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Re: Help EMSAM Withdrawal - Anxiety

Posted by JohnSky on August 24, 2007, at 9:50:18

In reply to Re: Help EMSAM Withdrawal - Anxiety, posted by d0pamine on August 23, 2007, at 20:39:08

Thanks for the reply. It seems I am just so sensitive to any medication change I seem to get rare reactions. Last night the anxiety (actual or caused by my worr) kept me up half the night. Things that normally relax me aren't... so it has to be the withdrawal doing this to me.

Today was the last day I took 3mg. Tomorrow I will put on a 1.5mg patch and just leave it on for 3 or 4 days as you suggested. Makes sense. My doc wants me to go to zero tomorrow but I thought I would do things a touch slower.

John


> I expect that would be a pretty atypical reaction. When I quit EMSAM all I could do was sleep. I slept all night and a big chunk of the day for better than a week. Anxiety was the furtherest thing from me. Hopefully it will subside in another day or two.
>
> As a side note, the only time I've ever even felt anxiety was when I quit parnate (after only 3 weeks). I didn't even know what anxiety was prior to that, but it was so bad that I thought I was going to have to call 911 or something. It was like being on fire (without the smoke). It certainly gave me a new understanding of all those who have to deal with such feelings on a daily basis. I'll take my anhedonic can't get off the couch depression over that anxiety stuff any day. Nasty stuff.


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