting disorder in which she almost lost both legs due to claudication and complete occlusion of arteries from her groin to ankles so she has continuous stents the length of both legs. One might say these events could cause anxiety and depression but I’m living proof it has caused those well earned unfortunate diagnoses. I’m having all of the symptoms you just mentioned and a slew more of them like severe heart palpitations, whole body zaps and stupor, blurred vision, horrid nightmares and many many more changes in my body. Cymbalta must have stopped working years and years ago because my depression was worsening and I’ve had to quit working as a registered nurse. It has affected me in my home life as well. I found your video doing some research about this topic. You seem so much like the person I would love to talk to in depth. Cymbalta has ruined my life. Thank you so much for your videos so keep up the right information coming out for those who need to be educated on this topic as myself. God Bless you. Self edited for spelling corrections
Thanks for sharing your experience. Unfortunately I hear this all too often which has led me to focus on deprescribing and helping patients get off this stuff! God bless you too and hope you have a full recovery 🙏
This is so so helpful!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m tapering off and on half my dose now, I think it’s been 5-6 weeks to get to this point. My symptoms have come back so I need to just stay on 50% - didn’t know this before I came to your video! The other thing I learned was the vivid dreams are a part of it. Unfortunately I have had a hard time finding a therapist, but I am doing self therapy so I hope the tools I learn from that will be helpful in tapering off further when I’m ready. Thank you so much for making this information accessible!
I’m going through a complete nightmare over this stuff…it’s been almost two months trying to quit Effexor…I employee you to be careful…I’ve damaged my brain…had a heart attack…dark places in my mind…extreme anxiety….
7:15 This is refreshing. I wasn't able to get prozac and had to wean off from 80mg to zero over 5 days. My doc wouldn't writing a script while I searched for a new psych bc she felt uncomfortable. I don't plan on going back on the med after this upset, but it's good to have resources that can explain what I may expect as it leaves my system. Thanks!
@@Paranoid529 I guess my comment got deleted bc of some of the wording. Too bad.. had important info. I'll keep it short. I haven't slept. Like is hard. I struggle everyday and wonder if it's worth it. They tell me it is but no med changes since last post. My symptoms have gotten def worse though since being taken off cold turkey. Stay hydrated, in dark places for as long as you need. Check in with people that understand too. It really helps.
@@pheona1164 i was on 20 mg prozac and clobazam 5mg for anxiety for around 3 months im 17 years old now i have stop taking them forever and i forgot things from last 1 month will my recovery will be easy?
@@pheona1164 hey recently around three days ago, I stopped my medicine. I was taking Prozac and clobazam for anxiety from last three months and I am having some memory issue so how long do you think I need to recover
I've got the flu-like systoms, vivid dreams an nightmares and the imbalance. I was fine yesterday but it's back today... I'v only been on the SSRI since May, so i;m hoping the withdrawl doesn't last too long.
I am almost 7years on antidepressants some dr are afraid if they lose you as a patient they not gonna make money my medical aid ask him for my health report because they feel some thing more has to be done I was so upset with him he diagnosis me with bipolar so he can get paid he didn't even discuss it with me wish me luck I only hope long term damage is not done thank you you video was very helpful
I‘ve been taking Sertraline for 10 years. Since 4 years I‘ve been reducing and ever since I‘ve been suffering from every kind of symptoms. Most challenging symptom for me is an uncomfortable heartbeat. Doctor says everything is fine but at times it feels like my heart is about to explode like when having a panic attack and I can’t sit still and breathe properly. It drives me nuts. Some days are better than others. The better days are the only chance for me to regain faith and power to carry on. I don’t even know if my body will ever fully recover from this. And it gives me a hard time finding peace with myself and why I have not stopped taking it way sooner.
Doctor told me the withdrawal was all in my head but going from 400mg to 0 cold turkey because my doctor decieded to close his practice last minute, and i dont have it in me to try and find a new psychiatrist ....just hope one day it gets better i miss who i was before the antidepressants
I had Discontinuation syndrome for many months and didn't know what was happening to me. Derealization, high, high anxiety, claustrophobia, skin rashes and more. Fortunately, resolved immediately once i reinstated Zoloft.
I am on Lexapro 5 mg for more than two years, and doctor doesn’t want me to stop it . But I am ready , I started taking my medication every other day, then every two days and then I stopped it
Our experiences are very similar. Are you neurodivergent? Thank you for sharing your story. Drs and prescribers are NOT aware of the real life effects of this drug.
I haven’t even gone cold turkey… i have been tapering lower and lower with my paroxetine and up until half a pill (15mg) i was doing fine. About a week ago I reduced it to a quarter (7,5mg) and have suddenly been experiencing an anxiety and exhaustion spike that has been ongoing until now. I wish my doc had told me how this stuff would be a horror to let go of.
Hi! I have been on duloxetine for nearly 20 years, for fibromyalgia. I really want to get off it and I have talked with my primary care physician more than once. He talked about tapering and I told him it is basically addiction withdrawal and he said it is not addiction. But you are the first person I have heard explain why it isn’t! My doctor, whom I really do do agree with most of the time, was correct and I feel so much better after your explanation. Thanks so very much!
I can relate. Was on cymbalta for 19 years and on week 6 of my 8 week tapering schedule to get off of this nightmare of a drug completely. I do not even know whose body I’m in right now but it’s being scary for me. How long did it take for you to feel even half way decent after finishing your tapering schedule?
I ran out of duloxetine and couldn’t get it for almost a week. At that point, incredibly having not felt any withdrawal symptoms, I thought I would see how long I could go without it. I lasted about ten days but then had a depression so severe I was practically catatonic. So I restarted and the depression improved. Right now I am at what I call my baseline, where I am vary between slightly depressed and slightly contented. I am having other issues so duloxetine is on a back burner for now.
Been on the poison for 14 years and i have now tapered down to 5 mg from 20 mg over a two year period, and even though i go so extremely slow it's a nightmare, and it gets harder the lower i come, i'm worried that i will never be able to come off it.
I'm sorry you're having a difficult time. I wish you well on your taper and sometimes when you get towards the end you have to go slower, so give yourself grace.
Which poison? I would be curious to hear how you did. Sounds like you are doing great for someone who has been on it for so long. May I ask, why did you decide to come off?
Was on venlafaxine for a year 150mg, elevated my hr for 10-15bm and was anxious because of that and decided to tamper off slowly over 6-7 weeks, now third day without and im having vivid nightmares, dizziness, i hope it will stop soon, because my heart rate is back normal and thats reason to fight through
Man I wish I would have watched this a week ago. I tapered off of my escitalopram (8years) over the course of 3 weeks according to my doctors recommendations. I took my last dose about 4 days ago and today I had to call In Sick for Work today because of my flu symptoms and feelings of vertigo. I feel absolutely TERRIBLE. I really hope that this ends soon or I’m not gonna make it. I really don’t want to go back on these meds if I can stick it out.
