Yes, Dr. Peter Breggin, Peter Gotzsche, Robert Whitaker, and others have written about the withdrawals people experience from stopping psychotropic drugs abruptly(ADHD meds are also psychotropic meds ).People are NOT INFORMED about the WITHDRAWALS! Psychiatrists will tell a person it is their “illness” returning and they need to stay on …
Yes, Dr. Peter Breggin, Peter Gotzsche, Robert Whitaker, and others have written about the withdrawals people experience from stopping psychotropic drugs abruptly(ADHD meds are also psychotropic meds ).People are NOT INFORMED about the WITHDRAWALS! Psychiatrists will tell a person it is their “illness” returning and they need to stay on their meds. The longer a person is on psych meds the worse the withdrawals can be. The psych meds have to be very slowly tapered down with the help of an knowledgeable doctor. Although many have tapered on their own as it can be difficult to find a doctor to assist them. A person should educate themselves first before attempting tapering so they will know what difficulties to expect.
I can attest to this from personal experience. The insidious thing about many psychotropic drugs is that as your body adjusts to the dosage you’re on, you’ll start having withdrawal symptoms because it wants more! They are self feeding monstrosities. The side effects and withdrawals were horrible, but the one which convinced me that the drug was playing havoc with my brain was a nasty thing called brain zaps…hard to describe but they’re like a pause or lapse of brain activity. I had to retire early due to the 3 year use of that terrible drug. And when I ask my doctor about help tapering off he said, “oh just go from 30 to 20 mg”, which was the lowest dose available. I found an online forum which helped me to taper off myself. One thing that I believe saved my sanity during those days when I was so anxious and depressed that I couldn’t stand myself, I would go outside and soak up the sun…God given vitamin D. That was 15 years ago and whenever I have the opportunity to tell someone about that experience, I say NEVER let a doctor put you on one of those drugs! What will truly help you is prayer, taking a walk and sunshine. And if it’s winter and hard to get sunshine, it’s important to take a vitamin D supplement, along with vitamin K for absorption. The dosage that works for me is 5000 IU daily.
I spent close to 4 months going very slowly off ssri’s I started in 2008 after the death of my best friend. I had tried several times throughout the years to go off and can attest to the horrible withdrawal effects. I feel so free. They have side effects I never realized. Always read the side effects
Same year I went off mine Susan, and I also spent 4-5 months getting off. A commenter on the forum from which I got immense help, said that he got off cocaine easier than Cymbalta.
Yes, Dr. Peter Breggin, Peter Gotzsche, Robert Whitaker, and others have written about the withdrawals people experience from stopping psychotropic drugs abruptly(ADHD meds are also psychotropic meds ).People are NOT INFORMED about the WITHDRAWALS! Psychiatrists will tell a person it is their “illness” returning and they need to stay on their meds. The longer a person is on psych meds the worse the withdrawals can be. The psych meds have to be very slowly tapered down with the help of an knowledgeable doctor. Although many have tapered on their own as it can be difficult to find a doctor to assist them. A person should educate themselves first before attempting tapering so they will know what difficulties to expect.
I can attest to this from personal experience. The insidious thing about many psychotropic drugs is that as your body adjusts to the dosage you’re on, you’ll start having withdrawal symptoms because it wants more! They are self feeding monstrosities. The side effects and withdrawals were horrible, but the one which convinced me that the drug was playing havoc with my brain was a nasty thing called brain zaps…hard to describe but they’re like a pause or lapse of brain activity. I had to retire early due to the 3 year use of that terrible drug. And when I ask my doctor about help tapering off he said, “oh just go from 30 to 20 mg”, which was the lowest dose available. I found an online forum which helped me to taper off myself. One thing that I believe saved my sanity during those days when I was so anxious and depressed that I couldn’t stand myself, I would go outside and soak up the sun…God given vitamin D. That was 15 years ago and whenever I have the opportunity to tell someone about that experience, I say NEVER let a doctor put you on one of those drugs! What will truly help you is prayer, taking a walk and sunshine. And if it’s winter and hard to get sunshine, it’s important to take a vitamin D supplement, along with vitamin K for absorption. The dosage that works for me is 5000 IU daily.
So glad you figured it out early.
If only people knew before starting any of psych med, most would say “No Thank You!” Same for childhood shots.
I spent close to 4 months going very slowly off ssri’s I started in 2008 after the death of my best friend. I had tried several times throughout the years to go off and can attest to the horrible withdrawal effects. I feel so free. They have side effects I never realized. Always read the side effects
Same year I went off mine Susan, and I also spent 4-5 months getting off. A commenter on the forum from which I got immense help, said that he got off cocaine easier than Cymbalta.