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I am sitting here crying - I can't believe I found a group that is

dealing with what I have been going through the past several

months! I have been on most every SSRI in the last 10 years, along

with Depakote, Lithium, Nerontin, Topomax, Klonapin, Seroquel,

Risperdyl and stuff I don't even remember. I have been diagnosed as

bipolar but I have thought for the last few years that it is the

antidepressants that I have been on that have thrown me into

my " manic " states. I am very distrustful of dr's and medication

right now and of course my family, dr and therapist say I am

paranoid and I need more drugs. I feel they really don't believe me

when I say the drugs make me worse. Frustrating. I started to go

off my medication the end of May 2004. I went cold turkey off of

Celexa - not realizing there was even a discontinuation syndrome.

It's been hell since. I'm like an addict - I stop taking it and

then start to feel horrible and start taking it again to get my

fix. The psychiatrist last month switched me to prozac which I took

for a couple of weeks - and he said I could stop cold turkey since

it had a long life and I would be fine. He wants me to go on

Lamictal - but it scares me to death. I have not been on the

seroquel for about 3 weeks now and have been off Prozac for a week.

I think I am doing ok - and then usually sometime during the day I

will start to feel horrible (dizzy, off balance, extreme fatigue,

numbness and tingling in face, head fog, and head pressure)How long

will this last? I am taking a multivitamin, Calcium, Vitamin C and

Fish Oil. Sometimes I feel like I have MS or something awful like

that - anyone else feel like that? Sorry for such a long post -

don't really have anyone else I can talk to about this! Happy New

Year!