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Cerebellar stroke experience, treatment, recovery
Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: Aug 5 12:00am | Replies (520)Comment receiving replies
Hello, I am Bright Wings. I have been active here at mayo clinic connect since last year. I was getting off my antidepressant of 33 years and was still having withdrawal symptoms months later.
I also write in a group for multiple sclerosis.
But now I need to be here. And I am terrified.
As a young nurse I put a LAW in place that if I had a full on disabling stroke and got put in a nursing home I would choose to die. That policy is still firmly in place, I see.
As a result of going cold turkey when withdrawing from effexor, I had a full on brain event caused by nightmares from the withdrawal.
I dragged myself and my foot to the door, left hand clenched and useless, while drooling.
I completely recovered in less than an hour.
I am here because I had another brain event Thursday. Different this time. But I see it as a huge warning. I will come back and post about this new event in a bit.
So this is my story. I will get to reading. Bright Wings
I see you are here with me @merry, thanks
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No one should ever stop Effexor cold turkey! My son did that and we thought he was going to commit suicide so we brought him back home to live. He was being treated for depression when he was actually bi-polar and needed a totally different treatment! All SSRIs have the same bad effects if you try to go off old turkey. It took me over 3 months or more to titrate down off Celexa to finally get rid of the zaps and the heavy drenching sweat from my head. I can understand going cold turkey can cause a stroke, especially in older women. That might be one of the reasons I had a stroke last year, which I survived. Since ditching the anti-depressants I can laugh and cry more easily now and I love it! Antidepressants can make us numb to emotions. I spent almost 50 years on some kind over the years. Never again!
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Ok, I have been reading for hours. I have used up all my energy and have to stop.
I wrote notes of things others said that I relate too.
I am experiencing brain flooding right now and I will be back.
Bright Wings who is not as scared now.