Currently going through withdrawals rn. I'm on a moderate risk medication and being tappered off (3week period) but i already experienced side effects while on the meds (why I'm coming off). Now i get random episodes of itching, depressive and suicidal thoughts, waves of anxiety, flu like symptoms, extreme tiredness and very vivid dreams. I just want this to be over honestly. I was hoping this video would talk about the 40 something percent that do experience withdrawal. And i know this is minimzed cus of the tapering as I've gone cold turkey before, had to call an ambulance not fun. But thank you for the information❤
@@nataliedvorackova3325 hey yeah I am, but it's a bit of a slow process but the further along you get the better it becomes. I still felt out of it for about 2 weeks after but nothing compared to the 3 weeks coming off it. Hope this helps
I've been on 50 mg trazodone for 30 years with 15 mg mirtazapene. I decided it's the healthiest time of my life I'm 62. I started with taking an entire year cutting the 50 mg of trazodone in half till I was eventually taking an apple seed size bite every night for the last month. Week 3 I crashed with nausea, tiredness, anxiety can't even drive. Now I wonder how in the world I'm going to get off mirtazapene which I heard is horrible. I had to start cutting with a blade the apple seed size piece in half 3 days ago and I am doing much better. I just need support. My own pcp didn't even suggest a tapering regime she just said go slow. I think a year is slow. No one believes me that it's awful
@@user.47221 didn’t have any. Was talking 200-300 mg each time. For around a month. Started a week b4 my last dose to get my body used to it b4 I stopped the antidepressant
I can't come off my medicine my body randomly shakes my body feels like I'm storing ten years of energy in my bones as soon as I don't have my meds I'm stuck
For many people, Depression is not temporary or situational. Whether you’re born with the family history or it is activated by your environment growing up, suggesting you can “get over” depression in 6-12 mos is not realistic. I spent decades doing everything I could from therapy to exercise to journaling to meditation to natural therapies etc etc … and I still struggled. Finding the right anti depressant combination changed my life. I would recommend to anyone struggling with persistent depression: keep looking for the right combination of medication WHILE meditating etc. Trying to “go it alone” is not worth the years of struggle.
I'm trying to go through this paxil withdrawal before the collapse of the united states I don't want to go through this when we are going through some bull 💩.
We repeat the 56% stat a lot…but has anyone actually heard of an individual who did not get withdrawal symptoms? This strikes me as a figure from a pharma funded study.
I was on diazepam for 10 years and stopping that was nothing compared to Paxil. I thought I was dying from some sort of disease. I was only on that for two months because it didn't work for anxiety.
Very informative! I'm glad this video ended up in my feed because I'm sure I have been experiencing AWS. And it just so happens that the antidepressant/anxiolytic I take is venlafaxine. The symptom I experience the most is "brain zaps". =\
I’ve been on Mirtazapine for 3 years, first who prescribed me was a Neumologist cause my apnea test was negative. He prescribed me 30mg after the hard hangover I myself reduced to 15mg. I try several times to quit but have to return. Now I’ve been on 7.5mg for months and the side effects are awful. Tried over again to quit but got back insomnia. The problem is I work full time. Now I’m trying 3.75mg I’m handling quite well. I hope I can be free from his medication 🙏🏽 thanks a lot for the video
I had a horrible experience when my doctor tampered me off Lexapro over the course of two weeks. Now I am back on it and I don’t know how to tamper off.
Honey I am learning to love the symptoms. The pill never helped me anyway and I want to completely cut it off. The brain zaps become eh after a day or two, but the gi tract is dead. Wish me luck.
The same symptoms i am experiencing right now ,i have been using paraxotine 20mg for 10 years ,now i want to withdraw, but don't know how to do it , i hate to go to my doctor@Bunnyandart
Many people, like me, had no success with a cross taper to prozac. It only works for some people. A hyperbolic taper is the best advice. For me by day 4 of making a small cut, the withdrawal was most pronounced. Wait somewhere around 2 weeks minimum to 2 months for some people to be stable before taking next cut.
I was on 150 mg of Effexor. Had been on this same drug for six or seven years. Recently, it seemed as if the drug was no longer as effective as it had previously been. So I was put on Wellbutrin and then increasing dosages with that medication. Meanwhile, my nurse practitioner put me on 75 mg of Effexor for one week, and then 37 1/2 mg for the second week. This has been a disaster for me, including the thought of harming self. The people that put us on these medications need to know how to get us off of these medication‘s without killing us. The withdrawal is a bit different for each person, but what I know for sure is that it takes me longer than two weeks to get off 150 mg of Effexor!
I have antidepressant discontinuation syndrome. I have been off venlafaxine for 10 weeks now. There has been progress but I am still not my self. Any idea how long until I’m back to my normal happy self? I have changed my diet, taking vitamins, and exercising.
This will vary person to person. Continue vitamins, exercise, hydration, and also consider free form amino acids as they can help your neurotransmitter system to reregulate and heal.
You forgot Hypo sexuality Anedhonie, emotional blunting, genital anesthesia, anorgasmia, erectile dysfunction I took paroxetine during 4 weeks on 2016 and it left me with cognitive and sexual disorder also known as PSSD recognize by EMA ( European medical agency) since 2019
My provider made quit venlafaxine cold turkey when a month ago when i was on the lowest dose already. What i can say is that my anxiety and panic attacks came back harder and feel so dizzy and weird almost everyday including brain zaps. When i say doc about my symptomps he almost doesnt believe. I kinda feel helpless..
same here. it is horrible to have a dr. that acts like you are the weird one for having withdrawal symptoms. my dr. has this attitude, like i am totally over reacting and just looking for problems. trying to wean off venlafaxine. no help from anyone. feeling very scared and alone.
I got severe back body stomach spasms…this has happened before getting off this stuff. And for some reason none of these professionals will talk to me about it. It’s crazy.
I want to come off Lexapro because it doesn’t take my depression away. Plus I still have crazy symptoms on it. I wish I never got on this pill because it hasn’t helped and I know the withdrawals will be horrible.
Great video. My first week of a Zoloft 100mg taper down to 75 mg (25 mg taper ) have me insomnia. Almost no sleep. So I resumed the normal dose. So disappointing.
That's incredible good for you! With a half life of 4 hours, you are going to be experiencing interdose withdrawl by using it every day and a half. I'm down to 50 beads a day divided morning and night. You are a very strong person, thanks for sharing :)
Diane Morell I hope you are doing okay on your way to trying to get off this. You are brave too. I am down to 18 beads a day which is almost nothing but still getting swishing after 5 months but I am continuing to try to get free.
I'm 51yrs old, I recently came off effexor after a long 20yrs. yes 20 long years. I slowly tapered off from 375mg to now days 0mg, the withdrawal symptoms are horrible and I hope they go away soon. it has been 5 days on 0mg. I still feel like i'm floating, and can't quite explain it. just like trying to explain depression symptoms to someone who's never experienced it. At times i'm feeling no symptoms at others i'm feeling like i'm not going to get better. the Psychiatrist prescribed me trintelix upon my request and recommendation but i haven't taken it. i don't want to jump on a new antidepressant if i can avoid it. I don't like the tapering off part of it. I just wanted to share that I thought I was ready to be off Effexor completely after so long. and it is not as easy as i thought it would be. I knew that in the past if i missed a dose i would feel like this but how long does this last when you are trying to be off it forever.
It is different for each person and there are different factors to consider. One thing that seems to help many are free form amino acids, talk to your provider about using them to help.
HELLO I AM 49 WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE ON THIS JOURNEY, I HAVE BEEN TAKING CLONAZAPAM 0.5MG STARTED WITH 2MG, PAST 5 YEARS. IVE TAPERED OFF OF IT ONCE LASTED 4 MONTHS OFF. HAD A RELAPSE WHEN I STOPED SMOKING CANABIS, WAS ONLY TAKING AT NIGHT FOR ANXIETY, AND INSOMNIA NOT FOR FUN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I ALWAY BELIEVED CANABIS WAS NOT ADDICTING! I WAS WRONG, IT WAS HORRIBLE I FELT LIKE I WAS LOOSING MY MIND PANICK ATTACKS, NIGHTMARES, COLD SWEATS, BODY PAIN, ALL FROM GOING COLD TURKEY OFF OF CANABIS, I ALSO WAS HAD STOPPED THE CLONASAPAM AT THE SAME TIME BUT I COULD NOT HANDLE IT SO IM BACK TO DAY ONE ON THE TAPERING OFF THE CLONAZAPAM 0.5MG I WILL START SUNDAY NIGHT, YESTERDAY DOCTOR STARTED ME ON GABAPENTON 300. I TOOK ONE PILL JUST TO SEE IF I COULD SLEEP MORE THAT 4 HOURS. BUT I DONT PLAN ON TAKING MOREOF THIS PILL IT ALSO IS VER ADDICTING IVE HEARD. WELL JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU IT DOES GET BETTER DONT KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES BUT YOU ARE THERE SO CLOSE....BLESS YOU AND SORRY FOR THE RANT..
