Official Mental Health Thread

Stephen · 10-03-2018, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Fluff

So for anyone who has been on these medications and stopped, did you experience withdrawals? I am concerned about this.

Some are worse than others. You can minimise effects by weaning off slowly but that also drags it out. I came off paroxetine cold turkey and that was a real **** for maybe four to six weeks. Brain fog, weird zaps in my head and flashing visual effects.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-03-2018, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Some are worse than others. You can minimise effects by weaning off slowly but that also drags it out. I came off paroxetine cold turkey and that was a real **** for maybe four to six weeks. Brain fog, weird zaps in my head and flashing visual effects.

Did you have any problems when you started the medication?

I never knew you could have problems coming off it. Would have been nice to be warned.

WWWP · 10-03-2018, 03:39 PM

I feel the withdrawal usually after 48 hours, evidenced by brain shivers and nausea mostly. I've quit cold turkey before and it really ****ed me up, never doing that again.

**Frownland** · 10-03-2018, 03:40 PM

I recreationally did Prozac because I was a dumb teenager and for about a month after I stopped, I would randomly get lightheaded and pass out.

Just do heroin, kids.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-03-2018, 04:01 PM

I think I know what the brain shivers are. It feels almost like you're at the top of a roller-coaster and dropping down vertically I think? That's what happened to me off Sertraline anyway.

Sounds like this could be horrific and I need to speak to my gp about this. I was not told anything about coming off them. Is there anything doctors can do to help? Benzos can be used for alcohol withdrawal what about this?

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-03-2018, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I read that article

It didn’t even specify which medication

I quit Prozac abruptly

I think people get withdrawals confused with the ****ty feeling they had before they started taking the drug

What happened when you quit abruptly and how long were you on it?

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Medication is a risky business.

Not going into detail, but it was an absolute last resort for me.

OccultHawk · 10-03-2018, 04:28 PM

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What happened when you quit abruptly and how long were you on it?

Around a year or so. I’m afraid antidepressants interfere with my art appreciation

What happened was the symptoms that were corrected started and continues to resurface.

At the worst it was near constant ocd like negative dark thoughts

Constant suicide ideation -

it’s painful to recall but like during a bath I would imagine how my corpse would look if I slit my wrists

driving - this vehicle would be a suitable place to shoot myself / easy clean up - just junk the car

like that all the time for considerable stretches - months

other times - horrific things running through my mind - lots of it having to do with ways my dog could get hurt or die which hurts me emotionally more than anything

Prozac made it so bad thoughts became just passing not chronic obsessive like

But I quit and I’m only depressed maybe like two days out of ten or so

Before it was years - I mean on those tests the dr gives you: Have you ever been sad for two weeks without reprieve?

I couldn’t believe that was considered depression. I went without reprieve from sorrow for years.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-03-2018, 05:40 PM

Thanks Hawk. Do you think if you had tapered off under the supervision of a doctor that you'd have no had those negative symptoms?

To be clear, I mentioned benzos out of curiosity and if they would help ssri withdrawal. They are virtually impossible to get hold of over here, even prescriptions are extremely rare.

OccultHawk · 10-03-2018, 05:45 PM

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Do you think if you had tapered off under the supervision of a doctor that you'd have no had those negative symptoms?

Nope. You gotta pay the piper one way or another.

**Exo** · 11-02-2018, 05:46 PM

Some of you know the story about my brother. To sum it up, he's a recovering heroin addict who is also manic bi-polar. In 2014 he was arrested trying to rob a gas station and would have gotten six years in prison but was accepted in our states drug court program. Suspended sentence but he had to stay sober for the length of his sentence. He graduated last month. We were and are very proud of him.

Before he graduated he expressed fear that being off the leash, as in not drug tested weekly, would tempt him into doing drugs again. Well, he admitted to us that he's been getting drunk and smoking weed. That's not the end of the world but he told us he stopped taking his medication, lithium for his bi-polar disorder, so it wouldn't interfere with the booze and weed.

Well, he stopped taking it for too long and now he's found himself in a manic episode. He's a completely different person. He lost his job. He's dressing like goddamn Johnny Depp. He's seeing his ex girlfriend. He's constantly agitated and his decision making is minute by minute.

It's stressing me the f*ck out. Luckily his doctors are on it and are trying to regulate him but I might have like two weeks of crazy to deal with until then. Luckily we don't live together but sh*t is upsetting. He was doing so well.

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Some of you know the story about my brother. To sum it up, he's a recovering heroin addict who is also manic bi-polar. In 2014 he was arrested trying to rob a gas station and would have gotten six years in prison but was accepted in our states drug court program. Suspended sentence but he had to stay sober for the length of his sentence. He graduated last month. We were and are very proud of him. Before he graduated he expressed fear that being off the leash, as in not drug tested weekly, would tempt him into doing drugs again. Well, he admitted to us that he's been getting drunk and smoking weed. That's not the end of the world but he told us he stopped taking his medication, lithium for his bi-polar disorder, so it wouldn't interfere with the booze and weed. Well, he stopped taking it for too long and now he's found himself in a manic episode. He's a completely different person. He lost his job. He's dressing like goddamn Johnny Depp. He's seeing his ex girlfriend. He's constantly agitated and his decision making is minute by minute. It's stressing me the fck out. Luckily his doctors are on it and are trying to regulate him but I might have like two weeks of crazy to deal with until then. Luckily we don't live together but sht is upsetting. He was doing so well. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	I think I know what the brain shivers are. It feels almost like you're at the top of a roller-coaster and dropping down vertically I think? That's what happened to me off Sertraline anyway. Sounds like this could be horrific and I need to speak to my gp about this. I was not told anything about coming off them. Is there anything doctors can do to help? Benzos can be used for alcohol withdrawal what about this?

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Thanks Hawk. Do you think if you had tapered off under the supervision of a doctor that you'd have no had those negative symptoms? To be clear, I mentioned benzos out of curiosity and if they would help ssri withdrawal. They are virtually impossible to get hold of over here, even prescriptions are extremely rare.