Trintellix Withdrawals

Due to medication interaction I stopped taking my 5mg Trintellix to take antivirals for Shingles that I had due to excessive stress. Though, in the same time revealing the medication had stop working since it didn't relieve or put my stress levels at bay.

I stopped on June 16 and restarted on June 26. Though at the time, I had already begun to experience withdrawals. I had crying spells, bad depression, muscle tension on my throat, and right cheek,  vertigo, fatigue, and skin hive. The symptoms got pretty bad and finally decided to stop the medication on July 14. 

Most of the emotional symptoms went away, though I'm stuck with the physical symptoms. Muscle throat tension went away, the vertigo/fatigue stayed, having disruptive sleep cycles, hives/red spots on my torso and arms, visual disturbances (eye floaters, blurriness) eye pressure (first time it was bilateral, and now just on my right eye), intense headaches that switch spots (right to left, top and back) or the band like feeling around my ahead or when reading something or trying to think or make a statement I get pains on top of my head. My primary did blood work in early July, and that was during the time I had entered my withdrawls. Everything came out perfect. Though, I have to be honest I fear she missed something due to these symptoms.  

I cut my psychiatrist since he disregarded my symptoms and first blamed it on my antiviral. Then, I sent him a detail set of symptoms and mentioned I could be relapsing into depression or entered withdrawals, and mentioned if I wanted to cut the symptoms was to reinstate the medication. Though, the last two months I was taking it, it made me aggressive towards my mother, I was already having panic attacks at night, insomnia, headaches, heart palpitations. So, that's not an option. I fear what could happen if I go back to taking that. Rather, have these horrible symptoms than raise my voice or be aggressive towards her. 

I went to the local pharmacist who told me that at 5mg I shouldn't been having withdrawals unless I took the medication for a long time. I took it for two years, and I'm freaking out with these symptoms. I fear that I might have a brain tumor. For those who've gone through withdrawals can you give me some reassurance that this is just that and not something organic wrong with me? Usually blood work would should something wrong that would raise the alarm of my doc with my headaches to do MRI's and etc. Though, everything came out perfect. I don't have swollen lymph nodes, just rashes that from what I've researched are due to withdrawals. I just at a loss for words.  

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