Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Hello Jeni: My name is Mike; I was up to 80mg/paxil up until a few years ago and I went through the withdrawal from HELL but by gradually lessening it, it eventually went away but it took awhile for me; everybody's body is different. I do better on Valium which is helping me more with my anxiety depression. I would rather be on that than on that other crap. Have heart though, I used to always feel like I was being pulled down while walking and having panic attacks (which the crap is supposed to stop but it really doesn't--and I got the most notorious headaches in the world while on the garbage. I will pray for you. I understand what you are going through. HUGS, Mike in Dallas oops-question omg....clean should be keen. im having a bad day, i need to know if any of you have felt this. they increased my mood stabiliser dose (i dont want to be on it) to my bodys max dosage. And since ive felt like my head is going to explode out of my head, feel like everything is jumping up and down,sea sick. dizzy. brain zaps. everytime i move my head i want to throw up, irritable, i can hardly read what im writing. I had bad inco-ordination and someone had to escort me to the train station because i looked like i was seriously drunk, walking from side to side,walking into parked cars. My fear was walking into a moving car. wasnt able to pick things up etc. Im slurring my words sometimes, stuttering the next. Get so irritable and aggressive. Brain zaps and pins and needles too, basically everything covered in the umbrella of parethesia. I've spoke to someone else who said he got like that on 60mg paxil, but they just reduced it. I need to know if anyone else has felt like this, i know what im on now isnt an ssri, but it would be just usefull to know if you felt like this, and if it got less over time or what. I cant really function like this at all,it kind feels like withdrawal, its only happened since i raised my dose again, ive been through worse withdrawing from the ssri's...so if it will get better and go off, i dont mind Thanks in advance to all of you love ya much Jeni For example, they were only too > clean to put you on the family planning extra list> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Hello Jeni: My name is Mike; I was up to 80mg/paxil up until a few years ago and I went through the withdrawal from HELL but by gradually lessening it, it eventually went away but it took awhile for me; everybody's body is different. I do better on Valium which is helping me more with my anxiety depression. I would rather be on that than on that other crap. Have heart though, I used to always feel like I was being pulled down while walking and having panic attacks (which the crap is supposed to stop but it really doesn't--and I got the most notorious headaches in the world while on the garbage. I will pray for you. I understand what you are going through. HUGS, Mike in Dallas oops-question omg....clean should be keen. im having a bad day, i need to know if any of you have felt this. they increased my mood stabiliser dose (i dont want to be on it) to my bodys max dosage. And since ive felt like my head is going to explode out of my head, feel like everything is jumping up and down,sea sick. dizzy. brain zaps. everytime i move my head i want to throw up, irritable, i can hardly read what im writing. I had bad inco-ordination and someone had to escort me to the train station because i looked like i was seriously drunk, walking from side to side,walking into parked cars. My fear was walking into a moving car. wasnt able to pick things up etc. Im slurring my words sometimes, stuttering the next. Get so irritable and aggressive. Brain zaps and pins and needles too, basically everything covered in the umbrella of parethesia. I've spoke to someone else who said he got like that on 60mg paxil, but they just reduced it. I need to know if anyone else has felt like this, i know what im on now isnt an ssri, but it would be just usefull to know if you felt like this, and if it got less over time or what. I cant really function like this at all,it kind feels like withdrawal, its only happened since i raised my dose again, ive been through worse withdrawing from the ssri's...so if it will get better and go off, i dont mind Thanks in advance to all of you love ya much Jeni For example, they were only too > clean to put you on the family planning extra list> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Hello Mike, Welcome Mike!!! I'm glad you got straightened out. I'm not on any drugs and will never take the garbage no matter what! I'm dealing with my son and his problems right now. Anyway, funny thing is that i started experiencing problems with depression and anxiety a few weeks ago. I started eating better and taking care of myself and guess what, it went away. Can you believe it? Without one nasty pill. This should be grand news, don't you think? lololol. Think of what the medical association could do with this. How many people they could actually cure instead of destory. And i don't have a lick of education either. lol Hey, i live in the Dallas area. It's actually DeSoto. What part are you from? Connie MICHAEL VETERAMO <latteach@...