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 …
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 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.