Re: Sertraline and co codamol
Originally Posted by
MyNameIsTerry
When I read this I wondered whether it might be opoid withdrawal combined with an anxiety disorder? What I mean is that we are already struggling with physical & mental symptoms and tend to rect far stronger to them in a negative way than the non anxious (dependent on how bad your anxiety is). Therefore you get a period of shock to the system.
Maybe that's how it feels yet the true science behind it is what Ian has described? Would you believe that to be the case, Ian?
Could withdrawal have been part of it, sure. While there is nothing in Nick's description that shouts 'withdrawal' and he seems to have done everything to minimise it, when one is on the edge it doesn't take much to push you over. From what I've observed it is rare for a single event to trigger an anxiety disorder per se, it is more the corrosive effect of what such an event, or events can set in train in the deeper recesses of our minds which eventually brings us down, and I think that was also the case here. I don't think either taking the codeine, or withdrawal from it, was the cause of what he's now experiencing, just the final straw.
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