Posted by bleauberry on October 3, 2009, at 17:32:51
In reply to cymbalt - long withdrawal, posted by cee on October 3, 2009, at 15:59:21
I don't think any researchers have any insights into this post-AD or withdrawal thing. There are plenty of ideas from various people.
Personally I believe that these drugs, reuptake inhibitors in particular, somehow change certain aspects of the nervous system chemistry to where it can't revert back to where it was very quickly, and sometimes not at all. Something was changed. What exactly is that something? That's the frustrating part...no one knows. And then some of the original symptoms may be mixed in with that, creating a bizarre new scenario.
So when we seek psychiatric treatment, it is much trickier and riskier than the prescribing doctor is going to say or admit. My opinion.
Unless you are ready to jump back into the psychiatric arena right away, I would point you in the direction of the following, in order of preference:
Albizzia Julbrissin
Free & Easy Wanderer
An Shen Buxin
Siberian Ginseng
St Johns Wort
Rhodiola roseaAnd I would experiment with tiny doses of 5htp, GABA, tyrosine, DLPA, one at time...again, tiny doses at first...you are sensitive right now...and possibly combinations after you know what each does on its own.
I visit other forums where there are some very difficult people to treat with serious depression and anxiety issues. Theirs are based on Lyme or mercury or thyroid/adrenal. No matter, depression is depression. Tough cases are tough cases. The above mentioned substances are ones that passed with flying colors in terms of people that find them helpful or curative and in terms of ratings at patient rating sites. Many of those people had been on at least a half dozen psych meds prior.
Prescription or not, I feel nearly ALL medical treatments are EXPERIMENTAL. Just because something like Cymbalta is FDA approved and prescribed by some guy who's been to 12 years of schooling doesn't do a thing for what that drug will do...good or bad...in any particular person. For a few people, Cymbalta is a miracle. For others, a nightmare. Same with all meds.
I realize you were just looking for some insights into what this prolonged withdrawal thing is. I just wanted to give you some hope. If there is value in what has worked for others in your shoes, there is an abundance of hope.
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