Posted by elixirmonkii on May 16, 2009, at 19:54:16
In reply to persistent SSRI withdrawal symptoms - prognosis?, posted by Felix Guattari on November 13, 2008, at 22:44:59
In response to the previous thread and also the person in the following response after that. I have developed tardive akathisia/anxiety after taking only a short course of lorazepam and fluoxetine(prozac). Prior to this, I only had minor issues with anxiety which were likely a bad reaction I had to an herbal supplement. They seemed to be abating, but somehow I was talked into taking Prozac, and within hours after taking the first dose, I began to feel agitation/akathisia/racing thoughts among other things. I took a second dose in hopes it would resolve, and just in efforts to give it a second chance, and the symptoms only worsened severely. It seems many people tolerate the drug, and are able to see it through, but it caused akathisia in me, in addition to severe mental impairment (partially resolved)which of the akathisia I assume is permanent, as I am writing a year following discontinuing it, with little improvement this far out. It seems odd that such a short course of drugs could do this, however it is possible that my liver did not metabolize the drug properly, leading to a massive dose causing some sort of serotonin syndrome, and further damage to receptors, and/or that part of the brain. It is truly sad, because I happened to be one of the few that seems to have this reaction from the drug. I am not sure what else to say, as i have found there to be contradicting information on the cause of this syndrome, and so I am still unsure of the cause of the akathisia, and further how to resolve it without causing further damage from other drugs. Hopefully someone down the road will be able to help...
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