Posted by Jasmine25 on March 18, 2005, at 20:58:02
Wow, I had no idea that what I've been going through the past 3 days was withdrawal symptoms. I thought I had the stomach flu! I forgot to take my meds one morning, and I was only halfway to work when my stomach started feeling really nasty. By noon I could barely sit up straight. I left work early, and 4 hours later I had the worst diarrhea I'd ever had in my life. Several hours later I'd puked up everything I'd eaten that day, and yesterday I couldn't go to work. Today I went to work, but had to leave early again; I felt so dizzy that it felt like I had the world's worst hangover. Now it doesn't matter if I'm sitting or standing, the room keeps spinning.
All this makes me wonder though; I've been off my meds for 3 days now, would it really be worth it for me to go back on a low dose of this crap or should I just stick it out? I've got a 3 day weekend ahead of me now, will this last longer than that?
Some advice for anyone who is thinking of going on this medication for depression; try going to a psychologist first before you go on the pills. If anyone had told me that the withdrawal would be this nasty, I would have avoided them like the plague.
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