> wrote: Hello Jeni: My name is Mike; I was up to 80mg/paxil up until a few years ago and I went through the withdrawal from HELL but by gradually lessening it, it eventually went away but it took awhile for me; everybody's body is different. I do better on Valium which is helping me more with my anxiety depression. I would rather be on that than on that other crap. Have heart though, I used to always feel like I was being pulled down while walking and having panic attacks (which the crap is supposed to stop but it really doesn't--and I got the most notorious headaches in the world while on the garbage. I will pray for you. I understand what you are going through. HUGS, Mike in Dallas oops-question omg....clean should be keen. im having a bad day, i need to know if any of you have felt this. they increased my mood stabiliser dose (i dont want to be on it) to my bodys max dosage. And since ive felt like my head is going to explode out of my head, feel like everything is jumping up and down,sea sick. dizzy. brain zaps. everytime i move my head i want to throw up, irritable, i can hardly read what im writing. I had bad inco-ordination and someone had to escort me to the train station because i looked like i was seriously drunk, walking from side to side,walking into parked cars. My fear was walking into a moving car. wasnt able to pick things up etc. Im slurring my words sometimes, stuttering the next. Get so irritable and aggressive. Brain zaps and pins and needles too, basically everything covered in the umbrella of parethesia. I've spoke to someone else who said he got like that on 60mg paxil, but they just reduced it. I need to know if anyone else has felt like this, i know what im on now isnt an ssri, but it would be just usefull to know if you felt like this, and if it got less over time or what. I cant really function like this at all,it kind feels like withdrawal, its only happened since i raised my dose again, ive been through worse withdrawing from the ssri's...so if it will get better and go off, i dont mind Thanks in advance to all of you love ya much Jeni For example, they were only too > clean to put you on the family planning extra list> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Hello Mike, Welcome Mike!!! I'm glad you got straightened out. I'm not on any drugs and will never take the garbage no matter what! I'm dealing with my son and his problems right now. Anyway, funny thing is that i started experiencing problems with depression and anxiety a few weeks ago. I started eating better and taking care of myself and guess what, it went away. Can you believe it? Without one nasty pill. This should be grand news, don't you think? lololol. Think of what the medical association could do with this. How many people they could actually cure instead of destory. And i don't have a lick of education either. lol Hey, i live in the Dallas area. It's actually DeSoto. What part are you from? Connie MICHAEL VETERAMO <latteach@...> wrote: Hello Jeni: My name is Mike; I was up to 80mg/paxil up until a few years ago and I went through the withdrawal from HELL but by gradually lessening it, it eventually went away but it took awhile for me; everybody's body is different. I do better on Valium which is helping me more with my anxiety depression. I would rather be on that than on that other crap. Have heart though, I used to always feel like I was being pulled down while walking and having panic attacks (which the crap is supposed to stop but it really doesn't--and I got the most notorious headaches in the world while on the garbage. I will pray for you. I understand what you are going through. HUGS, Mike in Dallas oops-question omg....clean should be keen. im having a bad day, i need to know if any of you have felt this. they increased my mood stabiliser dose (i dont want to be on it) to my bodys max dosage. And since ive felt like my head is going to explode out of my head, feel like everything is jumping up and down,sea sick. dizzy. brain zaps. everytime i move my head i want to throw up, irritable, i can hardly read what im writing. I had bad inco-ordination and someone had to escort me to the train station because i looked like i was seriously drunk, walking from side to side,walking into parked cars. My fear was walking into a moving car. wasnt able to pick things up etc. Im slurring my words sometimes, stuttering the next. Get so irritable and aggressive. Brain zaps and