Posted by Reggie BoStar on January 7, 2010, at 2:10:22
I'm being switch from Pristiq to one of the old Tricyclics, Protiptyline. Last week I took my last Pristiq dose and went to the full dose of Protriptyline. Something has happened last night. Two days ago I felt strange in a bad way. I thought it was an oncoming cold because my throat was sore and I felt feverish. When I went to sleep that night I slept for most of two days with awful dreams. Today I got up and everything was different in a bad way. I can't describe it except that nothing feels the same. I don't want any part of anything that's going on around me. There's no appetite and a sick feeling. Could this be the Pristiq going away or the Protriptyline taking effect? This would be the first time I've come off an SSRI or SNRI without going to another. It's horrible. When I was 10 I had my first anxiety attack and serious bout of depression which started all in an instant. My insides took a turn and suddenly everything was different in a bad way, just like today when I got up. It's ugly outside, dark and cold and I want nothing to do with anything I have, this house, the life I've lived the past 20 years. I want to go away from it but I don't know where to go. That's what this feels like. Now I also had a migraine when I woke up which I treated with Maxalt. That's a Triptan med like Imitrex. The migraine I expected because that can happen anytime but especially when I switch meds. It's just this feeling that I woke up in a different, bad place. I wonder if this is the withdrawal. Sometimes when people have a stroke they say their "mind took a turn" and nothing is the same again. Not necessarily bad like it is for me now, just all different. Well, bad is the difference I'm feeling. I'm surrounded by lots of books and videos and no matter what I try to read or watch, the feeling is different now than it was before. Just two days ago I used to love the late-night talk shows like Tonight and Letterman and had liked them for many years. Tonight they're lousy. Stupid, not funny, boring, too long. Could withdrawal from an SSRI or SNRI be like this? Did something maybe happen to my mind like a stroke or something? The migraine was a really bad one before the Maxalt knocked it down. Without stuff like that I'm pretty sure it would have been the worst migraine I've had in many years. This is terrible.
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