Help!!! Am I Experiencing a Major Withdrawal? Posted: 08-09-05 03:47am
I have recently stopped my
anti-depression, anti-anxiety medication
-- very suddenly. I felt I no longer
needed it. I was on a low dosage, only 10
mg.
Now three days later, I find myself crying
for no good reason and getting extremely
angry and frustrated over little things.
Is this hormones (i'm on the pill as well
and due for my period) or is this
withdrawal from the medication? I can't
tell. :(
if it's withdrawal, what should I do?
Should I go back on them because it would
signify i'm not better yet? If not, when
do the withdrawal effects subside?
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Hightension24
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Houston
Posted: 08-09-05 04:54am
If you are crying for no reason and having
mood swings you are going through
withdrawal. Are you eating nothing or
way too much, are you not sleeping or
sleeping way too much? Supposedly
withdrawal from your anti anxiety will not
last for longer than a week, but that's
not true. And the antidepressant
medication might have been working(you
felt like you no longer needed it) so it
was probably working for you. How long
had you been taking the meds? And how
old are you?
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buttercup
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Nov 2003 Posts: 20
Posted: 08-09-05 04:57am
I'm almost 22 and I have been on the
medication for about 2 months, if that
helps. :(
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Hightension24
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Houston
Posted: 08-09-05 05:20am
Okay... It's probably not hormones, I was
thinking that you might be younger like 14
or 15. And I doubt you'd be having
withdrawal symptoms from the anti-anxiety
meds, but most are really addictive. Do
you drink or use any other drugs(not
trying ot be nosey and you don't have to
answer). I, right now, am withdrawing
big time. I'm off my adderall, and i've
stopped drinking again and i've been an
alcoholic since I was 18. It's been 3
days and i'm flipping out, lol. All i'm
taking is wellbutrin and xanax. The
wellbutrin helps some but makes me totally
nervous and I cannot sleep at all. I'm
pretty sure most of the mood swings are
from 86-ing your anti-depressants. Your
brain and body were probably just getting
used to the meds.
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zutopia
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 33 Location: Los Angeles
Posted: 08-09-05 12:32pm
You can definitely have withdrawal
symptoms even when stopping such a low
dosage like 10mg. It would probably be
better to try and ween yourself off (i.E.
Take one every other day or one every
three days) until you take one a week for
a couple of weeks, and then stop.
However, whenever you stop taking your
medication you should always consult with
your prescribing doctor.
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Brittens
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 24
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