I went on it for severe anxiety and after a while it wasn’t helping anymore. Sooo, 8 months later it’s better but not gone. Unable to sleep at night If it is anxiety returning, then do I need to take this medication for life because it is so painful to try to stop it? Also, the recommendation is that once you get below 3mg/day that you take half in the morning and half at night because the half-life of Lexapro is super-short at 27 hours. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur while taking fluoxetine: I decided to stop after 2.5. etc.) He’s there for you too when doctors give me some bogus story on why I’m feeling what I’m feeling I have to remind myself like chuck horris said above I’ve got to hang in there…and ride the withdrawls out (Doctors can be helpful and not helpful at the same time) … we’ve all got to hang in there I’m learning that sometimes you don’t realize you were standing until the storm is over or calming and you look back and think how did I get through that. My period returned after 6 months. I only started for a bit of social anxiety, and now I have so many other issues. Again, any help or insights would be a major relief. Greenslopes, Been on Prozac for 10 years. See if you can find a medication that will help there are many. I cannot even watch a movie without the sound off and subtitles on, the sound effects jar my nerves and hurt my ears too much and I start violently tic ing. How I managed to continue to work through these horrible first months, I don’t know. Just felt completely ILL and helpless. I was furious. That lack of the pill makes me feel like I still need it or can’t function, there is depression, and anxiety, can’t sleep, and I lost my taste of food. kept going up and down. My head hurts terribly and yet it isn’t a headache. I think I suffered permanent damage, but I’m grateful that I had the willpower and fortitude to stop. I’m now 1 month, 26 days without Zoloft and I feel like an emotional wreck. My symptoms are headache , nausea, dizziness, extreme fatigue and weakness. Then my doctor says that I need the medication to stop the attacks. Headaches Open capsule, take out ONE granule, put back together. Mothers can feel low after the birth and I may have been one of them but I was in a situation where I had little or no support from my partner and was living in a house full of tenants which didn’t help me adjust to becoming a mother. Most mentally ill people will not read the paperwork & those companies are very aware of this fact!!! After a year i decided to taper off the Fluvoxamine and quit ritalin. I love my self enough to fight on, and I love you too. worst of all was the cognitive impairment. I wish there was something… I have reached out and begged half the internet, everyone I think may listen. Going into about the 3rd year, I sometimes would feel shaky, and no energy. 2 years on Celexa, three weeks off and I have ringing in my ears, even had migraines for the first time ever in my life, dizzy and most frustrating is constant blurred vision, can’t focus on a screen to read. I seriously am thinking about starting up again because I can’t take it. Never been the same but much better then used to be. His response? Are you sure it’s not your ‘anti anxiety medication’ that’s causing your symptoms? My daily agenda became: put everything off because I want to sleep. Zoloft is unable to cover the damage. That was on a Thursday. For some people, the unpleasant taste in their mouth is metallic.For others, it may be bitter or foul, depending on the cause. Taste tests might be a way to help practitioners pinpoint exactly which neurotransmitters are compromised in someone suffering from depression. The truth is this: This fast-paced society doesn’t want to give us time to heal from natural depressive states because that means becoming unprofitable. Seriously after the hell I went through! Please reply if you can. (2005-2015) Initially prescribed for severe PMS symptoms, only to be taken 5 days a month before my period. Prozac created very severe OCD and tics, anxiety, panic attacks, fibromyalgia and more. When I’m calm, there are little to no sensations. In a study of 45 non-depressive participants given a placebo or one of two types of antidepressants (an SSRI or a NARI—a drug that works on the reuptake of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine instead of serotonin), volunteers were hooked up to an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanner. My Psychologist has been my mainstay – a man of ethics! Long term antidepressant use can be truly disabling for some- giving way to a whole host of new symptoms and side effects which didn’t exist prior to drug treatment. It is long because I’m trying to give as much detail as possible; I know when I read the “that’s me” responses, it validates that I’m not going completely crazy, that I am not alone. I was bedridden for weeks, unable to function and very stressed. I researched what was going to happen so I was sort of ready for everything. I have lost two jobs so far due to my breathing and sleeping issue. My pharmacy still has not received a response from the doctor. after about 2 wks, I decided that I was doing fine without it, and I wasn’t having any withdrawal symptoms so I decided to stay off of it. I did my research before stopping and I believe that the supplements I take are extremely