I’m not trying to go off my current antidepressant on purpose, but for some reason because of prior authorization and my insurance I haven’t been able to get my meds renewed. I’ve kind of forgotten how horrible this is and am not sure what to do while I wait.
I’m coming off 375mg of venlafaxine. Tapered for 3 months and now on zero. Tapering was ok but now I’m feeling awful. All the side effects. I’m really sick. Not sure whether just to hold on and ride it out.
Holy crap some of you are doing rapid tapers! You can get serious withdrawal. Most doctors taper too fast. They don’t seem to know how to get us off these meds safely or without withdrawals.
I've been on Mirtazipine for years, and recently stopped cold turkey. I'm definitely expecting loss of balance/vertigo, apathy, loss of appetite, loss of concentration, insomnia, headaches. I feel so shaky when standing up and even when sitting my hands are shaking 🤔 all because I couldn't be bothered calling the doctors again after spending EIGHT hours on hold over three days, asked for my prescription multiple times.. went to collect it multiple times only to find it wasn't issued.. then instead of giving me a months worth, they gave me seven days and told me I'll have to phone to make an appointment before its issued.. bruh.. just no.
My story is a bit different. Long time use of Prozac, 31 years, but at a low dose of 3.5 mg per day. Began tapering 5 months ago and down to 1.5 but even at a low dose I have had symptoms of headaches, vivid dreams, anxiety and some depression. For me even a small dose has created some difficulty in tapering down.
Thank you for your informative video. I am experiencing symptoms now that I have been tapering off venlafaxine for 12 weeks which I have been taking for over 20 years. 😮. My question is how long do you predict the brain zaps and the nausea will continue? Those are the two symptoms that I find most difficult to deal with.
Day 45 and I’m still having awful headaches and nausea. The heartburn which was really bad is finally beginning to settle down some. I am sleeping well. But I can hardly function with the headaches and nausea! I haven’t found an OTC drug to help with headaches!
Oh my God, I’m going through withdrawals from Paxil. I’m in day 5 it’s horrible. nauseous feeling dizzy out of balance. But I already prepared my mind to it.
I feel fine after 25 years of being off taking meds For context i stop taking my meds at 25 years old and im 26 now and im still myself but i can say my s.function is very high my monthly is great now its not delayed or skips a month i am very much happier and not sluggish as i was when i was on those horrible pills that were forced on me by my mom
I wish prescribing doctors would discuss withdrawal symptoms and all the issues you can have when coming off the medication BEFORE they prescribe.
No one would take these drugs if they would discuss the withdrawal symptoms. They are aweful.
100% @@LansingLawnServiceLLC
They don’t want you to quit
I was not even warned that they come with a black box warning
better yet......
only prescribe AFTER everything else is tried.... within reason ofc
fda, gov, drug companies its all a fing joke. pushing drugs not for cures. but to have lasting life long patients..........
its a very sick, cruel world atm
Biggest thing for me right now after stopping antidepressants for Six days is swinging from anger to wanting to cry and feel ok again in under a minute.
Same plus nausea
Did you managed to quit? I know that, for me, the worst part of the withdrawal came after 3 months. Horrible moments :P I didn't quit cold turkey, but even if I lowered slowly, it kick me after 3 months :P
@@mariannelabanane2589 It's been over 3 months now, most of withdrawal symptoms are gone. I only having a little anxiety every now and then.
Same
same, I can't do it anymore. I guess ill just have to start taking them again,
"try not to be on the medication more than six months to a year" Ha, yeah tell the doctors that. They just put you in and forget about you. 15 years later and I'm finally off this ****.
Same.
I was taking effexor for approximately 5 years. Side effects kept building up and all of a sudden I was having extremely negative and self destructive thoughts.
Hlo bro i need your help
@@ashok0049 Stay hydrated. I have found this has greatly helped with the dizziness and brain zaps.
@ashok0049 And stay away from too much caffeine. It made me feel worse. Find whatever you like to drink like coconut water, power or Gatorade, herbal tea, etc.
Ive been tapering off of paroxetine for over two years now. Im at 3.6mg, down from 40mg/day. I was put on this medication at age 10 and stayed on it for decades. Each time i tried to get off, the withdrawals were so intense, the docs' belief that I should stay on the drug was reinforced. They (nor I) knew anything about how intense the withdrawal really is.
At age 30, my dose was doubled from 20mg to 40mg/day and i went manic and suicidal for the first time in my life. It last months and it was terrifying. I engaged in dangerous activities and had bizarre behaviors very unlike myself. This experience sent me on a journey of learning how to get off this drug for good. Meditation, healthy diet, no alcohol, lots of therapy, cold showers, good relationships, etc. Thia stuff has changed my life. Its just a shame that so many people feel stuck on these drugs because of how hard they are to get off. SSRIs should not be used long-term.
I'm so sorry for all the pain and suffering caused by paroxetine. I'm very glad you are taking charge of your health. I agree that SSRI's should never be used long-term. The suffering is unimaginable. I wish you much success in your taper and may your life be filled with peace and happiness once this med journey is completed. You sure deserve a break. Age 10. Ugh.
@@Jannietime1 Thanks so much for your support and encouragement. It's been a tough road but also a journey that's taught me a lot. I joined a support group which has really helped me avoid feeling sorry for myself or getting stuck in victim-mode. Life comes with difficulties but those challenges shape us and cause us to grow. I look forward to my future- good stuff ahead! All the best to you.
Very true. Thanks for sharing your story, it gives hope to others who are also struggling.
Have you looked at the excellent video with Dr Mark Horowitz?
@@cowboyjohnsontownPlease can I contact you please?
I want to listen to this, I really do, but I can’t the music is so distracting why do people make these really good videos smother with pointless music
I'm sorry! I've been trying to make the music less distracting.
Agreed!
Wow. How rude 😒
@@Crazydoglady. No, it’s frustrating. ESPECIALLY if, say, you’re going through med withdrawals and looking for information. Her videos are very helpful and informative-but would be easier to process without the distraction is all. Cheers.
I don’t understand why there is music on teaching videos. I have trouble staying focused anyway 🙃I love this Dr and all of the teachings they are so helpful. Thank You so much for your help and support ✔️💯
As a hyper sensitive person, this music is so difficult! Painful and anger reactions…
as someone who has struggled with addiction and also weaning off effexor... it certainly feels like addiction. dont care what kind of differentiation that drs like to make. I am addicted to my antidepressant.
Big pharma call it discontinuation syndrome they don't want them having same stigma as opiates, barbiturates big pharma corrupt as uck
I’m weaning myself off Effexor too!! I was on 75 for a year or so and then 37.5 for 4 years. I just started taking out 10 beads at a time . I’m going to go slow so hopefully the withdrawals are minimal. How’s your taper going ?? I want off this med!!!!
@@anaksunamoon8618 how are things going with you? I’ve been on it for about two years with 75 mg. Did you notice a difference when you drop Straight to the half dose of that
I'm down to literally 1 effexor bead but now having trouble just stopping that! I've been hearing of using st.johns wort
This Venlafaxine / Effexor drug is a trap and a nightmare. It seems helpful and effective at first, but then you find out what happens if you miss a dose or try to get off of it. Nobody told me about this. If I knew what was coming, I never would have started taking it. The withdrawal is much worse than the condition that led me to using this medication in the first place. It's not even a rare occurrance to have such an awful experience during withdrawals and I don't understand how a drug like this is even legal and commonly prescribed.
I'm on 75, I wanted a lower dose to see if it easier to get off of it. My doctor claims 37.5 doesn't exist and 75 is the lowest dose that works...
