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kirstie said:ah you know I think it's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. If you reduce so slowly that your reduction takes longer than being on them full strength did then you're just drawing it out for a huge amount of time and getting symptoms each time you go down to a lower dose anyway. My doctor gave me what I consider to be really bad advice - he told me to start by removing one tablet, next week remove 2, next week remove 3 etc. So I was on this constant rollercoaster of feeling ok / feeling weird / feeling appalling and then back again. I have about 2 weeks of his miraculous scheme left but I'm not gonna take anymore, I just actually can't bear it and am determined to just ride out the rest of the withdrawal. I haven't had one since monday and hopefully the weirdness will start to fade soon.
Brian Conniffe said:all the best to you.
kirstie said:ah thanks Brian. I am actually getting worse by the day at the moment, more and more tired, more confused and disoriented, more weird brain zaps, which are getting stronger and more varied. I'm starting to worry about work as well, if I can't go to work, I might lose my job, unless of course this all clears up fairly soon. I just can't seem to find any info on how long I can expect to feel like this for.
Brian Conniffe said:if you dont mind me asking, how long were you on them for?
the brain zaps are a noted effect of withdrawl, but dont worry, they wont damage your mind or body. of course, i realise how unpleasant they are
kirstie said:SIX bleedin' months! You'd swear it was 6 years...
Don't know if it's of much help but when I was coming off Seroxat the 'electric shocks' and general shite-ness took about a month to pass though after the first two weeks they got gradually less severe. I didn't taper off though, I had to just stop them suddenly because of side-effects so although it was a harsh shock to the system it did shorten the whole process.kirstie said:don't worry about it until you get some info on it. Seroxat is notoriously difficult to withdraw from and that isn't the case for all SSRI's - prozac has no discernible withdrawal side effects for example. It's to do with the amount of time it stays in your system - Seroxat only has a half life of 24 hours, whereas prozac has a half life of 6 weeks or something, meaning withdrawal is much easier.
Juno said:Don't know if it's of much help but when I was coming off Seroxat the 'electric shocks' and general shite-ness took about a month to pass though after the first two weeks they got gradually less severe. I didn't taper off though, I had to just stop them suddenly because of side-effects so although it was a harsh shock to the system it did shorten the whole process.
snakybus said:thumped is deadly for depression
seriously
"you're all a bunch of pricks!"
aaaah
Squack said:and fuck you too!
billygannon said:Charmin'!
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