MichelleS
29-03-17, 11:16
Hi all,
I've struggled with anxiety since my teens, am now middle aged. The past 5 years have been the most challenging of my life in relation to life events. I've lost both parents to cancer, my Dad before Christmas 2016, whom I still miss very much. Our eldest child was diagnosed with Crohns Disease (inflammatory bowel disease) and had major surgery 2 years ago. It's been one thing after another ....
Have been on two different anti-depressants over the past 4 years, Citalopram now Mirtazipine, plus Valium which I have got addicted to and am now trying to wean myself off, which 4 months in is still hard. The Drs let me go 'cold turkey' to start and I had awful chemical withdrawal, including disassociation, shakes, severe anxiety, sweats etc. I was taking a dose as much as 25mg, so why they thought I wouldn't have any side effects, is ridiculous.
Last year I was diagnosed with Chronic Depression and PTSD by a Psychiatrist.
I've struggled with anxiety since my teens, am now middle aged. The past 5 years have been the most challenging of my life in relation to life events. I've lost both parents to cancer, my Dad before Christmas 2016, whom I still miss very much. Our eldest child was diagnosed with Crohns Disease (inflammatory bowel disease) and had major surgery 2 years ago. It's been one thing after another ....
Have been on two different anti-depressants over the past 4 years, Citalopram now Mirtazipine, plus Valium which I have got addicted to and am now trying to wean myself off, which 4 months in is still hard. The Drs let me go 'cold turkey' to start and I had awful chemical withdrawal, including disassociation, shakes, severe anxiety, sweats etc. I was taking a dose as much as 25mg, so why they thought I wouldn't have any side effects, is ridiculous.
Last year I was diagnosed with Chronic Depression and PTSD by a Psychiatrist.