helpful to get through this (it’s only a little over a month since I have been drug free so I don’t know if I will experience any future WD’s). It seems the drug had prolonged my illness when underneath I was fine. The tiredness can be debilitating. I see on here that this may go on for years…don’t know if I can do this for years. Why? Where I am says even more. Long-lasting or permanent damage is the only question remaining. I lost my mid-20s and I see that I am not alone. I am always fatigued – I could sleep all day. Watch YouTube- Kim clements and the leak project! Shocking brain zaps, vertigo, confusion… I believe that years of taking effexor has changed the wiring of my brain & my brain may never function in a normal capacity again. Do I really need the drug? Many people are locked in years of suffering not only because of their symptoms but because of the cures they are subsequently offered. I had 0 sex drive. As for me, the taste of good women is enough. Jennifer. I have had frequent eye infections and bladder infections. I have migraine and blurry vision, panicattacks (which i never had before i started this medicine) i cant tolerate stress, im sensitive to strong lights, loud sounds, and coffeine and some food. I have, however, worked with many individuals whose lives have been affected positively by judicious use of appropriate medications. I founded IMC, a home health staffing, private duty care, and medical health and wellness company, with seventy clinics in Florida. I’m doing it without a Dr. What I can tell you is that I have been through significant withdrawal symptoms since stopping which have lasted approx 18 months. All gone now. Good luck to you all! The last one was Trintellix. When the drug kept me from sleeping and dulled every part of me, I reduced the dosage—snapping pills in half, running my tongue over the rough, acrid edges, thinking about how the desire to please our parents never really leaves us. I was good for 6 months and then had a full blown anxiety attack with a psycotic break. The changes don't stop there. Will methadone help?! I could not concentrate and my memory was terrible. Has anyone tried tapering off 20 mg of Lexapro in a 2 mg decrease/month? ringing in my ears…. Thank you to this website and all the people who are sharing their stories. For 10 years, tried to quit twice b4 but couldnt,c reduced the dose in half a year ago then by quarters then just a little dust and then stopped so tapered very slowly. I just recently got off of Zoloft and began Buspar. I feel alot better today tho then i did one year back. I have never felt so physically terrible. Doxepin caused severe side effects such as brain fog and dyskenesia. There is a list of recommended medical professionals, here: https://www.cchrflorida.org/recommended-medical-list.html I beg God for my simple life back, I have lyme snd other complications but I watch others live and I dont even want to be. I said well that is funny because I have read COUNTLESS forums of patience trying to come off of SSRI drugs, reading about the side effects they are having AND seeing it first hand myself with my own child who is having the exact same side effects as they are! Having my gut hurt like this is pretty awful. I took cymbalta prior to this, and experienced even worse side effects, so my Doc switched me to citalopram. I am now on Venlafaxin (Efexor) 75mg which is a next dose after the 1 week initial 35 mg starter. I let people around me know about the withdrawal and now, two weeks after my lats paxil, they are saying to me ‘well now it’s just you’ and ‘you’re imagining it’ and ‘what’s wrong with you? so 4 weeks went by he was feeling a bit sick not very himself still but ultimately was on the road to recovery. [3] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-effects/201810/antidepressant-withdrawal-said-affect-millions Less severe are the bouts of dizziness and nausea, but still they are there. This symptoms make it really hard to be at work. Over the course of several months I developed brutal GI symptoms. Hi I am withdrawing off of Prozac currently. i just stopped taking lexapro due to making me feel worse. He was a good, kind and faithful person though, it was the lies about the drugs that hurt and not being able to trust him in that area. He’s there for you too when doctors give me some bogus story on why I’m feeling what I’m feeling I have to remind myself like chuck horris said above I’ve got to hang in there…and ride the withdrawls out (Doctors can be helpful and not helpful at the same time) … we’ve all got to hang in there I’m learning that sometimes you don’t realize you were standing until the storm is over or calming and you look back and think how did I get through that. To me, it is the taste of betrayal. I have to forgive Myself, for So So So many things I have done wrong. Would you please reply if you can? I recommend everyone here consult his web page for guidance, the most important part being SLOW WITHDRAWAL under a knowledeable physician’s supervision. Lasted a week before I went back to my doc and she suggested sticking with the Prozac/wellbutrin. Anyway, I want to stay off it and make it through this. My heart hurts for your past and current state. I seem to have different symptoms every day but the aches and pains are pretty much constant. I am not drinking alcohol. My doctor mentioned switching to