Posted by HyperFocus on March 28, 2009, at 16:06:35
In reply to Re: social anxiety vs. AvPD » myco, posted by Vincent_QC on March 28, 2009, at 14:10:02
>This pain appear 1 1/2 weeks after I stop the Clomipramine...after 3 weeks on it at 50mg...I stop cold turkey...I had also 3 days of Nortiptyline at 20mg...
Vincent is it possible the headache is due to stopping the Clomipramine and/or Nortriptyline? It seems that would be the likely culprit - TCAs aren't usually implicated with withdrawal effects like that but stopping one suddenly, especially when you've had other drugs in your system that might potentiate the withdrawal effects, might produce this symptom. I've taken amitriptyline a long time but I do get weird SEs if I don't take it for a couple of days.
Maybe you could look up withdrawal effects of Effexor and Cymbalta - it sounds similar to those. At any rate does adding back the clomipramine and Nortriptyline help? If so you may just have to go through an extended withdrawal plan using Prozac to get it completely out of your system. PB has a special set of pages dedicated to SNRI withdrawal - check it out.
Hang in there man. I know you're hurting but it will get better.
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