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Withdrawal from Lexapro, Welbutrin, Lyrica, prescribed Ziprasidone.

Posted by miss2sassy @miss2sassy, Mar 22, 2016

I am successfully withdrawing from Lexapro, Welbutrin, and Lyrica. Stopped these meds mid December 2015. There are mild side effects but am pleased with progress. I now have mental clarity beyond any hopes over the past 10 years. Yesterday my new new doctor prescribed Ziprasidone HCL 20mg for mild bipolar disorder. I filled the scrip, but have not started the medication. Have been researching the side effects, which are frightening. Am calling the Dr. today to say I will not take this. It seems to me that I am being prescribed medicine for temporary side effects. I am trying to find help for fibromyalgia and think that reducing stress will help. Have had many years of various levels of "trauma" which caused the fibro.
I understand that mental/mood disorders can be difficult to treat but am getting frustrated. I don't feel like I am being heard by the new internist, pain management Dr. or psychiatric physician assistant.

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Parus | @parus | Sep 16, 2018
In reply to @farabella "How have you successfully done this? Doing this now now, went from 20 to 10 for..." + (show)
@farabella

How have you successfully done this? Doing this now now, went from 20 to 10 for two weeks, then 7.5. I’m scared of brain zaps that I hear so much about. Unfortuneitly, my Dr is of no help. He said cut it in half for a week then stop. Been on this for 3 months. He said he never had anyone have trouble stopping Lexipro. I feel like Im on my own with this and I’m scared.

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@farabella Keep in mind the brain zaps are temporary.

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kdo0827 | @kdo0827 | Sep 16, 2018

I too had the electrical zaps. I was very disoriented and I just was in a bad mood. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, watch TV -nothing. The only solace was a fan. It lasted for 4-5 days. I also had Seratonin Syndrome so I had to stop the weaning process and stop taking it at once

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farabella | @farabella | Sep 16, 2018

What do therapsids feel like?

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farabella | @farabella | Sep 16, 2018

Sorry. That didn’t come out right. What do the brain zaps feel like?

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farabella | @farabella | Sep 16, 2018

How did you feel with no antidepressants?

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farabella | @farabella | Sep 16, 2018

Kdo0827, did you sugars go lower when you withdrawal and when you stopped went back to normal? This is the first day of one day on 5 and one day off for two weeks. My sugars are even lower today? I really feel hopeless.

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kdo0827 | @kdo0827 | Sep 16, 2018

Both actually. But I never stopped taking my Metformin. I also didn’t want to eat and that didn’t help. I had a very hard time for about 2 weeks but I’m so glad to be off Lexapro and on Cymbalta.

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farabella | @farabella | Sep 16, 2018
In reply to @kdo0827 "Both actually. But I never stopped taking my Metformin. I also didn’t want to eat and..." + (show)
@kdo0827

Both actually. But I never stopped taking my Metformin. I also didn’t want to eat and that didn’t help. I had a very hard time for about 2 weeks but I’m so glad to be off Lexapro and on Cymbalta.

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Did your sugars stop being low when you weaned off?

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farabella | @farabella | Sep 16, 2018
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@farabella

Did your sugars stop being low when you weaned off?

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Do you think my sugars will stop being low after Lexipro?

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