These doctors are so quick to prescribe these, I am 6 months off Zoloft, was on them 3 years and never again! but I'm still having a difficult time. can't sleep feeling anxious and depressed!
that might be an indication that you need to re-take zoloft, because this might not be a withdrawal syndrome, but a depressive episode.
@@petrosstyle2981I agree this is what happens when I'm off my Zoloft you should really start back up I'm an ex drug addict and now I feel like medicine is the only thing keeping me from losing everything
think I have the most severe mental symptoms since I read many people stories. I have extremely severe intrusive racing thoughts. Severe flasback thoughts and images from childhood memories till now. Weird feeling. Hyper sensitive to every thought and sensation. Hyperawarness. Combined with severe depression and derealization and 24/7 hypersalivation with panick and cognitive impairment, brain fog attacks, I feel like I am the strongest person in the planet
AHHHHHH. Who else is feeling absolutely horrible ???
Me! Feeling sleppy and in a kind of pain. Feeling lightheaded. My pills ran out
Nightmares! I did not know that quitting Zoloft could cause it. Well, i now know i can.
Me. I am on week 2 of withdrawl of citalopram..been on it for f**** 10 years :(. The insomnia and fatigue are the worst. My anxiety is bad. But i wanna push through
If you have access to a sauna, definitely take advantage. Making yourself sweat will help pull out all of the toxins from your body. I have been using my infrared sauna 30 to 45 minutes daily, and I can say that it has definitely helped with all of the withdrawal symptoms.
Me! It’s miserable withdrawing/recovering from Effexor. I’ve been weaning with guidance from my physician and it’s still horrible! These drugs are damaging to the brain! SMH
I just went through agonizing symptoms, all of the ones in FINISH, these past two months. I was being monitored by a doctor (but I don't think he knew much about this) and going off Paxil gradually, but not nearly as gradually as you are saying. I had been on Paxil for 26 years. It's been awful. Really, really awful. I have been off totally for two weeks and am feeling better, but I would never have done this if I had known! Thank you for making people aware of this. I wish you could have talked to my doctor before I started this!
I am sorry that you had to go through this. I am glad to hear that you are feeling better now. If you need further support, you can call me for a free phone consultation www.levelheadedmind.com/contact. Take care 🙏🏽
Darcy, I am going through the same thing. Switching off Paxil has been miserable. I've had to take a leave of absence from work because of it. I had no idea that it was high risk to get off of. I'm glad you are improving though.
@@yyyallison After six weeks off Paxil I had to go back on it. I was miserable and having dark episodes of depression. During the withdrawal and the six weeks completely off I was taking Buspirone. It didn't seem to do anything. I am feeling back to myself again and will never go off Paxil again. Hope you feel better soon.
@@LevelheadedMind same, I'm trying to lay off venlafaxine and it's draining.
It’s been 5 months and I’m still not ok. How are you?
I tapered myself off of lexapro in July n August. It is November. 14 years on Lexapro and Klonopin. Tapered off off Klonopin last December. Probably did it too fast. Too late. It's done. Presently tapering off of xanax. Was on 1mg at night from January- July. Decided to taper off. It was at that time that I began slowly to realize what I had gotten myself into... I discovered in August the epidemic of people trying to withdraw off these meds and the extreme distress it causes. I realized how BMS burning mouth syndrome, tongue thrusting, the debilitating dizziness and so much more had happened to me. And yes, I am having brain zaps. In fact it started in October and here mid November it seems to be increasing. Sigh. Heaven help us. Have mercy. I wish I had never, never been offered these meds.
How are you feeling now? I stopped lexapro over a month ago now I'm still really struggling. I hated being on it being numb and not feeling anything but now I'm feeling everything a million times worse. Did you get anger episodes and really upset? I do not wanna go back to the lexapro but if this doesn't I'll have to, please let me know if the lexapro withdrawls are better or not for you
@@connort5584hello how are you doing 4 months later
Hello how are you doing
@pilwespoisu Hey man, I'm doing great. Back to my normal social self, I can talk to anyone again, rarely any depression anymore. Sleep is mostly back to normal and I'm not dulled out and numb from gje Lexapro anymore. I went through WD for probably 3-4 months from it, panic attacks, anxiety, worse depression, but now I feel better than ever. I started using ketamine 1-2 times a week with testosterone replacement therapy and I'm kinda back to my old self. Still have tons of back issues from a car wreck and surgeries, but the ketamine and test have me back in the gym. Ketamine is amazing man, re wires your brain and undoes years of trauma almost immediately.
@pilwespoisu It got worse in December and I was hospitalized. I am better now. Still have vestibular issues, burning mouth, neuropathy. But the anxiety is mostly gone. I have been completely off the benzos for some months now and know it will take time to heal from this. It really messed with my neurological system. Thank you for checking on me.
I have been on antidepressants for 20+ years maybe 23 not 100% sure and I want off them so badly but what I felt 20+ years ago is now made so much worse by these withdrawal symptoms that drs act like you don't actually have. My irritability gets so bad and you can't just sit in a corner for life, things have to be done. I feel like the pharmaceutical companies and drs are destroying our ability to function. I would love to be able to stop taking these meds and live happily! I am going to take this to my dr and see what I can do....ugh pray for me please!!!!
I really wish there were many doctor's like you who actually know about this. I've been on antidepressants for 20 years and none of my docs ever even considered getting me off of them. When I finally decided to get off of duloxetine I was tapered off to fast by my doc and have been suffering withdrawal symptoms for two months and counting. Thanks for posting this info.
Not all doctor’s are smart enought !
I've been off Citalopram since October 2022, I started to wean off them since June 2022 and the dizziness side effects are still there, I was only on them from January 2022... Is this still a side effect or what is it
Hey how are you now? Did symptoms end? I gave up duloxetine ~3 months ago after ~9 years use and then I used fuloxetine for one month. I did all these with my doc. After 3-4 weeks then, my withdrawal symptoms (nausea, headache, fatigue, dizziness etc) started and still goes on. I cannot go away from home for so long because of those symptoms.
How are you now
My nephew, who is a family physician, discussed with me how very , very tiny the increments of decrease must be to avoid problems. And if symptoms occur at any point, the patient must go back up to the last dose that was comfortable and may have to stay at that dose for awhile. Unfortunately, the capsules I take are extended-release and contain minuscule coated granules within. These granules are of different strengths and different release times, of which I am ignorant. So, for example, I can’t open a capsule and take nine-tenths of them and expect that I have taken nine-tenths of the capsule dose. At least in my area, a compounding pharmacy would be needed to custom create these doses and that would likely not be affordable for me and, I’m guessing, not covered by insurance either.
I've been on sertraline for 15 years to treat panic disorder. Took through three pregnancies....went up after my second and third births as I had some scary postpartum anxiety after my first birth. 6 years after having my last baby I was into meditation and wasn't having anxiety much....was feeling really good. I decided I should try going off of it, as I'd heard its not great to be on it long term. I'd dropped my dose to only 50mg for the last year, so I finally weaned off in mid April. Its mid July now and I'm just not feeling like myself. I'm so easily triggered, especially by my family. I'm feeling depressed, sad, hopeless, fearful of things I once enjoyed, on the verge of anxiety and wanting to cry all the time. Its a horrible way to feel. I'm torn between going back on or seeing if waiting it out a few more months makes a difference. I so want to be normal and feel normal without the medication.
I’m sorry this is happening to you. I hope things get better for you. Have you had any withdrawal symptoms physically other than mental ones?
@@Jayy-xoxo Not really. The first couple of weeks I felt a little light headed. I never did experience that buzzing brain people talk about. I'm no longer waking up soaking wet with sweat. Certain foods don't taste as good as they used to. I feel extra sensitive to certain noises. I've had crazy sensitive reflexes in my knees and now they are just normal reflexes again. But my anxiety is actually a lot better now than when I wrote my original post. So thats been nice! I've been feeling a lot more balanced, emotionally.
