Guest guest Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 I was wondering if you have any info or thoughts about withdrawing from clomipramine/anafranil? My son was diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder which is an OCD spectrum disorder and is basically " imagined ugliness " . He was placed on several psych meds and ended up on 5 of them and then his thyroid problem was found. Once he was on the proper dosage of Armour Thyroid he finally started doing much better. We eventually came to understand that his thyroid problem was causing the BDD symptoms he was experiencing. With his doc's approval, we have spent the last year SUCCESSFULLY removing all 5 of the psych drugs, by reducing one at a time, and doing a 10% reduction every 2 weeks or so. We are now down to the last one. He was originally taking 75 mgs of clomipramine and is currently down to 40 mgs. For some reason the withdrawals with this one have been the MOST DIFFICULT for him. He hollers out in his sleep and has nightmares each time we make a reduction. He may stay up all night or sleep for a couple of days, only getting up to eat, and is MAD and moody and feels low. It has been mentioned that he could go back on a low dose of Prozac (20 mgs) to get thru the worst of this, but he refuses to do that. I was just wondering if you have any thoughts, advice, or suggestions on how we might help him get thru these withdrawals. thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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