Weaning Off Anti-depressants And Anti Anxiety Medications. How To Deal With Arising Feelings?

[ms spock]

Week four off the meds this week.

Lots coming up over my father's physical abuse and threatening and trying to kill us kids coming up. Hanging in there.

Struggling to cook, eat, clean or get it together.

Struggling to manage the basics but hanging in there.

Cut exercise short today as I was badly dumped in the ocean.

 

[Abstract]

Sending you care and support Ms Spock. You are brave to do this.

 

[SweetPeaandSunBird]

Hi Nadia,

Hmmm. Rats. Ok, go to the 3rd page of Ms. Spock's thread, "Weaning off antidepressants"; look for Albatross's post, it's a link that I tried to copy for you, but maybe if you try the link in her post, you can get to the website.

Hope it works. I've found Ms. Spock's thread very informative as she is weaning off her meds and is posting daily.

Hang in there. (((Hug)))

 

[GraFX]

Thank you, The Albatross, for that link. I've read the information, now I need to study it to completely understand it. The point that resonated with me, from the article, is that the withdrawal symptoms will likely be mistaken as a regression back to being off of the antidepressant's. I need to recognize which is which and compensate accordingly. Thanks again.

 

[SweetPeaandSunBird]

My apologies for my previous post, I meant to put it in another thread since Nadia is having real issues on the same topic.

Regardless, this thread has been so useful. Best for a good day.

 

[ms spock]

So anxious today.

 

[ms spock]

Frozeness and SI at times. Still going on.

 

[ms spock]

Since going off the medication I have realised that my abusive family was not my fault. I don't have to feel so guilty about them. I am not so bad. I am okay.

I realise more and more how my home is not a home and how there is no where comfortable for me to sit. I thought yesterday that I really need to do something about this. And today I hurt my back and I can do nothing as I am in so much pain. I am sure it won't last long but it is not much fun.

In some ways I have a low emotional frustration tolerance but then other the other hand I am hanging in there despite all this.

I found it hard going today, but much better than last week being at the art class for the day. The SI was pretty intense last week. I don't know how I am going to handle university when I begin again mid year but at least this might be over by then. But the other thing is that I am hanging in there. So that is good.

I feel poorly at the moment but one thing I didn't do was fall into depression when I hurt my back today. I caught my thinking and decided to reframe it for myself. I also didn't give up either. I really wanted to stay home today because of the pain and injury but I pushed through. Though at times I really feel like throwing a tantrum and giving up I haven't.

I am such a frozen person in so many ways. I can't even do 10 minutes art work most day. I am not doing my study 5 minutes per day. I am however holding in there whilst this medication change is occurring. I have been contacting people and seeing people and being social. I have also been making sure I get out and about. So that is good.

 

[ms spock]

Big SI melt down/feelings on the way home tonight and when I got home. I had to ring a friend.

I don't know if I can do it without the medication.

 

[GraFX]

Do you think that incorporating your feelings into your art would help as an outlet or would that just exasperate the anxiety? Hang in there we're all rooting for you. In 35 minutes I meet with my primary care doctor and will be discussing my own ween off of Celexa (the antidepressant I'm on). I know it's not going to be easy, but you and others inspire me to succeed.

 

[quaintpapercut]

I don't know if I can do it without the medication.

Did your doctor tell you how long the withdrawal would last? How far along are you right now?

I think you need to do whats best for you.

 

[ms spock]

I have been kind of managing.

I am not feeling good but I am doing well.

My anxiety is bad this morning. I can barely breathe.