@jane_harlie how dose of setraline during your pregancy?
How are your kids now?
@@duyennguyen8536 I never went higher than 150mg. My kids are great, thank goodness!
How are you doing?
This information is literal GOLD! God bless you 🫂
Dealing with this now as I am tapering down my Zoloft. The med didn't help and now I'm going through a withdrawal. I wish I had never taken this crap
How long have you been taking it ? I’m planning to withdraw bupropion xl 150 mg just after a week of taking it . Will I face withdrawal symptoms .
@@97k01 I took it for about 8 months. I am off now. I am not sure about bupropion. According to google, it is possible to have withdrawls. Have you talked to your doctor or pharmacist?
Been on it for over 10 years! Tapered off for 1 month /6 weeks without it and I felt great! Decided to go back on it and it's a whole new monster! Dizziness, amxiety,and mood swings! Horrible SHIT!!!!!
@@bluestorm9651how are you now?
Same! I am having crazy withdrawals, I hope this doesn't last long.
This is a well-made and hugely informative video. I love your clear and concise explanations.
Thank you 😊.
Glad it was helpful!
Until you have actually come of the crap you will never know how painful it can be. Coming off Efexor almost killed me.
Thank you for talking about this as withdrawal. I do not like the word "discontinuation". It is trying to put the blame on the patient and also is minimizing how absolutely horrible it is. Most of the time this happens for me it's because I can't get my refill from my prescriber/cant get in touch with my prescriber. I am also on a very high dose of this medication so even when I was running low and had to just reduce the dose a bit-immediate symptoms. Within hours.
I’ve been on Effexor for about 15 years! 75 mg daily. Made the switch to 37.5 for a few months. Really felt no different. Then gradually came off by taking one pill every other day. Then licking my fingers and taking a few beads and then quit. The first few days was good! I could actually feel again! I could watch a movie and cry or laugh! The 2 nd week it hit me! The headaches, nausea, GI issues, aches and tingling! It’s been 4 weeks since that last little dose and I still feel horrible!
I wish you the best in your recovery. Some people find relief with free form amino acids and b complex vitamin as long as your doctor approves, try that.
@@LevelheadedMind yes I started taking a B complex vitamin. Will St John’s wort help?
@@kimschlosser2854 Too many medication interactions with St John's Wort, but it could he'll, just run it by your doctor. 5Htp can also help and no interactions. But still run it by your provider.
I’ve tapered off fluvoxamine at my drs direction. When I had a 6-7 days of 25mg twice a day he had me stop. He did increase buspirone to 15mg twice a day before I stopped the other. I’m also on 0.25mg Ativan twice daily. But man, only 4 days off and I’m having bad zappy dizziness/disorientation whenever I move my head or eyes. I can actually hear the zap sounds in my ear. Now I’m extremely nauseous and just I’ll feeling. I’m also battling some heart rate problems the last few months. So trying to deal with both issues is debilitating. I pray this goes away soon. I can’t drive and have already been off work two weeks. Waiting on cardiologist referral, thinking I might have POTS after having COVID. This is so rough and scary.
Was on for 22 years... almost 5 months down and still having issues. Chronic fatigue and severe cognitive issues one day, and the next, I'm manic and can't handle the anxiety. Way way worse than I've ever experienced.
I recently tapered off Paroxetine under the guidance of a doctor and fully quit three weeks ago. The withdrawal symptoms have been quite severe, including high levels of anxiety and even panic attacks, making me feel unstable. I believe I have passed the peak of the withdrawal symptoms, but I am still experiencing a low level of anxiety.
Thanks for making this! I so regret starting ssri’s
Same. I'm off venlafaxine and it's hard. They never helped me anyway and now I have to struggle with stupid symptoms. I wish the doctors warned us it would be really hard to come off of them.
@@Bunnyandart yeah we actually never learned about it in med school. so dumb. i wonder if it's on purpose
@@canyouspellophthalmology I hope they realise maybe some people want to eventually stop taking them and need to be mentally prepared for the hell you have to go through.
I'm coming off paroxetine cold turkey. It's been about a week and I feel absolutely dreadful. Constant panic attacks, trembling, anxiety etc.
I'd rather feel like this than completely numb, though.
You are very brave. Good job
How are you doing now?
You should never do antidepressants cold turkey, but tapering them off bit by bit
I accidentally did cold turkey on paroxetine and it’s been 8 months since I’m feeling this bad…never have I ever felt so bad before
@@lsmemr8789 exactly
I've come off zoloft about 5 times now, it doesn't get any better each time :(
I stopped Lexapro cold turkey 7 months ago. Sensitive spot of my forehead when touched lightly and weird headache pulses every few mins. Torture. Hope they resolve soon. Good video
@lilgr4 months. Came off of them For a few weeks Started having Anxiety Try to use Wellbutrin Started having terrible headaches so I stopped taking that As well period
How are you now?
@Snowflake1374 still experiencing the nerve sensitivity on my forehead coupled with discomfort in my eye on same side. Over two years off the stuff. I do notice my neck has been extremely tight as well.
One of the best video i have saw in youtube and your video is the best and helpful .❤❤
I forgot to take my 225 mg of Venlafaxine yesterday.
I felt awful all day, it was like if I had an elephant foot pressing my head towards the ground, if I no longer had skin in my body and everything even a small breeze could hurt me, like a burn or an electric shock, I couldn’t concentrate at all at any task and I slept so bad last night. I woke up like 7 times with vivid dreams, extremely thirsty and nauseous.
I noticed yesterday’s pills over the counter this morning when I was going to take my dosis for this day and in the blink of an eye everything just made sense. I’m watching this videos while I wait today’s dosis to kick in.
I hope this doesn’t happen to anyone 😢
looking to come off venlafaxine. i took a dose 3 hours late and felt so sick, headaches, flu like, etc. my dr. said withdrawal is not real....so no help from pychiatrist....want to get off so badly.
I'm trying to get off effexor too. Yall have any updates or advice?
@@Mariela.9330 don't worry... you will be totally fine ... consult your doctor regarding this.
This makes more sense to me than anything else I have listened to. I'm dropping dose of fluoxetine after years massive struggle.
I'm currently tapering off of Paroxetine after being on 20mg every day for the past 4 years..3 weeks in and the most noticeable withdrawal symptom for me is the vertigo by far!! Good luck to everyone in their journeys to happiness ✌️💚
That's what I'm having trouble with. I'm about mid way through my taper. Doing about 1/2 tab less weekly, but this dizziness just came on and I get really nauseous, woke up from the dizziness and couldn't go back to sleep for a while....it's scary to have the dizziness, I'm going to let my doctor know Monday, I'm thinking will need to make the taper longer.
So I took a full tablet instead of 1/2 tab that day,and now that dizziness is gone. I'm going to slow down the taper. Maybe 1/2 tab removed every 2 weeks.
Yeah apparently the taper should be really long! Like 4-6 weeks each taper! I'm still on half dose as withdrawals were pretty bad, hopefully be able to reduce again soon.. hope things go good for you mate
@SmokeyJ420 yes. Thank you. I'm going to take it slow. I'm doing better. Hope all is well with you.
@ArmourofGod77 I'm glad to hear you're doing better.. I'm still on the half dose, might reduce to quarter in the next week or 2.. really don't want the withdrawals to come back again..
When I come off my Zoloft - I get severe nocturnal panic attacks where I can’t breathe.
BTW- I’ve been on antidepressants for 30 years
Thank you for your mental health channel. I know you have helped many with your expertise. I have been on Effexor/Venlafaxine for over 30 years. I recently read that long-term use of these medications can possibly cause dementia/Alzheimer's according to some research. Therefore, I spoke with my doctor to begin tapering my antidepressant. I started this week from 150 mg to now 75 mg. I will be on this dosage for three months. Thank you for sharing the cross-taper. Hopefully, my doctor is familiar with this technique, and I can quit this medication without too much disturbing side effects.
