Posted by musky on July 3, 2006, at 0:01:20
In reply to Re: Hey Jules , johnny, cashy, jenico... » musky, posted by johnnyj on July 2, 2006, at 0:21:46
>Hi johnny:
Me I would rather tough it out and let my sleep come naturally... slowly it is getting better. I can fall asleep no problem and just wake up once in the night about 4-5am... even this has been a bit better the last 2 days.. But if it helps you thats fine I guess.. just remember that yoiu dont want to get into the habit of one drug to replace another.. The body is smart and will soon create "crisis" to get the drug.. ie, insomnia, etc .. but well if you just use it temporarily..
My mood are the same like u.. up and down... good days then bad days and within the day irritability.
For me its been the anxiety more than anything.. today i was in church and then all of a sudden I felt soo wierd like I was gonna blank out or snap.. I just stayed focused on an object.. it was scary and I felt the anxiety building.. I did some deep breathing and this helped .. then it eventually passed.. I believe that when anxiety levels are high you get this "shorting out".
Anyways I was at my acupuncturist on Friday and since my anxiety has been building more this week , he wants to bump up my treatments to once a week again. I tellyou on Friday after my treatment I was soo calm again.. it really does help.. He told me that it can take years sometimes for the body to recover from the drug.. Hes seen it in other patients of his.. he said to just keep going and eventually w/d will pass. He did say something however that kinda worried me.. he said that sometimes these neurological drugs do damage the nerves and some nerve damage never recovers.. I just hope he means in small numbers of cases.. I thought to myself well.. if theres damage then theres damage.. at least Im not takiing the Remeron to cause further damage.. From what I have read and asked where I work thought they say there is no evidence for BRain damage per say... so that the effects of the Remeron is temporary and that the brains receptors will recover..
Im told that even after the drug is out of the body that its the relearning of the how the neurotransmitters fire up in the brain is what causes the problems we get... but in time the body readjusts... I try not to get to panicky about this theory and hope that one day I will feel normal again..5 weeks off now and im hanging in... my nausea better now... how about you?
and even headaches are better ..
its just this damn tension in the backj of my head. upper back and eyes and the mood stuff, anxiety/panic stuff thats been goin on for me.. I think this part will take some time..Musky
Hi Musky,
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> Dramamine is for seaksickness and it helps with nausea and makes one sleepy. It has helped me this week.
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> I have been up and down. Two good days and then tonight I can't sleep. Worked outside today and it seems to have affected me. I just want to sleep.
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> johnnyj
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