Anastasiia Asp
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Last year I gradually and slowly (as directed by doctor) came off antidepressants (Simoda) and anti-anxiety medications: Neogabin (Pregabalin, Gabapentin, Lyrica etc.) and Lamotrigine (Lamotrine etc.) I still have withdrawal symptoms.
This is the same doctor who prescribed these medications for me. I took them for several years.
It’s probably been 9 or 10 months since I completely left these “medications”.
(Later I learned that for many people Neogabin (Pregabalin, Gabapentin, Lyrica, etc.) can generally be addictive, and it is very difficult to get off it).
(Also: I took Lamotrigine for only a year, I took the other medications for longer (all at the same time, and I came off them at about the same time). But it was because of Lamotrigine that while I was taking it, I had a feeling of constant nausea, which gradually went away when I stopped taking it).
I’ll say right away that I never had the symptoms listed below BEFORE taking medications.
At first I was shaking very badly, there was constant trembling and panic attacks. More precisely, not even panic attacks, but constant panic, PANIC. Insomnia. Severe drowsiness. My armpits were very itchy. Individual muscles also twitched. It lasted so strongly for a month, later it became a little weaker, but still very strong. I shivered violently periodically for many months to come. The feeling of panic was terrible. Absolute apathy. High temperature.
Now I still have extremely high anxiety. My armpits still itch, although not as bad. There is still mild insomnia, although it is much weaker. Some muscles twitch every few days (several seconds now). And so on. This is after 9-10 months.
By the way, a person who has decided to come off such medications should not take other similar medications, alcohol and even coffee and simply many types of teas (for example, black tea), since both these “medications” and these drinks and teas affect The GABA system (GABA receptors) in the body (it is responsible for both a certain type of inhibitory and a certain type of excitatory).
This is the same doctor who prescribed these medications for me. I took them for several years.
It’s probably been 9 or 10 months since I completely left these “medications”.
(Later I learned that for many people Neogabin (Pregabalin, Gabapentin, Lyrica, etc.) can generally be addictive, and it is very difficult to get off it).
(Also: I took Lamotrigine for only a year, I took the other medications for longer (all at the same time, and I came off them at about the same time). But it was because of Lamotrigine that while I was taking it, I had a feeling of constant nausea, which gradually went away when I stopped taking it).
I’ll say right away that I never had the symptoms listed below BEFORE taking medications.
At first I was shaking very badly, there was constant trembling and panic attacks. More precisely, not even panic attacks, but constant panic, PANIC. Insomnia. Severe drowsiness. My armpits were very itchy. Individual muscles also twitched. It lasted so strongly for a month, later it became a little weaker, but still very strong. I shivered violently periodically for many months to come. The feeling of panic was terrible. Absolute apathy. High temperature.
Now I still have extremely high anxiety. My armpits still itch, although not as bad. There is still mild insomnia, although it is much weaker. Some muscles twitch every few days (several seconds now). And so on. This is after 9-10 months.
By the way, a person who has decided to come off such medications should not take other similar medications, alcohol and even coffee and simply many types of teas (for example, black tea), since both these “medications” and these drinks and teas affect The GABA system (GABA receptors) in the body (it is responsible for both a certain type of inhibitory and a certain type of excitatory).
