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Re: Suggestions for antidepressant withdrawal? » over 55

Posted by laura k on June 27, 2006, at 19:52:00

In reply to Re: Suggestions for antidepressant withdrawal?, posted by over 55 on June 26, 2006, at 9:21:42

Best of luck! You will feel worse before you feel better.. But that is because your central nervous system is out of whack. It controls your muscles, breathing, heart, all of that.. so of course it will feel bad.. But it should get better. I had horrible panic attacks but I used breathing techniques to get through them. The social worker asked me, can a panic attack kill you? I said no.. she said that's right. Ride it out. It will pass. So I breathed into paper bags with lavender oil in them. lol. counted my breaths... listened to music. Talked myself down.. they eventually went away.

My food cravings are gone totally. But I am sure it is because I changed my diet completely. Everyone I have talked to that has been successful off meds, has been on an organic diet with natural supplements. I truly believe the chemicals in foods are making us sicker. (Sorry if I am repeating. I write on several groups and don't remember what I've written where).

I am off everything. I went off seroquel and ativan in december while in the hospital. Had horrible withdrawal and panic attacks. Then went off celexa in january or february. Can't remember now.. I have the dates somewhere.. I tapered according to the doctor's orders, but had terrible serotonin syndrome and serotonin withdrawal. The pdoc then decided to taper me off trileptal and onto Depakote ER cos she said I needed a "kickass mood stabilzer." I got so sick I went to the ER the first week in March, before starting the depakote.. And they told me to go off everything..

I went to my family doctor and he agreed,, no chemicals at all.. we went off all my other meds too, cholesterol, blood pressure, ulcer, all of it.. I stayed sick, had electric zaps, nausea, muscle spasms,,, for a few more weeks... I did a liver and gallbladder cleanse.. and took a couple of coffee enemas.. to get rid of the rest of the toxins.. I felt like I had a bad cold.. sneezing, cold sores and such.. the naturopath said it was all the toxins being released,... the family doctor said my immune system was compromised and that had serotonin withdrawal...

Then I was fine. All my blood levels went to normal, the pressure under my ribs went away as my liver started functioning again.. I still feel fine except for anxiety in the mornings. Still not sure what is causing that. But it goes away by noon so I am not overly worried about it. I had a day where I was sad and tearful, saturday.. but by that night I felt better and sunday I was fine.

I am not saying I am cured. LOL. but I am going to do everything I can to stay well without having to do any more damage to my body with those medications.. I can put up with the mood swings as long as I don't get suicidal or homicidal.


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