I’ve been coming off sertraline and it’s been a nightmare. Body aches and it feels like I have the flu - 4 weeks in feeling like this 😢
How are you feeling now?
@@Randompancakes12345 it was horrible. It took about six weeks for the sides effects to go away.
Once I went back to working for corporate again all my anxiety and depression came back and the doctor put me back on the meds.
I also had some nausea, dizziness and body aches but I’m getting over it after about 2 weeks and feeling fine. Don’t give up on SSRIs if you really need them. It’s not weakness. It’s a real illness.
@@Lulu-kt6gr almost a year and still struggling 😭😔
Wow 😮
I have been on paroxetine the last 4 years. Yesterday was my last day of medication. Have been working on a 6 week wean off plan. I wish doctors here in NZ would care enough to explain all info we need before starting meds same for coming off. I have not had much trust in our health sector here so appreciate channels like this that give us the info we need THANK YOU
Hello , can u please explain about the wean off plan ? I have been trying to taper fluvoxetine from 100mg to 50mg in a week , I had worse withdrawal symptoms
Just came off of venlafaxine, and did not do tapering properly. I'm dealing with some painful bloating, especially after eating, more trouble with sleep than I would normally expect, and higher likelihood of anxiety/depression arousal. I really did not know much about this before doing it, otherwise I would've been much more careful
I am having the worst and scariest withdrawal symptoms from taking cymbalta since the drug hit the market. I’m on week 6 of 8 in tapering completely off. The symptoms have been utterly horrifying to say the least. I lost my 5 year old daughter to a rare childhood cancer battle of 2 years of chemo and radiation and a liver transplant and my other daughter has a rare clotting disorder in which she almost lost both legs due to claudication and complete occlusion of arteries from her groin to ankles so she has continuous stents the length of both legs. One might say these events could cause anxiety and depression but I’m living proof it has caused those well earned unfortunate diagnoses. I’m having all of the symptoms you just mentioned and a slew more of them like severe heart palpitations, whole body zaps and stupor, blurred vision, horrid nightmares and many many more changes in my body. Cymbalta must have stopped working years and years ago because my depression was worsening and I’ve had to quit working as a registered nurse. It has affected me in my home life as well. I found your video doing some research about this topic. You seem so much like the person I would love to talk to in depth. Cymbalta has ruined my life. Thank you so much for your videos so keep up the right information coming out for those who need to be educated on this topic as myself. God Bless you.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. Unfortunately I hear this all too often which has led me to focus on deprescribing and helping patients get off this stuff! God bless you too and hope you have a full recovery 🙏
I just want to say im so sorry for ur pain ..... have u tried to work with a constitutional homeopath and an emdr therapist?
I pray 🙏🙏
You get better
Oh my gosh! That sounds so hard.
@@BayanHijirPlease can I contact you please?
This is so so helpful!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m tapering off and on half my dose now, I think it’s been 5-6 weeks to get to this point. My symptoms have come back so I need to just stay on 50% - didn’t know this before I came to your video! The other thing I learned was the vivid dreams are a part of it. Unfortunately I have had a hard time finding a therapist, but I am doing self therapy so I hope the tools I learn from that will be helpful in tapering off further when I’m ready. Thank you so much for making this information accessible!
You're welcome, and I wish you all the best as you continue the tapering process.
I’m going through a complete nightmare over this stuff…it’s been almost two months trying to quit Effexor…I employee you to be careful…I’ve damaged my brain…had a heart attack…dark places in my mind…extreme anxiety….
7:15 This is refreshing. I wasn't able to get prozac and had to wean off from 80mg to zero over 5 days. My doc wouldn't writing a script while I searched for a new psych bc she felt uncomfortable. I don't plan on going back on the med after this upset, but it's good to have resources that can explain what I may expect as it leaves my system. Thanks!
How 😢 are you now dude please tell me my going through same are normal now like before taking the medication
@@Paranoid529 I guess my comment got deleted bc of some of the wording. Too bad.. had important info. I'll keep it short. I haven't slept. Like is hard. I struggle everyday and wonder if it's worth it. They tell me it is but no med changes since last post. My symptoms have gotten def worse though since being taken off cold turkey. Stay hydrated, in dark places for as long as you need. Check in with people that understand too. It really helps.
@@pheona1164 i was on 20 mg prozac and clobazam 5mg for anxiety for around 3 months im 17 years old now i have stop taking them forever and i forgot things from last 1 month will my recovery will be easy?
@@pheona1164 hey recently around three days ago, I stopped my medicine. I was taking Prozac and clobazam for anxiety from last three months and I am having some memory issue so how long do you think I need to recover
Prozac 20 mg and clobazam 5 mg?
I've got the flu-like systoms, vivid dreams an nightmares and the imbalance. I was fine yesterday but it's back today... I'v only been on the SSRI since May, so i;m hoping the withdrawl doesn't last too long.
How are you now bro please tell me im going through it
I am almost 7years on antidepressants some dr are afraid if they lose you as a patient they not gonna make money my medical aid ask him for my health report because they feel some thing more has to be done I was so upset with him he diagnosis me with bipolar so he can get paid he didn't even discuss it with me wish me luck I only hope long term damage is not done thank you you video was very helpful
Thank you so much for the medication comparison videos! Your info has been so helpful to me.
You are so welcome! Glad you found it helpful.
I‘ve been taking Sertraline for 10 years. Since 4 years I‘ve been reducing and ever since I‘ve been suffering from every kind of symptoms. Most challenging symptom for me is an uncomfortable heartbeat. Doctor says everything is fine but at times it feels like my heart is about to explode like when having a panic attack and I can’t sit still and breathe properly. It drives me nuts. Some days are better than others. The better days are the only chance for me to regain faith and power to carry on. I don’t even know if my body will ever fully recover from this. And it gives me a hard time finding peace with myself and why I have not stopped taking it way sooner.
Thank you so much, but PLEASE, drop the background music. It makes it difficult to listen to your voice and makes the listener tense. 😊
Doctor told me the withdrawal was all in my head but going from 400mg to 0 cold turkey because my doctor decieded to close his practice last minute, and i dont have it in me to try and find a new psychiatrist ....just hope one day it gets better i miss who i was before the antidepressants
Never knew only suppose to be on a MED for only a yr...very interesting
I had Discontinuation syndrome for many months and didn't know what was happening to me. Derealization, high, high anxiety, claustrophobia, skin rashes and more. Fortunately, resolved immediately once i reinstated Zoloft.
I am on Lexapro 5 mg for more than two years, and doctor doesn’t want me to stop it . But I am ready , I started taking my medication every other day, then every two days and then I stopped it
Our experiences are very similar. Are you neurodivergent? Thank you for sharing your story. Drs and prescribers are NOT aware of the real life effects of this drug.
I haven’t even gone cold turkey… i have been tapering lower and lower with my paroxetine and up until half a pill (15mg) i was doing fine. About a week ago I reduced it to a quarter (7,5mg) and have suddenly been experiencing an anxiety and exhaustion spike that has been ongoing until now. I wish my doc had told me how this stuff would be a horror to let go of.
Get it in liquid and reduce by much less, 5 or 10 percent.
Hi! I have been on duloxetine for nearly 20 years, for fibromyalgia. I really want to get off it and I have talked with my primary care physician more than once. He talked about tapering and I told him it is basically addiction withdrawal and he said it is not addiction. But you are the first person I have heard explain why it isn’t! My doctor, whom I really do do agree with most of the time, was correct and I feel so much better after your explanation. Thanks so very much!
I can relate. Was on cymbalta for 19 years and on week 6 of my 8 week tapering schedule to get off of this nightmare of a drug completely. I do not even know whose body I’m in right now but it’s being scary for me. How long did it take for you to feel even half way decent after finishing your tapering schedule?
