PS - before tonight, I thought I was just very seriously ill with a virus, flu, etc. I didn’t make the connection of all of these debilitating physical symptoms with stopping the medication bc it took a few days of being off of the meds before I got really sick. For the first week, I thought I had a really bad cold or the flu. After one week of not feeling better, I went to urgent care and tested negative for flu or strep or anything they could tell. After another week, I went back and they thought it must be a sinus infection, though nothing showed infection on my lab work and no fever, so they gave me an antibiotic and said to come back if I didn’t feel better in three days. I also felt like I had a UTI but they tested and said no infection. No wonder- all of these symptoms are the result of an unanticipated drug detox, not any virus or infection. I seriously thought I was dying for over two weeks.
The only thing that took away the agony was marijuana. Otherwise I could not eat, sleep, or even sit up for more than a short period, and literally could not leave the house.
I was like a two year old child mentally and intellectually where I couldn’t find words or complete a whole sentence correctly, just lost in zombie state, and physically feeling like I’d rather die than do it again tomorrow. I am so hopeful now that I know what I’m dealing with. Good luck to everyone else that was probably on higher doses or took the drugs longer since I see some of their symptoms have lingered for a very long time. I hope I get back to 100% soon and guess it’s too late for me to turn back now since I am nearing week three and starting to feel a little bit better. The days were so bad that even a 10% decrease in symptoms seems life changing. I hope this post helps someone else bc it may have saved me.