How much of it is in our heads?
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Creating this post for a POSITIVE VIEW, NOT A DEBATE. I have a degree is psychology and I have been a active member of anxiety forums for over 15yrs. Been on almost every SSRI created. I wanna say there IS A BETTER WAY IF YOU JUST WORK HARD. I wanted to share a positive experience from coming off celexa.
I was on 40mg for 6years. I dropped from 40 to 20mg last year as i been hitting the gym, eating healthy, and overall feeling better about life. 3 weeks ago I decided to stop completely again still hitting the gym daily, working, eating well, etc I stopped the 20mg cold turkey. the 3rd and 4th day after cold turkey I was slight confused and a bit loopy. however other than those 2 days feeling a bit odd i had ZERO withdrawl effect. no zaps, no nothing. im 3 weeks clean now and have had NO ISSUES. stay strong, stay BUSY, and the side effects will NOT beat you.
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yommymommy79 kalmkidd
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I am not one for sitting around waiting for things like this to happen to me...i am a very busy mum to 2 beautiful little boys, we have a very good life great friends and family...however for some reason...every now and then my brain my decides to act like a complete d*** head and thows me on my a**. Is that all in my head?? Not sure..
I think 3 weeks is a short amount of time and evidence to base this post on...but in saying that well done to you and long may your success continue x x x
kalmkidd
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betsy0603 kalmkidd
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All I can say is that if this starts to happen to you, you can reinstate a very small amount, maybe just 2 mig, to alleviate suffering. Spend time over at the Surviving Antidepressants forum to see what I'm talking about.
I wish you luck and hopefully you are one of the lucky ones. And yes, hard work beyond drugs is a very good solution to anxiety and depression, but when in withdrawal, methods that work for authentic D&A often don't work.
Since you have your degree in psychology, you might want to go over to that forum just to look around and see what life is like in the trenches :-) Neuro emotions from withdrawal don't behave like their real life counterparts!
yommymommy79 kalmkidd
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katecogs kalmkidd
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Personally I'd never recommend to anyone to go cold turkey. You can be very seriously ill. Some people on this site have done so and found out the hard way.
Ive come off these meds twice - first time I reduced by half each time over many months and had withdrawal effects. The weirdest was brain zaps.
This year I have again reduced my meds from 20mg down to 5mg by doing it at 5mg each time over many months. I've had no withdrawal effects this time doing it this slow.
I'm fit, healthy, and eat well - need to be as I'm a dance teacher - yet during the first time of reduction I had withdrawal despite my busy life and healthy regime. Everyone is different and has different experiences starting the meds and stopping them. What maybe ok for one person may make another seriously ill.
An interesting post - really glad you're feeling well.
K x
betsy0603 katecogs
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en within a day!
Having awareness of this makes it so much less stressful on the person because then you are able to say "this is not me, it's withdrawal," and hang on until the next window.
kalmkidd, I truly do wish you continued good health, not trying to denegrate your post. Should you eventually get hit with withdrawal, at least you'll know that it is WD and not you!