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@@Coffee_Lover-s8n how are you now
How are you now
I ran out of duloxetine and couldn’t get it for almost a week. At that point, incredibly having not felt any withdrawal symptoms, I thought I would see how long I could go without it. I lasted about ten days but then had a depression so severe I was practically catatonic. So I restarted and the depression improved. Right now I am at what I call my baseline, where I am vary between slightly depressed and slightly contented. I am having other issues so duloxetine is on a back burner for now.
Been on the poison for 14 years and i have now tapered down to 5 mg from 20 mg over a two year period, and even though i go so extremely slow it's a nightmare, and it gets harder the lower i come, i'm worried that i will never be able to come off it.
I'm sorry you're having a difficult time. I wish you well on your taper and sometimes when you get towards the end you have to go slower, so give yourself grace.
Which poison? I would be curious to hear how you did. Sounds like you are doing great for someone who has been on it for so long. May I ask, why did you decide to come off?
@@AstroMartine because in the long time this medicines ARE that, poison
At home right now as I watch this video suffering!
Sorry to hear that. I hope you will find some comfort 🙏
Was on venlafaxine for a year 150mg, elevated my hr for 10-15bm and was anxious because of that and decided to tamper off slowly over 6-7 weeks, now third day without and im having vivid nightmares, dizziness, i hope it will stop soon, because my heart rate is back normal and thats reason to fight through
Man I wish I would have watched this a week ago. I tapered off of my escitalopram (8years) over the course of 3 weeks according to my doctors recommendations. I took my last dose about 4 days ago and today I had to call In Sick for Work today because of my flu symptoms and feelings of vertigo. I feel absolutely TERRIBLE. I really hope that this ends soon or I’m not gonna make it. I really don’t want to go back on these meds if I can stick it out.
How long your withdrawal symptoms please reply me
Currently going through withdrawals rn. I'm on a moderate risk medication and being tappered off (3week period) but i already experienced side effects while on the meds (why I'm coming off). Now i get random episodes of itching, depressive and suicidal thoughts, waves of anxiety, flu like symptoms, extreme tiredness and very vivid dreams. I just want this to be over honestly. I was hoping this video would talk about the 40 something percent that do experience withdrawal. And i know this is minimzed cus of the tapering as I've gone cold turkey before, had to call an ambulance not fun. But thank you for the information❤
Hey, just curious if it got better?
@@nataliedvorackova3325 hey yeah I am, but it's a bit of a slow process but the further along you get the better it becomes. I still felt out of it for about 2 weeks after but nothing compared to the 3 weeks coming off it. Hope this helps
I've been on 50 mg trazodone for 30 years with 15 mg mirtazapene. I decided it's the healthiest time of my life I'm 62. I started with taking an entire year cutting the 50 mg of trazodone in half till I was eventually taking an apple seed size bite every night for the last month. Week 3 I crashed with nausea, tiredness, anxiety can't even drive. Now I wonder how in the world I'm going to get off mirtazapene which I heard is horrible. I had to start cutting with a blade the apple seed size piece in half 3 days ago and I am doing much better. I just need support. My own pcp didn't even suggest a tapering regime she just said go slow. I think a year is slow. No one believes me that it's awful
When i got off my SSRI i got angry OUT of the blue! Was just pissed AF! It felt like i was about to explode... It was weird tho... But not too bad..
I feel the exact same I’ve been angry and agitated all day with a massive headache this is bs…
If withdrawal is worse than depression why anyone start to use AD?
I was having brain zaps. My doctor gave my gabapentin and it helped. Hope this helps someone.
It says gabapentin also causes dependency on quick google research. How did it go for you?
@@user.47221 didn’t have any. Was talking 200-300 mg each time. For around a month. Started a week b4 my last dose to get my body used to it b4 I stopped the antidepressant
Excellent video!
Very good vedio. Thanks madam
I can't come off my medicine my body randomly shakes my body feels like I'm storing ten years of energy in my bones as soon as I don't have my meds I'm stuck
For many people, Depression is not temporary or situational. Whether you’re born with the family history or it is activated by your environment growing up, suggesting you can “get over” depression in 6-12 mos is not realistic. I spent decades doing everything I could from therapy to exercise to journaling to meditation to natural therapies etc etc … and I still struggled. Finding the right anti depressant combination changed my life. I would recommend to anyone struggling with persistent depression: keep looking for the right combination of medication WHILE meditating etc. Trying to “go it alone” is not worth the years of struggle.
I'm trying to go through this paxil withdrawal before the collapse of the united states I don't want to go through this when we are going through some bull 💩.
I am from South Africa . Trust me, those greedy drug dealers will make sure you can find their drugs .
Same here
Me too. You are the only one who realized this besides me. That I know of. There wont be money or meds soon. Best to be off.
Paranoia? How's it going with the end of the world?
Can you mention about fluvoxomine please the withdrawal symptoms please
We repeat the 56% stat a lot…but has anyone actually heard of an individual who did not get withdrawal symptoms? This strikes me as a figure from a pharma funded study.
I was on diazepam for 10 years and stopping that was nothing compared to Paxil. I thought I was dying from some sort of disease. I was only on that for two months because it didn't work for anxiety.
My doctor prescribed me to withdraw within a month. And I fell back to a higher dose again. I don't think he knows anything of these!
Very informative! I'm glad this video ended up in my feed because I'm sure I have been experiencing AWS. And it just so happens that the antidepressant/anxiolytic I take is venlafaxine. The symptom I experience the most is "brain zaps". =\
I’ve been on Mirtazapine for 3 years, first who prescribed me was a Neumologist cause my apnea test was negative. He prescribed me 30mg after the hard hangover I myself reduced to 15mg. I try several times to quit but have to return. Now I’ve been on 7.5mg for months and the side effects are awful. Tried over again to quit but got back insomnia. The problem is I work full time. Now I’m trying 3.75mg I’m handling quite well. I hope I can be free from his medication 🙏🏽 thanks a lot for the video
I had a horrible experience when my doctor tampered me off Lexapro over the course of two weeks. Now I am back on it and I don’t know how to tamper off.
Slowwwwww
Talk to your doctor about doing a longer taper, try over 3 months instead.
Honey I am learning to love the symptoms. The pill never helped me anyway and I want to completely cut it off. The brain zaps become eh after a day or two, but the gi tract is dead. Wish me luck.
The same symptoms i am experiencing right now ,i have been using paraxotine 20mg for 10 years ,now i want to withdraw, but don't know how to do it , i hate to go to my doctor@Bunnyandart
Many people, like me, had no success with a cross taper to prozac. It only works for some people. A hyperbolic taper is the best advice. For me by day 4 of making a small cut, the withdrawal was most pronounced. Wait somewhere around 2 weeks minimum to 2 months for some people to be stable before taking next cut.
Great advice!
What's a hyperbolic taper?
I was on 150 mg of Effexor. Had been on this same drug for six or seven years. Recently, it seemed as if the drug was no longer as effective as it had previously been. So I was put on Wellbutrin and then increasing dosages with that medication. Meanwhile, my nurse practitioner put me on 75 mg of Effexor for one week, and then 37 1/2 mg for the second week. This has been a disaster for me, including the thought of harming self. The people that put us on these medications need to know how to get us off of these medication‘s without killing us. The withdrawal is a bit different for each person, but what I know for sure is that it takes me longer than two weeks to get off 150 mg of Effexor!
ya i’m really struggling and i was on venlafaxine
Great video… so helpful but the background music is not necessary and a bit anxiety inducing as it’s hard to hear you with the music loop.
My fluvoxamine wasn't available the suppliers ran out and I'm going through it
Nightmares dizziness and anxious are ones are getting plus I'm a full time carer for my father so I feel guilty I'm going through is
I have antidepressant discontinuation syndrome. I have been off venlafaxine for 10 weeks now. There has been progress but I am still not my self. Any idea how long until I’m back to my normal happy self? I have changed my diet, taking vitamins, and exercising.