pins and needles too, basically everything covered in the umbrella of parethesia. I've spoke to someone else who said he got like that on 60mg paxil, but they just reduced it. I need to know if anyone else has felt like this, i know what im on now isnt an ssri, but it would be just usefull to know if you felt like this, and if it got less over time or what. I cant really function like this at all,it kind feels like withdrawal, its only happened since i raised my dose again, ive been through worse withdrawing from the ssri's...so if it will get better and go off, i dont mind Thanks in advance to all of you love ya much Jeni For example, they were only too > clean to put you on the family planning extra list> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Hey Mike,thanks so much for your reply and thoughts. im not on paxil, but ive heard its pretty much the same effects as what im getting now on tegretol,if you're on too much of any drug. ooooh no i learnt paxil was useless aaages ago. and then i was told i was just a little child what did i know about anything...lol. Dont i love people who patronise me? Thats what you get for being 16. 80mg of paxil huh? funny how they thought 50mg was the highest the docs should prescribe. lol. ***Basically im on this because if i dont go on it, they'll section me to hospital for about 6 months minimum. it was bribary!!!*** If it had been paxil or efexor, id have chosen the hell known as hospital over even just a month on those drugs. uggggggh. hugs back, Jeni > Hello Jeni: My name is Mike; I was up to 80mg/paxil up until a few years ago and I went through the withdrawal from HELL but by gradually lessening it, it eventually went away but it took awhile for me; everybody's body is different. I do better on Valium which is helping me more with my anxiety depression. I would rather be on that than on that other crap. Have heart though, I used to always feel like I was being pulled down while walking and having panic attacks (which the crap is supposed to stop but it really doesn't-- and I got the most notorious headaches in the world while on the garbage. I will pray for you. I understand what you are going through. HUGS, Mike in Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Hello: I live in the city and teach high school for DISD.......Mike oops-question omg....clean should be keen. im having a bad day, i need to know if any of you have felt this. they increased my mood stabiliser dose (i dont want to be on it) to my bodys max dosage. And since ive felt like my head is going to explode out of my head, feel like everything is jumping up and down,sea sick. dizzy. brain zaps. everytime i move my head i want to throw up, irritable, i can hardly read what im writing. I had bad inco-ordination and someone had to escort me to the train station because i looked like i was seriously drunk, walking from side to side,walking into parked cars. My fear was walking into a moving car. wasnt able to pick things up etc. Im slurring my words sometimes, stuttering the next. Get so irritable and aggressive. Brain zaps and pins and needles too, basically everything covered in the umbrella of parethesia. I've spoke to someone else who said he got like that on 60mg paxil, but they just reduced it. I need to know if anyone else has felt like this, i know what im on now isnt an ssri, but it would be just usefull to know if you felt like this, and if it got less over time or what. I cant really function like this at all,it kind feels like withdrawal, its only happened since i raised my dose again, ive been through worse withdrawing from the ssri's...so if it will get better and go off, i dont mind Thanks in advance to all of you love ya much Jeni For example, they were only too > clean to put you on the family planning extra list> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Jeni, I'm very concerned for you, as I experienced those symptoms some time ago...are you familiar with serotonin syndrome and have you communicated to your doctor what you are going through? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en & ie=ISO-8859-1 & q=serotonin+syndrome http://www.drugawareness.org/Archives/Miscellaneous/SSRIreactions.html Serotonin Syndrome The serotonin syndrome is a hyperserotonergic state which is a very dangerous and a potentially fatal side effect of serotonergic enhancing drugs which can have multiple psychiatric and non-psychiatric symptoms. It is a condition which has been on the rise since the 1960's when we began using more and more drugs which directly affect serotonin. This is a toxic condition which requires heightened clinical awareness in order to prevent, recognize, and treat the condition promptly. Promptness is vital because, as we just mentioned, the serotonin syndrome can be fatal and death from this side effect can come very