This is a continuation of my other thread about Paroxetine and coming off it:
http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17243
A nightmare coming off that stuff but I'm over the worst of it now and have started on this. I guess this thread is more for my benefit, a kind of diary of how I'm feeling on it.
I started on 37.5mg in the mornings last thursday. It didn't seem to be doing anything at that dose except eliminating some of the withdrawal symptoms I had coming off paroxetine. Still getting the odd muscle / nerve shock type thing, but only very occasionally. The deep depression I went into after stopping paroxetine has lifted slightly I think over the last few days. My modd still swings rapidly all over the place tho.
My psychiatrist wants me on 150mgs eventually, so my GP increased it today. Now I'm taking a second tablet in the evening, so 75mgs in total a day now.
I took it at 8pm and I'm definately feeling something from it now. A kind of weird hyper yet drowsey feeling together, hard to explain. A bit like the feeling you get after you downed a shot of strong spirits but it hasn't hit you yet, lol. I can only describe it as 'weird', slightly similar to how I felt when starting some of the other SSRI's like paroxetine / citalopram but different somehow.
I feel quite detached and everything seems very unreal and dream like, a kind of out of body feeling. Feels strange that I'm even typing this right now, almost like my body is on autopilot but my mind is elsewhere. I'm having trouble getting these sentances out without putting a lot of effort into thinking what I'm writing. I guess I feel a bit confused, slightly hard to get my thoughts in the right order. I've been back over this post and keep adding sentances here and there and correcting typos, lol.
None of this seems disturbing tho, I don't feel frightened or freaked out by it, fairly tranquil really. Odd is the only way I can describe it!
I don't really feel like sleeping, I kinda feel like just chilling and listening to some music or something, a bit restless like I should be doing something, but I don't know what.
I've got my first therapy appointment tomorrow and when I think about that it sends a pang of panic and anxiety, so I'm not going to think about that. I know I'm ready for it and I've done my worrying about that for today, so I'm shelving all that in the back of my mind till tomorrow.
I guess it's only day 1 at 75mgs and it's all to be expected.
Gonna get ready for bed and try to chill down a bit so I might be able to get some sleep.
Jim