Re: new and strange pain I experience - Brain Zaps - SSRI's?

[Guest guest]

If you cut down on the dosage of ssri's too quickly you can get these side

effects. Most doctors will tell you this. It is best to reduce your dosage very

slowly, even if it takes weeks and weeks and weeks. It takes as long as it

takes. Just do it slowly and don't let other peoples bad experiences put you off

if ssri's help you.

> Are you taking any SSRI's by any chance?

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> If so, I'll pray for you.

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> Electric shocks in the head that instantaneously run down your spine and out

the end of your feet, been therre done that.

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> If you are on Celexa, Prozac, Paxil, etc...or some other one of these poisons,

this symptom is part of the mess.  If you are on them then it probably means

that your resistance is increasing, the doc will tell you to take a higher

dosage and you will notice it subside, but htis direction will take you to a bad

place.

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[Guest guest]

You are corect, I can't disagree with anything you said, titrate is the word you

are looking for.  You have to titrate down very slowly, my doc was a real

screwball because he didn't tell me this and although I looked into Celexa and

Paxil before i took it I didn't find all the bad news about it until it was too

late.

 

But, should you choose to take a SSRI, celexa, prozac, paxil, etc.., may God be

with you, and simply do realize that after you take it amonth or more, youhave

to tirate down, so even if you would want to stop  you are goin gto have to take

months to wean yourself down from it.  Any of you that didn't realize this and

you are now taking one of these poisons, well, now you know.

 

Visit youtube adn search for paxil, brain zaps, and so forth, watch those

videos, I lived every horrifyin gexperience you see.  We all are different I

wish everyone the best but there is no doubt in my mind, I will never take an

SSRI again as long as I live as well as any anti-depressant, the cure is worse

than the illness.  The murders and suicides you hear about on tv aren't because

the person was depressed, it wsa because the person was depressed and taking

prozac or paxil or other SSRI or anti-depressant.  What a dirty little secret in

society.

[Guest guest]

Can you possibly explain how you know that suicides of people on antidepressants

were due to medication rather than depression? Even experts are having trouble

with this one. I'd love to examine the studies you must have read. Thanks.

BTW, it does not necessarily take months to titrate down a dose of an

antidepressant. Much depends on the original dose, the patient and other

factors. I believe I did it in two or three weeks when I wanted to get off

Effexor to enter a study. I was on a very high dose, too.

Barbara

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> You are corect, I can't disagree with anything you said, titrate is the word

you are looking for.  You have to titrate down very slowly, my doc was a real

screwball because he didn't tell me this and although I looked into Celexa and

Paxil before i took it I didn't find all the bad news about it until it was too

late.

>  

> But, should you choose to take a SSRI, celexa, prozac, paxil, etc.., may God

be with you, and simply do realize that after you take it amonth or more,

youhave to tirate down, so even if you would want to stop  you are goin gto have

to take months to wean yourself down from it.  Any of you that didn't realize

this and you are now taking one of these poisons, well, now you know.

[Guest guest]

Actually I did find out about getting off of Cymbalta today and I am not happy

but it works so well for my depression I probably would have taken them anyway

hugs

debbie 

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To: CFAlliance

Can you possibly explain how you know that suicides of people on antidepressants

were due to medication rather than depression? Even experts are having trouble

with this one. I'd love to examine the studies you must have read. Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Cymbalta has been great for me, it has got my depression under control but I

also take triaville which I have been taking for 20 years. I have tried to get

off of it but I get so depressed so my doctor told me to take them both.  I

will stay on both of these forever. Any other questions let me know.

lots of hugs!

debbie

[Guest guest]

I have been taking cymbalta for about 6 months and I am thinking about switching

to something else. I am at the highest dose and I felt no improvement. The only

thing I have felt is more fatigue when I started the highest dosage. I can

barely keep my eyes open lately.

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> > Actually I did find out about getting off of Cymbalta today and I am not

happy but it works so well for my depression I probably would have taken them

anyway

> > hugs

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[Guest guest]

Cymbalta seems to be like that from the things i've heard. It either works

wonderfully or it has no real effect. There doesn't seem to be much middle

ground with it. Its very frustrating i know. I've tried many ssri's and snri's

and have yet to find something that really helps. Incredibly frustrating.

d

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> > > Actually I did find out about getting off of Cymbalta today and I am not

happy but it works so well for my depression I probably would have taken them

anyway

> > > hugs

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[Guest guest]

I am currently on 60mg of cymbalta and am raising it next week to 120 mg per day

I also take 75mg of elavilper day. The cymbalta has definately helped my

depression. I have never heard of Milniciprin.

lots of hugs

Debbie

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Cymbalta seems to be like that from the things i've heard. It either works

wonderfully or it has no real effect. There doesn't seem to be much middle

ground with it. Its very frustrating i know. I've tried many ssri's and snri's

and have yet to find something that really helps. Incredibly frustrating.