This will vary person to person. Continue vitamins, exercise, hydration, and also consider free form amino acids as they can help your neurotransmitter system to reregulate and heal.
How are you feeling now? Im also off venlafaxine after 13 years. Since 2 weeks i feel terrible. Constant dizziness and body feels heavy and weak. 😢
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You forgot Hypo sexuality Anedhonie, emotional blunting, genital anesthesia, anorgasmia, erectile dysfunction
I took paroxetine during 4 weeks on 2016 and it left me with cognitive and sexual disorder also known as PSSD recognize by EMA ( European medical agency) since 2019
Sorry to hear that.
My provider made quit venlafaxine cold turkey when a month ago when i was on the lowest dose already. What i can say is that my anxiety and panic attacks came back harder and feel so dizzy and weird almost everyday including brain zaps. When i say doc about my symptomps he almost doesnt believe. I kinda feel helpless..
same here. it is horrible to have a dr. that acts like you are the weird one for having withdrawal symptoms. my dr. has this attitude, like i am totally over reacting and just looking for problems. trying to wean off venlafaxine. no help from anyone. feeling very scared and alone.
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How long did the withdrawal symptoms last?
I got severe back body stomach spasms…this has happened before getting off this stuff. And for some reason none of these professionals will talk to me about it. It’s crazy.
I want to come off Lexapro because it doesn’t take my depression away. Plus I still have crazy symptoms on it. I wish I never got on this pill because it hasn’t helped and I know the withdrawals will be horrible.
Take it slow and I wish you all the best with your taper.
Great video. My first week of a Zoloft 100mg taper down to 75 mg (25 mg taper ) have me insomnia. Almost no sleep. So I resumed the normal dose. So disappointing.
It is because these withdrawal symptoms usually means weaning yourself off, not cold turkey.
How much time does this Syntoms last?
Anyone wake up with panic or sweats ?
Thanks for helping us get off this stuff. I am down 42 grains of Effexor which is about 15 mgs every day and a half
That's incredible good for you! With a half life of 4 hours, you are going to be experiencing interdose withdrawl by using it every day and a half. I'm down to 50 beads a day divided morning and night. You are a very strong person, thanks for sharing :)
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I hope you are doing okay on your way to trying to get off this. You are brave too. I am down to 18 beads a day which is almost nothing but still getting swishing after 5 months but I am continuing to try to get free.
I'm 51yrs old, I recently came off effexor after a long 20yrs. yes 20 long years. I slowly tapered off from 375mg to now days 0mg, the withdrawal symptoms are horrible and I hope they go away soon. it has been 5 days on 0mg. I still feel like i'm floating, and can't quite explain it. just like trying to explain depression symptoms to someone who's never experienced it. At times i'm feeling no symptoms at others i'm feeling like i'm not going to get better. the Psychiatrist prescribed me trintelix upon my request and recommendation but i haven't taken it. i don't want to jump on a new antidepressant if i can avoid it. I don't like the tapering off part of it. I just wanted to share that I thought I was ready to be off Effexor completely after so long. and it is not as easy as i thought it would be. I knew that in the past if i missed a dose i would feel like this but how long does this last when you are trying to be off it forever.
It is different for each person and there are different factors to consider. One thing that seems to help many are free form amino acids, talk to your provider about using them to help.
HELLO I AM 49 WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE ON THIS JOURNEY, I HAVE BEEN TAKING CLONAZAPAM 0.5MG STARTED WITH 2MG, PAST 5 YEARS. IVE TAPERED OFF OF IT ONCE LASTED 4 MONTHS OFF. HAD A RELAPSE WHEN I STOPED SMOKING CANABIS, WAS ONLY TAKING AT NIGHT FOR ANXIETY, AND INSOMNIA NOT FOR FUN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I ALWAY BELIEVED CANABIS WAS NOT ADDICTING! I WAS WRONG, IT WAS HORRIBLE I FELT LIKE I WAS LOOSING MY MIND PANICK ATTACKS, NIGHTMARES, COLD SWEATS, BODY PAIN, ALL FROM GOING COLD TURKEY OFF OF CANABIS, I ALSO WAS HAD STOPPED THE CLONASAPAM AT THE SAME TIME BUT I COULD NOT HANDLE IT SO IM BACK TO DAY ONE ON THE TAPERING OFF THE CLONAZAPAM 0.5MG I WILL START SUNDAY NIGHT, YESTERDAY DOCTOR STARTED ME ON GABAPENTON 300. I TOOK ONE PILL JUST TO SEE IF I COULD SLEEP MORE THAT 4 HOURS. BUT I DONT PLAN ON TAKING MOREOF THIS PILL IT ALSO IS VER ADDICTING IVE HEARD. WELL JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU IT DOES GET BETTER DONT KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES BUT YOU ARE THERE SO CLOSE....BLESS YOU AND SORRY FOR THE RANT..
Hey how are you now
I’m not trying to go off my current antidepressant on purpose, but for some reason because of prior authorization and my insurance I haven’t been able to get my meds renewed. I’ve kind of forgotten how horrible this is and am not sure what to do while I wait.
Why dont prescribers actually inform potiential patients of the horrors these meds cause in the first place?!
Money.
I’m coming off 375mg of venlafaxine. Tapered for 3 months and now on zero. Tapering was ok but now I’m feeling awful. All the side effects. I’m really sick. Not sure whether just to hold on and ride it out.
How are you feeling now?
Can you take the Prozac for a little while? Ask your dr.
I am getting serious withdrawal symptoms from Prozac (was on it for years).
Holy crap some of you are doing rapid tapers! You can get serious withdrawal. Most doctors taper too fast. They don’t seem to know how to get us off these meds safely or without withdrawals.
I've been on Mirtazipine for years, and recently stopped cold turkey. I'm definitely expecting loss of balance/vertigo, apathy, loss of appetite, loss of concentration, insomnia, headaches. I feel so shaky when standing up and even when sitting my hands are shaking 🤔 all because I couldn't be bothered calling the doctors again after spending EIGHT hours on hold over three days, asked for my prescription multiple times.. went to collect it multiple times only to find it wasn't issued.. then instead of giving me a months worth, they gave me seven days and told me I'll have to phone to make an appointment before its issued.. bruh.. just no.
My story is a bit different. Long time use of Prozac, 31 years, but at a low dose of 3.5 mg per day. Began tapering 5 months ago and down to 1.5 but even at a low dose I have had symptoms of headaches, vivid dreams, anxiety and some depression. For me even a small dose has created some difficulty in tapering down.
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better soon. 🙏
How do they compare to opiod withdrawal?
I’ve been on medication for 10 years scared to get off have bad depression
@@damariontiannawashington7412 you can do it ...
Thank you for your informative video. I am experiencing symptoms now that I have been tapering off venlafaxine for 12 weeks which I have been taking for over 20 years. 😮. My question is how long do you predict the brain zaps and the nausea will continue? Those are the two symptoms that I find most difficult to deal with.
Day 45 and I’m still having awful headaches and nausea. The heartburn which was really bad is finally beginning to settle down some. I am sleeping well. But I can hardly function with the headaches and nausea! I haven’t found an OTC drug to help with headaches!
It could be from dehydration, try organic bone broth to help. 1 cup 3 times a day can help ease withdrawal effects.
Oh my God, I’m going through withdrawals from Paxil. I’m in day 5 it’s horrible. nauseous feeling dizzy out of balance. But I already prepared my mind to it.
I feel fine after 25 years of being off taking meds For context i stop taking my meds at 25 years old and im 26 now and im still myself but i can say my s.function is very high my monthly is great now its not delayed or skips a month i am very much happier and not sluggish as i was when i was on those horrible pills that were forced on me by my mom