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I am Sue, I am in my late twenties and have been on antidepressants for 10 years now and on Klonopin for 16 months. I got pregnant in the summer of 2004 and was finally able to get off of Paxil since I didnt want it to pass through to the fetus. I was on the lowest dose possible so finally ridding myself of it was easy. Also I was on an emotional high just knowing that I was pregnant.

I had never felt better in my entire life than when I was pregnant. No depressions, no anxieties and I never slept better in my entire life. I guess that was just a tease because one my baby was born life has never been the same.

I was one month post partum when I finally realized that something just wasnt right. I was constantly nervous, afraid of everything,didnt want to be near my baby, wouldnt go outside of the house....I had all of these fears and to be quite honest I wanted to die. I had my breakdown on a Thursday afternoon, was in the hospital all day and evening, and the next day was seen by a therapist. I had post partum depression (PPD), & post traumatic stress disorder.

Needless to say here I am 16 months later and I am alive. I am totally in love with my child, I love my husband, yet there are still times when I have my lows. I am currently taking 225mg of Effexor and 1 mg Klonopin daily. I am trying my hardest to kick the Klonipin but I feel overly anxious, sick to my stomach, and very foggy when I try to decrease my dose. It didnt help that I started taking birth control pills 6 months ago...that just totally added to the anxiety which I refer to as hell. So as of today I am no longer on the pill. Lets see what happens.

Sorry for going on and on, I feel that I could just keep typing about how I am feeling. Just wanted to let everyone know a little bit about myself. So, as you can see I am trying to get off of "K" but I feel as if it is in control of me instead of the vice versa. I hope there is a light at the end of this tunnel.Withdrawal_and_Recovery Moderator <Withdrawal_and_Recovery-owner > wrote:

Greetings!

Welcome, new members! We're glad you found us. We have aa good amount of experience here, most of which will reassureyou that what you're experiencing is far from unusual, and youwill succeed in getting off the drug(s) you are on.

Please take a moment to introduce yourself, and let us knowyour needs.

Then, take a look at our group homepage at:http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Withdrawal_and_Recovery/

Once there, you can take a look in the FILES section(link is located in the left hand margin) and the LINKS section.

The FILES will contain stories of other people and their experienceswith psychotropic drugs. We have found that there is little need to differentiatebetween these drugs; they all result in similar harm.

After you've perused the FILES and LINKS, you can search the archives using the search engine on the lower part of the front page. I will caution you to not embrace any single idea or post you see as it may contain errors. If you have any questions regarding some of the posts, please feel free to ask for clarification.

You will see a number of posts talking about nutritional supplementsand whether or not they are appropriate. The most accurate statementI can give on this is that each INDIVIDUAL case must be consideredand evaluated for appropriate nutritional therapy and safety.

DO NOT take something because someone on the list told you it helpedhim/her. Biochemical individuality is a very real thing and must beconsidered before treating yourself. I can give more infoon how we deal with this as we go along.

If you have not yet reported your adverse reactions to the drug(s) youwere/are on, please go to the FDA page below and do that. In 99%of all cases, your doctor has not done this. Most of you have had theexperience of physicians not believing what you are experiencingand the cause of it.

The ONLY mechanism that exists for feedback on a drug thatis on the market is this FDA MedWatch program. If it doesn'tget reported here, no one will ever know (except those here)that these drugs are a problem. I STRONGLY urge EVERYONEwho has not done a report to do one. This is step one in gettingsome attention to this invisible problem.

Here's how to make the report:

http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/how.htm

Other links of interest would be:

**http://www.drugawareness.org/home.html

http://www.paxil-side-effects.com/paxil-news.htmlBe cautious here. The information given on the boardsis not very reliable.

http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/default_1.htmA good site

http://www.antidepressantsfacts.com/scientists.htmPossibly some of the most accurate info available today

http://www.socialaudit.org.uk/1.4.htmlexcellent information from the UK

http://www.pssg.org/Don't let the title fool you. There is info here on all SSRI drugs

http://www.paxilprogress.org/

http://www.thomasjmoore.com/pages/depress.shtmlThe truth about the drug industry

http://www.othersideresource.com/criticalanalysis/index.htmlGreat articles by physicians revealing the nature of these drugs

http://www.psychassault.org/Citizens Commission on Human Rights International(CCHR) is a Church of Scientology site. They havelong been criticized for their stance on psychotropicmedication. Regardless of what you think of Scientology,these people are leaders in revealing the duplicitous natureof the pharmaceutical industry and the FDA.I rate CCHR at the top in the info they provide and thework they do on this issue.

