Gotagetthroughthis
01-03-13, 16:09
Hi all, hope your all ok
I haven't really made a thread for a while as I have been feeling somewhat better and not dealing with intense non stop anxiety as I was before. I used to post everyday about my symptoms and worries.
Anyway, I just wanted to ask a few questions as I am starting to get some symptoms and pains and not sure what to do.
Basically I came off Sertraline about 3 weeks ago after being on it for 6 months. I had tapered down to just half a 50mg tablet every 3 days before I stopped completely and didn't seem to have any withdrawal symptoms really, apart from a bit of a depressed mood.
Things have been going ok but in the past few days I have started to feel a bit strange, having chest pains (which I have had all along but I just seem to care more once off the meds) short bursts of head pains, slight dizzyness and just generally having no energy and feeling really weak.
Also in terms of my mood I have been really angry all the time, quite depressed, not so much anxious but I can feel the anxiety there and starting to creep back a little.
I really want to be free of the meds and start getting on with my life. I never felt normal on the meds by the way, always felt foggy and dream like.
Anyway, do you guys think this is just withdrawal effects starting to kick in or am I kidding myself and this is just old anxiety creeping back coming to get me again? Anyone else had similar effects from coming off meds?
I just hope this is just my body getting used to not having the medication instead of the anxiety all coming back. Obviously I no I am not cured of anxiety but I felt like I had got to a place where I could see things clearly and start to deal with the anxiety. The meds obviously helped get me to that place, but I feel that's what I wanted to used them for; to get me out of that dark place so I could sort the rest out myself.
Thanks for reading guys, what do you think?
I haven't really made a thread for a while as I have been feeling somewhat better and not dealing with intense non stop anxiety as I was before. I used to post everyday about my symptoms and worries.
Anyway, I just wanted to ask a few questions as I am starting to get some symptoms and pains and not sure what to do.
Basically I came off Sertraline about 3 weeks ago after being on it for 6 months. I had tapered down to just half a 50mg tablet every 3 days before I stopped completely and didn't seem to have any withdrawal symptoms really, apart from a bit of a depressed mood.
Things have been going ok but in the past few days I have started to feel a bit strange, having chest pains (which I have had all along but I just seem to care more once off the meds) short bursts of head pains, slight dizzyness and just generally having no energy and feeling really weak.
Also in terms of my mood I have been really angry all the time, quite depressed, not so much anxious but I can feel the anxiety there and starting to creep back a little.
I really want to be free of the meds and start getting on with my life. I never felt normal on the meds by the way, always felt foggy and dream like.
Anyway, do you guys think this is just withdrawal effects starting to kick in or am I kidding myself and this is just old anxiety creeping back coming to get me again? Anyone else had similar effects from coming off meds?
I just hope this is just my body getting used to not having the medication instead of the anxiety all coming back. Obviously I no I am not cured of anxiety but I felt like I had got to a place where I could see things clearly and start to deal with the anxiety. The meds obviously helped get me to that place, but I feel that's what I wanted to used them for; to get me out of that dark place so I could sort the rest out myself.
Thanks for reading guys, what do you think?