I feel happy for you,Stan! Time brings us real improvements.
I feel happy for you,Stan! Time brings us real improvements.
Severe anxiety since childhood .SSRIs for OCD.
Major traumatism in my life:Prozac during short periods.
Deroxat (=Paxil) during 7 years.
Three unsuccessful atempts to quit.
Deroxat free since may 2008 (Cold turkey )
Im cheering you on Stan, keep going, after reading through your journal I can see that you are making progress even if its hard for you to see. Sending you healing vibes from England. xx
Put on citalopram July 2009 during a physical illness - didnt need it. 40mg
went down to 20mg July 2010 CT in Jan 2012 - 2.5 years on.
Tried to restart July 2012 due to 1 panic attack (never had one before - start of CT W/D) - adverse reaction
Down to 1.5mg from the failed RI
Now at 0.48 and trying to stabalize - been 6 weeks
now have SEVERE anxiety, akathsia, feel like Im on acid 24/7 depression, D/P, signed off work. Scared of everything..please God let me heal from this
thanks Iggy,
since 2/3 days, i suffer again more, akathisia is back, off balance back, derealization, spine pains, sleeping dry mouth etc; but i have some more improvements ;
it seemed a window; i will have to wait the next
12 years paxil(9 years only 10 mg) - cold turkey(1,5 month) and switch celexa tapered 1 year 20 mg
62 years old - for GAD - 4 years 3 months meds free [since april 2009]
vegetables soup - orange (vit C) - curcuma - some meat or fish
Step by step, Stan. You are adding more and more of those improvements.Originally Posted by stan
Keep walking. Just keep walking.
Despite my sleeping is a nightmare and all my pains, today i had a half window again, more quiet, better walking, more happy, less derealization, some nausea
how will be tomorrow?...
the last was 5 days ago
12 years paxil(9 years only 10 mg) - cold turkey(1,5 month) and switch celexa tapered 1 year 20 mg
62 years old - for GAD - 4 years 3 months meds free [since april 2009]
vegetables soup - orange (vit C) - curcuma - some meat or fish
Meds free since June 2005.
"An initiation into shamanic healing means a devaluation of all values, an overturning of the profane world, a peeling away of inveterate handed-down notions of the world, liberation from everything preconceived. For that reason, shamanism is closely connected with suffering. One must suffer the disintegration of one's own system of thought in order to perceive a new world in the higher space."
-- Holger Kalweit
I know what you mean about sleep Stan. But windows are good. From what I 've heard, there will be more and more of them until you don't even notice windows anymore. Yayyyyyyyyy for healing!
Aropax (Paxil). Currently at 13mg and holding.
Added Endep (amitrypline) 12.5 for sleep - 11 July 2013
"There are things that are known and things that are unknown; in between are doors." - Anonymous
So great to hear that, Stan!
Keep walking. Just keep walking.
Many people do not experience windows (or very rare) until 3-4 years off. SO Stan I think you are heading for the right direction. I am over 5 years now, still have waves but in many senses do way better than at the 3 years mark.
Recovering from the ravages of withdrawal after 5 years on Paxil/Seroxat, originally prescribed for stress and, looking backward, PTSS.
Though it is hardly possible to get something positive from the utter hell of repeated c/t's and protracted w/d, all of this unnecessary, I still believe in the possiblity to emerge from this as a healed, wiser human being.
All we need is just a little patience - Guns N' Roses
what??? no windows until 3 or 4 years, come on Claudious, you are scaring the **** out of me here!!! Surely some people are fully recivered in 18 months???
Put on citalopram July 2009 during a physical illness - didnt need it. 40mg
went down to 20mg July 2010 CT in Jan 2012 - 2.5 years on.
Tried to restart July 2012 due to 1 panic attack (never had one before - start of CT W/D) - adverse reaction
Down to 1.5mg from the failed RI
Now at 0.48 and trying to stabalize - been 6 weeks
now have SEVERE anxiety, akathsia, feel like Im on acid 24/7 depression, D/P, signed off work. Scared of everything..please God let me heal from this
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