Depression and crap

[Kade1985]

I think it's my antidepressants, I went off them for like.. four or five days and was feeling great emotionally speaking. But I had withdrawal symptoms, one of which was like extreme light-headedness and dizziness, so I took one because the nurse was like you should taper off not go cold turkey. Well I took one and now I feel all freaking depressed again, when I shouldn't. Like I keep wanting to tell my mom off or... cry in a corner somewhere only I CANT cry (I mean I've come close then it's like LAWLNOPE JK!). Uhg..

Then I don't know if I'm just impatient for the changes to happen or if it really is the meds. Either way I had really stupid thoughts last night about just dying in a hole somewhere... I need help..

[Emerson]

I assume the antidepressant you are on is an ssri. Ssris are notorious for having a very long half life. They take a LONG time to build up and get out of your system. It is really important to step down very slowly when you go off of them. Like 20-50% every week or two. I take celexa and I learned a lot about it from crazymeds.org. Your doctor can also help you devise a safe step down schedule.

Keep yourself safe. Ssri withdrawal can be an emotional roller coaster like you've never experienced before.

[Kade1985]

I assume the antidepressant you are on is an ssri. Ssris are notorious for having a very long half life. They take a LONG time to build up and get out of your system. It is really important to step down very slowly when you go off of them. Like 20-50% every week or two. I take celexa and I learned a lot about it from crazymeds.org. Your doctor can also help you devise a safe step down schedule.

Keep yourself safe. Ssri withdrawal can be an emotional roller coaster like you've never experienced before.

The antidepressant is Paxil which I think is in the same group as Celexa. I was on Celexa for a little while but it wasn't doing anything for me either. Paxil just makes me feel worse. It makes me feel like harming myself if I had to be honest.