rapidly. This syndrome is a toxic hyperserotonergic state whose rate of incidence is unknown, but is on the rise. The suspected cause of that increase is the introduction of the new selective serotonergic enhancing agents in clinical practice - the SSRIs. This disorder, brought on by excessive levels of serotonin, is difficult to distinguish from the neuroleptic malignant syndrome because the symptoms are so similar. The neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a serious condition brought on by the use of the neuroleptic drugs. The symptoms of the serotonin syndrome are (from The Serotonin Syndrome, AM J PSYCHIATRY, June 1991): 1. Euphoria 2. Drowsiness 3. Sustained rapid eye movement 4. Overreaction of the reflexes 5. Rapid muscle contraction and relaxation in the ankle causing abnormal movements of the foot 6. Clumsiness 7. Restlessness 8. Feeling drunk and dizzy 9. Muscle contraction and relaxation in the jaw 10. Sweating 11. Intoxication 12. Muscle twitching 13. Rigidity 14. High body temperature 15. Mental status changes were frequent (including confusion and hypomania - a " happy drunk " state) 16. Shivering 17. Diarrhea 18. Loss of consciousness and death. The serotonin syndrome is generally caused by a combination of two or more drugs, one of which is often a selective serotonergic medication. The drugs which we know most frequently contribute to this condition are the combining of MAOIs with Prozac (this should also include the other SSRIs) or other drugs that have a powerful effect upon serotonin, ie., clomipramine (Anafranil), trazadone (Deseryl), etc. The combination of lithium with these selective serotonergic agents has been implicated in enhancing the serotonin syndrome. The tricyclic antidepressants, lithium, MAOIs, SSRIs, ECT (electric shock treatment), tryptophan, and the serotonin agonists (fenfluramine) all enhance serotonin neurotransmission and can contribute to this syndrome. Anything which will raise the level of serotonin can bring on this hyperserotonergic condition. The optimal treatment for the serotonin syndrome is discontinuation of the offending medication or medications, offer supportive measures, and wait for the symptoms to resolve. If the offending medication is discontinued, the condition will often resolve on its own within a 24 hour period. If the medication is not discontinued the condition can progress rapidly to a more serious state and become fatal. It should be apparent that the greater the enhancement of serotonin levels, the greater the chances of producing the serotonin syndrome. Therefore it is recommended that Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil, Luvox, Serzone, etc. not be used concurrently with each other or any other serotonergic drugs and that these serious adverse reactions should be expected with these combinations (Callahan, 1993). [PROZAC: PANACEA OR PANDORA?, p. 88.] >From: " lost_melancholy_angel " <lost_melancholy_angel@...> >Reply-SSRI medications >SSRI medications >Subject: oops-question >Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:17:01 -0000 > omg....clean should be keen. im having a bad day, i need to know if any of you have felt this. they increased my mood stabiliser dose (i dont want to be on it) to my bodys max dosage. And since ive felt like my head is going to explode out of my head, feel like everything is jumping up and down,sea sick. dizzy. brain zaps. everytime i move my head i want to throw up, irritable, i can hardly read what im writing. I had bad inco-ordination and someone had to escort me to the train station because i looked like i was seriously drunk, walking from side to side,walking into parked cars. My fear was walking into a moving car. wasnt able to pick things up etc. Im slurring my words sometimes, stuttering the next. Get so irritable and aggressive. Brain zaps and pins and needles too, basically everything covered in the umbrella of parethesia. I've spoke to someone else who said he got like that on 60mg paxil, but they just reduced it. I need to know if anyone else has felt like this, i know what im on now isnt an ssri, but it would be just usefull to know if you felt like this, and if it got less over time or what. I cant really function like this at all,it kind feels like withdrawal, its only happened since i raised my dose again, ive been through worse withdrawing from the ssri's...so if it will get better and go off, i dont mind Thanks in advance to all of you love ya much Jeni For example, they were only too >clean to put you on the family planning extra list> _________________________________________________________________ Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful tips here. http://special.msn.com/bcentral/prep04.armx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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