Prozac, then withdrawing from that if Paxil withdrawal symptoms become severe. Dr. Horowitz has had first-hand experience with the pain of withdrawal. Quit cold turkey, told my GP about it and he said, “OK”. Does it help at all? I hope my story can offer help and support to you. You will get thru this. You are welcome to contact as many of them as you need and speak to them about what you are going through to see if they can help. After a year, i decided to wean off. I began to have the following symptoms: Im so sorry to hear that this has happened to you, too. Serotonin helps regulate a range of physical and mental processes, such as those related to our moods, sexual desire, and appetite. I live in China and usually bring enough Lexamil 20 mg to last me before my next trip to South Africa, however this time I miscounted the number of pills I brought with me and suddenly ran out resulting in stopping cold turkey. Unfortunately it comes with a high price. SSRIs do cause in many cases a long-term withdrawal syndrome lasting an average of 91 weeks. Hello, The FDA has recently added black-box warnings to benzodiazepines, based on the number of adverse event reports the agency received. Plenty of drugs are there that causes a change in the taste, which includes metallic taste. And of course they have been unwilling or unable to safely take a person off these drugs. Quit before it’s too late. The insomnia and the buzzing feelings have gone away, but the dizziness, headaches, and nausea are still there. Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) is a prescription drug used to treat depression and generalized anxiety disorder. Chills one minute, sweating the next. I have never experienced anything like this! Until our country’s legislators lose the financial incentive to put the interests of pharma lobbyists ahead of the interests of constituents, we will continue to be tortured and injured by the drug companies and any doctors who are complicit in the careless prescription of these dangerous drugs. Anything that causes a loss of sense of smell also damages taste as taste and smell are closely linked. After what I went through and read, I’m convinced that the SSRI’s actually crate chemical imbalances that are not natural.. some research on rats shows that receptors sites for serotonin dye off due to the abundance of serotonin available in the brain. May God bless you, I was on citalopram for anxiety for over 5 years. I also read The Mood Cure and Dr. Weil’s Spontaneous Happiness. I don’t curse and I want to curse some one any one. Now that I stopped it I feel horrible… it must be the bad med.” Or, “I started taking this 12 years ago when I was 22. The drugs—available in generic forms, but also sold under brand names including Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, and Lexapro—work by preventing the body's reabsorption of serotonin, one of many chemicals that acts as a neurotransmitter (transmitting messages between nerve cells in our brains). Now January 28, 2015 symptoms are even worse…with depression and terrible visual disturbances, head pressure, pressure bridge of nose..crying, anxiety the works…. Unfortunately, I allowed my psychiatrist in talking me into trying a different medication called Effexor. Taste Changes, Including Metallic Taste. Be strong. cause permanent dysfunction of sexual funtioning and cause permanent impotence. I hold my colleagues in high esteem, and thankfully so does the vast majority of the general public. I also felt dizzy, dissoriented, had brain zaps frequently and any physical activity exasterbated these symptoms even more so I could not work at all. I’m still looking for a doctor who can determine if I will recover completely or if I am as good as am going to get. Hello Everyone I know this comment I s a year old, but I have had WD symptoms coming off of Prozac 20 mg. I’ve had brain zaps, GI issues, and confusion. It would have been far more beneficial to have talking therapy instead. A year later, I was off venlafaxine. I cold turkeyed the Lexapro since my doctor never explained how the drug worked and have been suffering protracted withdrawal for 2 years. Savoring is the route to saving biodiversity, I'd say. Warning. Perhaps there is an answer/ therapeutic change to help and you’re going to find it. The depressed patient may have an under active thyroid gland. I tapered but when I went full stop it was and still is horrible. My doctor decided to end use due to my nightmares. At least that is back to normal and am off the blood pressure medication. What the hell is this? I, too, am not particularly happy about the pharmaceutical world in which we live. Eventually those windows got longer. I am being treated by a Ayuvedic ,naturopathic physician and so far the herbs he prescribed seems to lessen the symptoms. Getting paroxetine for 5 years erased me completely from my social life. The withdrawal symptoms are torture even after 2 months! Get out and walk when you feel the depression grip you so tightly you just can’t see an end to your misery or, don’t wait that long!. “no desire to better myself and just wanted to sleep and let people run all over me” – bingo, that’s what citalopram did for me too. It all started with addiction to Xanax, but got worse and worse and worse with:::Especially Neuroleptics ( VERY VERY, VERY TOXIC ), and many, many antidepressants, minor