ShineUK
26-07-08, 16:59
Hi,
My name is Elaine& I am 47 years old. I have been on Seroxat for about 14 years and nearly 4 weeks ago I stopped them completely (by accident!!) My GP had tried to help me come off of them a few times. I had tried the cheese grater jobby and the liquid Seroxat, but there was no way . I felt awful so it was again put off to try again at a later date.
The anxiety that I was suffering from at the start was extreme which led to collapse, and the depression was a typical state, dread waking in the morning, everything doom and gloom etc. After going to my GP countless times feeling that there was something else wrong I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. I was started on Thyroxine which only made matters worse and the panics and collapsing episodes were intolerable and coming thick and fast! I began to wonder if i would ever get better. Then I was so bad that I was put in our local psychiatric unit for councelling , making pots!! etc. The experience was something that I will never ever forget, it was a nightmare. This was when I first had the pleasure of meeting this dreaded tablet!!!
My family thank god also seemed to know that there seemed to be something underlying and causing the problems. I was released on the understanding that I would continue to attend regular counselling every day. It was an uphill struggle but the strength started to return slowly. Whilst on the computer searching for info on thyroid problems I came across a thyroid specialist based in Surrey. I was taken down there to see him. He diagnosed not only a problem converting thyroxine into active T3 which was making the anxiety so bad, but also my adrenals were under so much strain that couldn't cope with the amount of adrenalin that I needed which was causing the collapsing episodes. I was started on Hydrocortisone and Tertroxin (T3 already made and ready to go!!!) Within weeks I was almost back to normal. Well that was about 14 years ago. The only reason that I have written that about my experience with thyroid problems is that there are many many people out there that are undiagnosed due to blood test ranges being far too wide and a possibility like me of not being able to convert and become thyrotoxic.
Well now onto the Seroxat withrawal !!! I have a fair amount of tablets a day (my necessary one's and vitamins etc) and I get all of my tablets and pot them up for about 4 weeks in advance. Well about 3 weeks ago I started to feel extremely tired, edgy, dizzy, shaky, insomnia, panic attacks etc. I tried the usual increasing and decreasing thyroid medication but that didn't help. THEN whilst refilling my pots with tablets noticed that I hadn't been having my Seroxat !!!!!!! Yes I had felt like hell for all of that time of no knowing what was causing me to feel this way, but when I realised just what I'd done I was elated. I am still feeling very lethargic, a bit dizzy, vision a bit blurred, the occasional panic and dip in mood, at times the panic and mood are pretty hard to cope with but |I am beating the darn stuff !!! I am never in a million years going back on them.
My name is Elaine& I am 47 years old. I have been on Seroxat for about 14 years and nearly 4 weeks ago I stopped them completely (by accident!!) My GP had tried to help me come off of them a few times. I had tried the cheese grater jobby and the liquid Seroxat, but there was no way . I felt awful so it was again put off to try again at a later date.
The anxiety that I was suffering from at the start was extreme which led to collapse, and the depression was a typical state, dread waking in the morning, everything doom and gloom etc. After going to my GP countless times feeling that there was something else wrong I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. I was started on Thyroxine which only made matters worse and the panics and collapsing episodes were intolerable and coming thick and fast! I began to wonder if i would ever get better. Then I was so bad that I was put in our local psychiatric unit for councelling , making pots!! etc. The experience was something that I will never ever forget, it was a nightmare. This was when I first had the pleasure of meeting this dreaded tablet!!!
My family thank god also seemed to know that there seemed to be something underlying and causing the problems. I was released on the understanding that I would continue to attend regular counselling every day. It was an uphill struggle but the strength started to return slowly. Whilst on the computer searching for info on thyroid problems I came across a thyroid specialist based in Surrey. I was taken down there to see him. He diagnosed not only a problem converting thyroxine into active T3 which was making the anxiety so bad, but also my adrenals were under so much strain that couldn't cope with the amount of adrenalin that I needed which was causing the collapsing episodes. I was started on Hydrocortisone and Tertroxin (T3 already made and ready to go!!!) Within weeks I was almost back to normal. Well that was about 14 years ago. The only reason that I have written that about my experience with thyroid problems is that there are many many people out there that are undiagnosed due to blood test ranges being far too wide and a possibility like me of not being able to convert and become thyrotoxic.
Well now onto the Seroxat withrawal !!! I have a fair amount of tablets a day (my necessary one's and vitamins etc) and I get all of my tablets and pot them up for about 4 weeks in advance. Well about 3 weeks ago I started to feel extremely tired, edgy, dizzy, shaky, insomnia, panic attacks etc. I tried the usual increasing and decreasing thyroid medication but that didn't help. THEN whilst refilling my pots with tablets noticed that I hadn't been having my Seroxat !!!!!!! Yes I had felt like hell for all of that time of no knowing what was causing me to feel this way, but when I realised just what I'd done I was elated. I am still feeling very lethargic, a bit dizzy, vision a bit blurred, the occasional panic and dip in mood, at times the panic and mood are pretty hard to cope with but |I am beating the darn stuff !!! I am never in a million years going back on them.