Withdrawal Hell (Seizure Attack)

[Iggy131313]

Dave, re read the link I sent to you about surviving an adverse reaction, it has some good info in it.

An adverse reaction mimics the same symptoms as w/d becasue they both cause a huge shock to the central nervous system, from what I have read an adverse reaction follows a more linier healing and not so much the windows and waves that w/d has. The recovery time is unknown but as I said I see alot of adverse reactions fully healed by 9 months, you could recover sooner, but do everything you can to get through this.

[Iggy131313]

Also in regard to your seizures, is there a possibility that what you were experiencing was hemiplegic migraine? have a look, I have worked with people who have this type of migraine and the things you describe sound alike them, Im not diagnosing you, not at all, but it does sound similar.

[dave 23]

What's that? Explain it (hemplegic migraine)

[Iggy131313]

It appears like a stroke, usually one side of the body is paralysed and the person shakes and loses conciousness, it appears to others like a stroke, Im not saying thats what happnedm Im just speculating, when did you have a seizure before? was this the same? what type of seizure is it you had before? tonic clonic? complex partial? do you know? I know alot about epiliepsy and seizures, its what I mainly specialised in

[Luc]

Okay guys, thanks a million! Ths is very encouraging. So luc you're saying that this isn't WD but rather an adverse reaction, hw does tht work? Is it similar to withdrawal? Does it last for some time before it stops? Cz I'm having most of the withdrawal symptoms...

When talking of those drugs, in certain situations nothing can be decided 100%, but from all the info you've shared with us, it looks like an adverse reaction indeed.

Adverse reaction may happen even after taking ADs for some days - instances are known when just one dose of ADs caused it though - your body simply rejects a given substance, while in the case of WD, your system has to overcome its addiction (long or short-term) to the drugs. The symptoms of WD and adverse reaction are very similar. In both cases though, your body always strives for regaining balance and heal.

[stan]

the duration of an adverse reaction caused by psychotropics is similar than a classic withdrawal , caused by antibiotics, i do not know

[stan]

Dave,

the question you never answered is have you had a real seizure before taking meds?

[Sheila]

Dave – I feel like I don’t know what your seizure was about, and I don’t know enough about propanolol to know whether it would be helpful. But, I do know that propanolol has side effects and that you’re very sensitive to medication.

If I were you, what I would do is get a second opinion about what your migraines and seizures are about from before you took any meds. And then I would consult with alternative practitioners and find a non-medication-based approach.

It is very helpful to have DV and poodlebell giving us reassurance that people also have seizure-like symptoms after exposure to psych meds, and that they recover just fine.

Withdrawal and adverse reaction look basically the same symptom-wise. Adverse reaction usually heals faster.

Start slowly researching Omega-3. It’s very good for all neurological disorders, including psych med adverse reaction. There’s a sticky on it here and a good one on pp.

I also want to say that I can imagine it might feel threatening to analyze the mystery health problems you had *before* psych meds, on top of the new, incredibly unfair blow of getting an adverse reaction to meds that were prescribed to help you.

But, I feel very, very confident that whatever you were encountering in your health before psych meds can be understood and healed. I just think you have not had very good help from health care professionals so far. But, that is a common problem. You are not alone in that. You just have to keep looking for the right helpers for you. And now you know far more than you did a year ago.

[stan]

don't forget thet most of BENZO's are anticonvulsants, so when you stop taking them, the convulsions and spasmodic states are here

yes, i think it is so and often very more intense in first times periods, so stopping brutally a benzo is not good

[dave 23]

I'm starting to think that these damages are permanent. My speech isn't so well, and I hv to think alil befor I respond and my friends are starting to notice... Cud ths rli be permanent... Has there been people who have been permanently damaged mentally from benzo withdrawal? Ths is horrible.