melange said:WTF is a brain zap/shock??
^^^^^ Yes mr.expert sure just take your word for it and noone elses.
Anyway i never went through ssri withdrawal as ive never been on one but i have been through snri withdrawal when i went off effexor. It has the same symptoms as ssri withdrawal only much worse i think. It was hell it made opiate withdrawals feel like sex. I went cold turkey off it because this was years ago before anyone really acknowledged that anti-depressants caused dependency. My doctor never mentioned a goddamn thing about how bad the withdrawals where i felt like killing the bastard.
Anyway celexa withdrawals shouldnt be nearly as bad as effexor withdrawals as effexor is considered to have the worst withdrawal symptoms out of any psychiatric drug by many people.
Some people find that tapering off using prozac works well for ssri withdrawals because of it's really long half life. It gives your brain more time to adjust to the reduction of serotonin level then the ssri's with shorter half lifes. Most people i know who came off prozac reported little or no withdrawals. Also diphenhydramine and benzos help abit too.
When i came off effexor i used temazepam for sleep and to calm me down and weed. Weed seemed to help alot for some reason. I think thats all i used but this was a long time ago so im not too sure. I remember my withdrawls lasted about 2 weeks and i had only been on the effexor for about 2 months or so.
i just started on celexa a week ago. Should I be wary. Atleast I can fuck like a pornstar
I'm trying to get off SSRIs after having been on for about 20 years, total. This was how the first few years were. I thought it was great. The doc didn't see it as an issue. As time went on, I became detached from the sexual experience. I was lasting for 45 min, but wasn't really into the experience. As time went on, my interest in sex decreased.
I can now last as long as an average person, but feel no joy in sex. Sex is about as pleasurable as swallowing water. Cuddling, listening to music, being out in the sun- all of these things, along with sex, mean very little. You are right at the early stages, the "golden time" before your brain has really rewired. It's the time known by meth users when they can read a lot, and get a lot of work done. It's the time known by alcoholics when they can party with their friends and be the life of the party.
This time will end. If you stop taking the meds too quickly, without tapering for a few MONTHS, you will go through hell, and you might kill yourself.