I just wanted to give everyone else hope out there that you CAN come off all the meds...if you take it slowly. I was taking at one point 225mg Venlafaxine, 100mg Amitriptyline, 1mg Flupentixol (which Im still taking), 7.5mg Zopiclone then 150mg Sertraline all for depression. After getting Sertatonine syndrome for the 2ND TIME I decided that enough was enough and I started to wean myself off the meds as I didnt think that I could continue as I was. I have to say that coming off them has left me a little depressed at times, but I have learned to live with things...you HAVE to be kind to yourself and do things in your own time and at your own pace in life. Things are not the best yet, but I feel that by taking things into my own hands and listening to my body and not the pill pushing docs, I feel that I may be able come back from all of this. I was overdosed with the Sertraline as it combined with the Amitriptyline and almost killed me...I thought I was dying, the last time over the christmas holidays. I had the most awful withdrawal symptoms, but I have to say that they DO get better...you just have to stick at it and remember that each day is a day nearer to feeling better.
I just wanted to tell you all that there IS light at the end of the very dark tunnel, and there were times when I thought that the way out was suicide, but I remembered the saying that 'its a permanant solution to a temporary problem' and thankfully I didnt act on these feelings which were killing me.
I just hope that this helps and now I can start with a clean slate again if I do need the meds in the future, and I have learned by painful experience that only YOU can do it. Anything is worth a go if you have nothing to lose! x
