ive been on anti depressants for sixteen years they have differed over the that time the last ones being citralopam ware i was on Forty mg,i decided to come off them as my memory was terrible and was affecting me terribly,i done this by skipping a day then taking half and repeating the process for around a month,i had brain zaps for about a month after i stopped,i then stopped my chlorpromazine (100)mg and my mirtazapine(45)mg because i was told i was dead inside by my partner of 18 years,i stopped them both straight away and went cold turkey,this is now my fith day without them and apart from feeling emotional,i feel ok,has anyone else done this and is there anything else that may come with me doing this.
I would go to survivingantidepressants.org if you havnt done so already. 16 years is a long time and within that time the drug has been making some significant changes to your brain. Wds can hit anytime, and you would be extremely lucky to not have any affects from it. Have a look on that site and I am sure you will benefit from it.
I stopped mirtazapine cold turkey I was only on 15mg. the only problems I’ve had in the last 3 weeks was after 6 days of stopping I felt sick for a few days and I’m finding it really hard to sleep but I’m feeling great other than that! I’ve been taking vitamins b,d,omega 3 and magnesium x
the dead inside is the citalopram, im tapering off and my emotions are back, withdrawals dont hit me for 8-12 weeks!
thats all i had the first 2 times, the third however was a different story!
do you know if the changes are permanent will i eventually get back to normal,im on my fith day now and apart from not sleeping properly,i feel fine i think.
look on the site every single question you have, regarding symptoms also will be on there
I agree as what happens is things are masked and as soon as you stop the insidious mood creeps back slowly. This medication needs to run alongside strategies to help people manage life day to day, in reality it’s a tick box world and easy to get a life long prescription when in many cases it’s not required. Also these medications tap into the brains natural storage of feel good chemicals as the brain stores them in prep for getting older. One root cause of low mood is actually the way people have treated each other, I believe lots of people have been bullied by others and that’s the root cause in some cases of course not all