Posted by Dr. Bob on June 9, 2003, at 3:43:25
In reply to Quitting SSRIs, the Zaps, Xanax, and Lexapro, posted by Temmie on June 7, 2003, at 9:10:28
[Posted by Temmie on June 7, 2003, at 8:57:06]
> I don't know what I did, but after days of not being able to access Psycho-Babble, this morning I was able to find the current posts. Thanks for your help in the interim, Dr. Bob.
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> On the subject of quitting SSRIs, I was not able to access your response to my query about the friend quitting Paxil cold-turkey. I was able to find a resource online, though, and sent this to my friend ... and then another friend. The internet is a wonderful resource. I'm wondering if quitting Prozac produces some of the same effects as quitting Paxil .... Back in 1991 I spent a month in rehab, supposedly detoxing off Xanax, but "the zaps," the dizziness, the disorientation and crazy, muddled thoughts -- I always felt this was stemming from withdrawal from Prozac. Is this your experience?
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> On the subject of Xanax, after ten years of struggling along with PTSD issues without ... I was finally able to renew my Rx. I wrote about this a few months ago. My primary doc would only prescribe three to five at a time ... then ten. Then she cut me off. Thankfully, I was able to find another medical practitioner (I believe she's a nurse, although she has her Ph.D. in counseling psych) ... who wrote me an Rx for 60 per month. These are .25s, and lately, I haven't used them at all. Yet when going through a recent break-up -- and dealing with stressors at work -- I'm so glad I had them. I'm beginning to truly believe in the wisdom of our own knowing .... You know? There's noone who knows "ourselves," better than we do. We know when we're deceiving ourselves and slipping into the danger zone -- and we know when we're being careful both in describing and seeking treatment (and relief) from painful emotional/psychological disorders.
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> I hope this makes sense.
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> My prescribing RN also put me on Lexapro recently. I'm taking only a quarter tab (2.5 mg) a day. Other than dealing with the trouble cutting these pills (and then cutting them again), I'm not noticing any side-effects good or bad. I may be a little less depressed, but I'm not sure ....
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> Good to be part of the conversation again!
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> Temmie
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