This list is by no means exhaustive. I will, someday, puttogether a definitive list.

I don't make a practice of this, but I feel the need to warnyou that there is some highly questionable and poor informationabout withdrawal floating around the internet. ThePaxil Withdrawal Guide falls into this category. http://www.quitpaxil.org/subpages/guidetoPaxilWithdrawal.htm

Books you may like:

(a listing of books that speak frankly about the lies of thepharmaceutical industry)

-- The Truth About Psychiatric Drugs: What the Pharmaceutical Industry Does Not Want You to Know-- Reclaiming Our Children.-- Your Drug May Be Your Problem-- Talking Back to Ritalin Revised-- The Antidepressant Fact Book-- Toxic Psychiatry-- Talking Back to Prozac-- Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry-- Psychiatric Drugs : Hazards to the Brain

All the books above are by By Breggin, M.D.(http://www.breggin.com/resume.html)

-- Prozac Backlash : Overcoming the Dangers of Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, andOther Antidepressants with Safe, Effective Alternatives - by phGlenmullen, M.D.

-- Prozac and the New Antidepressants : What You Need to Know About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Serzone, Vestra, Celexa, St. 's Wort - by S. Appleton

-- Prozac: Panacea or Pandora?- by Ann Blake , Ph.D.A treasure trove of information you will not find elsewhere.Ann is a pioneer in revealing the true nature of antidepressant drugs. Her website is listed abve and marked by **.

-- The Antidepressant Era - by Healy, M.D.

-- Molecules of Emotion - by Candace Pert, Ph.D. A brilliant neuroscientistwho was lab chief for 13 years in the brain biochemistry section at theNational Institute of Mental Health/National Institute of Health, and is nowridiculed for her brash honesty. (This book is a "must read"--)

-- Psychiatric Survivor- from misdiagnosed patient on a mental ward tohospital director. The Autobiography of A. Mark Bedillion, MS.Ed.,C.A.C.http://www.psychiatricsurvivor.com/entry-1-book.html

-- The Noonday Demon -

-- The Shooting Drugs - Prozac and its Generation Exposed on the Internet -by Donna Smart

-- Challenging the Therapeutic State : Critical Perspectives on Psychiatryand the Mental Health System - by Cohen

-- The Manufacture of Madness : A Comparative Study of the Inquisition andthe Mental Health Movement - by S. Szasz

-- Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill - by Bob Whitaker

-- Prescription for Disaster -The Hidden Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet - by J.

-- The Power to Harm Mind, Medicine and Murder on Trial:The Westbecker Prozac Case - by Cornwell

-- Psychiatric Drugs Explained (second edition) by Healy, M.D.

Where to find used books at discounts:

http://www.addall.com/ Searches dozens of bookstores for thebest deals available on new and used books. Also searches UK bookstores.

Also:

www.half.comwww.amazon.com

New books:

http://bookshop.blackwell.com/bobus/scripts/welcome.jsp(free shipping)http://www.blackwell.co.uk/bobuk/scripts/welcome.jsp (UK site)

Since the used bookstores have come into existence 90% of the booksI buy are used. I can often buy 2-5 books for the price I wouldhave normally paid for one.

Articles:

A revealing article on antidepressant drugs and the effectsthey have on people's thought processes well-written for thelay public:

Part 1 - The Chemistry of Happiness

http://www.observer.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,706297,00.html

Part 2 - The Chemistry of Happiness

http://www.observer.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,706299,00.html

We have many more articles available in our files and at otherwebsites.

We are here to assist you in getting through this difficult timein your life. We also hope to heighten your awareness of the deceitful nature of the drug industry, and the poisonous drugs being given to millions of people today.

Jump right in; we'd love to hear from you!

Regards,

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