HannaaLucie
20-08-17, 13:54
I want to know if someone can help me out here. I've recently been to my doctors and have decided it's time to try coming off all my medication.
I started taking regular medication at 14 years old and i am now 24. I have had medication every day for the past 10 years.
I was diagnosed with a skin disease which I have been on over 30 different drugs for the most recent one that I have just stopped is an off license dose of Erythromycin.
Unknown why I was also diagnosed with intracranial hypertension which then was re-diagnosed as just chronic migraines. So I have been on a lot of medication in the past for that, most recent Metoprolol.
I also suffer from depression and anxiety for many years so have been on many drugs for this. The doctor has advised I come down off my Venflaxine so I'm now on half my original dose of that.
Due to all these tablets I also suffer with acid problems so have also been taking Omeprazole and Ranitidine for about 5-6 years.
I have just stopped all these medications listed above (apart from the half dose of Venflaxine) and I've got to say I feel AWFUL.
It's been 3 days off them all and I ache everywhere, I have the worst headache imaginable, I'm being sick, my heart and head are racing, I can't stop going to the toilet, I've got chills and I keep grinding my teeth. Is this all withdrawal from these medications? Will this stop on it's own and if so what's the kind of time frame? I need to try being off these meds a decade on constant medication at a young age I don't feel is good for me and some of the drugs I've been on are awful. Any advice would be great.
I started taking regular medication at 14 years old and i am now 24. I have had medication every day for the past 10 years.
I was diagnosed with a skin disease which I have been on over 30 different drugs for the most recent one that I have just stopped is an off license dose of Erythromycin.
Unknown why I was also diagnosed with intracranial hypertension which then was re-diagnosed as just chronic migraines. So I have been on a lot of medication in the past for that, most recent Metoprolol.
I also suffer from depression and anxiety for many years so have been on many drugs for this. The doctor has advised I come down off my Venflaxine so I'm now on half my original dose of that.
Due to all these tablets I also suffer with acid problems so have also been taking Omeprazole and Ranitidine for about 5-6 years.
I have just stopped all these medications listed above (apart from the half dose of Venflaxine) and I've got to say I feel AWFUL.
It's been 3 days off them all and I ache everywhere, I have the worst headache imaginable, I'm being sick, my heart and head are racing, I can't stop going to the toilet, I've got chills and I keep grinding my teeth. Is this all withdrawal from these medications? Will this stop on it's own and if so what's the kind of time frame? I need to try being off these meds a decade on constant medication at a young age I don't feel is good for me and some of the drugs I've been on are awful. Any advice would be great.