Mumzy
27-05-18, 09:46
I stopped my meds (escitalopram 5mg) 14 weeks ago now. Was on them for 13 years. 6 months before I stopped them I was taking 1 every 2-3 days. And prior to this was taking them every other day for 6 months. My doctor said it’d be fine to stop them when I did as I’d weaned off them so slow and the dose was very minimal.
I was fine. Or so I thought.
2 weeks ago whilst driving I felt very dizzy all of a sudden for no apparent reason and this made me feel really panicky. Since then I’ve dreaded driving ‘just in case’ it happens again, which it has done a couple of times. I absolutely HATE driving at the moment and this is very unlike me. I have no choice but to drive though!
Friday I was walking back to my car from Pre school drop off and one of the mums was chatting to me whilst we were walking. All of a sudden I felt sooooo dizzy, like I was drunk, my heart was beating fast, I felt trembly, very disorientated, my eyes were twitching and I just wanted to run away from her. (She’s a lovely woman). I cried when I got back into the car. Then I had to go to work.
Everything seems to be getting difficult for me at the moment....the school runs, when I get out the car to do the Pre School drop off, food shopping, work, everything that’s a ‘normal’ day to day routine really. I can be just walking and feel like I’m going off balance. This makes me so sad. I’ve cried a lot about this. I’ve told my husband how I’m feeling who’s sympathetic towards the situation though doesn’t know what to suggest, understandable.
He did suggest why don’t I go back on my medication. But then I’m in a catch 22 as I know when I first start taking them they make me feel awful for a while, and then I really won’t be able to drive my children to school so am thinking if that’s going to be the only option I’ll have to wait til the summer holidays but that’s 7 weeks away yet.
I really don’t know what to do/try for the best!
How can I be 14 weeks med free then it suddenly hit me like this!
Grateful for any input :)
I was fine. Or so I thought.
2 weeks ago whilst driving I felt very dizzy all of a sudden for no apparent reason and this made me feel really panicky. Since then I’ve dreaded driving ‘just in case’ it happens again, which it has done a couple of times. I absolutely HATE driving at the moment and this is very unlike me. I have no choice but to drive though!
Friday I was walking back to my car from Pre school drop off and one of the mums was chatting to me whilst we were walking. All of a sudden I felt sooooo dizzy, like I was drunk, my heart was beating fast, I felt trembly, very disorientated, my eyes were twitching and I just wanted to run away from her. (She’s a lovely woman). I cried when I got back into the car. Then I had to go to work.
Everything seems to be getting difficult for me at the moment....the school runs, when I get out the car to do the Pre School drop off, food shopping, work, everything that’s a ‘normal’ day to day routine really. I can be just walking and feel like I’m going off balance. This makes me so sad. I’ve cried a lot about this. I’ve told my husband how I’m feeling who’s sympathetic towards the situation though doesn’t know what to suggest, understandable.
He did suggest why don’t I go back on my medication. But then I’m in a catch 22 as I know when I first start taking them they make me feel awful for a while, and then I really won’t be able to drive my children to school so am thinking if that’s going to be the only option I’ll have to wait til the summer holidays but that’s 7 weeks away yet.
I really don’t know what to do/try for the best!
How can I be 14 weeks med free then it suddenly hit me like this!
Grateful for any input :)