tranquilizers, benzos. I’m am so so angry with the response from the medical “profession”. I was very frightened because no one seemed to know what was wrong with me. Pray for me, too. I work as a legal secretary and concentration, multitasking, patience, ability to tolerate stress — are all huge in this line of work. Your definitely all strong people. this went on without issue for 3 years then 2 weeks ago i got a migraine. I hope you all can get some relief from these side effects soon! I have noticed benadryl and a hot shower help immensely, but I can’t take benadryl or a hot shower while I’m at work. No appetite, lost my good job, my family does not speak to me,etccc. I waited another month since that was a lot for my brain/body to go through. These SSRI drugs should be banned!!!! I am concerned that there are long term negative effects after using the drug. When I began Z over 10 years ago, I experienced a ” snap, crackle, pop” phenomenon in ky head slmost immediately and thought, “Well, this stuff is working!” And it did…for many years. I am an RN and have worked in mental health for 40 years. Two days after stopping, I still feel a little difficulty sleeping and concentrating. As soon as I had my daughter I felt like I was having trouble breathing when going to bed. I stopped taking paxil after 20 years. Please check out my blog if interested. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/health/depression-withdrawal-drugs.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FAntidepressants&action=click&contentCollection=health®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection Yes, there are long term effects from antidepressants but they generally are not nearly as severe as consequences of untreated depression – job loss, relationship problems, increased rate of accidents, substance abuse and suicide – not to mention the subjective suffering. What do i mean by “sleeping”, you can call it that, but i have horrible insomnia. 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I went on it for severe anxiety and after a while it wasn’t helping anymore. Sooo, 8 months later it’s better but not gone. Unable to sleep at night If it is anxiety returning, then do I need to take this medication for life because it is so painful to try to stop it? Also, the recommendation is that once you get below 3mg/day that you take half in the morning and half at night because the half-life of Lexapro is super-short at 27 hours. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur while taking fluoxetine: I decided to stop after 2.5. etc.) He’s there for you too when doctors give me some bogus story on why I’m feeling what I’m feeling I have to remind myself like chuck horris said above I’ve got to hang in there…and ride the withdrawls out (Doctors can be helpful and not helpful at the same time) … we’ve all got to hang in there I’m learning that sometimes you don’t realize you were standing until the storm is over or calming and you look back and think how did I get through that. My period returned after 6 months. I only started for a bit of social anxiety, and now I have so many other issues. Again, any help or insights would be a major relief. Greenslopes, Been on Prozac for 10 years. See if you can find a medication that will help there are many. I cannot even watch a movie without the sound off and subtitles on, the sound effects jar my nerves and hurt my ears too much and I start violently tic ing. How I managed to continue to work through these horrible first months, I don’t know. Just felt completely ILL and helpless. I was furious. That lack of the pill makes me feel like I still need it or can’t function, there is depression, and anxiety, can’t sleep, and I lost my taste of food. kept going up and down. My head hurts terribly and yet it isn’t a headache. I think I suffered permanent damage, but I’m grateful that I had the willpower and fortitude to stop. I’m now 1 month, 26 days without Zoloft and I feel like an emotional wreck. My symptoms are headache , nausea, dizziness, extreme fatigue and weakness. Then my doctor says that I need the medication to stop the attacks. Headaches Open capsule, take out ONE granule, put back together. Mothers can feel low after the birth and I may have been one of them but I was in a situation where I had little or no support from my partner and was living in a house full of tenants which didn’t help me adjust to becoming a mother. Most mentally ill people will not read the paperwork & those companies are very aware of this fact!!! After a year i decided to taper off the Fluvoxamine and quit ritalin. I love my self enough to fight on, and I love you too. worst of all was the cognitive impairment. I wish there was something… I have reached out and begged half the internet, everyone I think may listen. Going into about the 3rd year, I sometimes would feel shaky, and no energy. 2 years on Celexa, three weeks off and I have ringing in my ears, even had migraines for the first time ever in my life, dizzy and most frustrating is constant blurred vision, can’t focus on a screen to read. I seriously am thinking about starting up again because I can’t take it. Never been the same but much better then used to be. His response? Are you sure it’s not your ‘anti anxiety medication’ that’s causing your symptoms? My daily agenda became: put everything off because I want to sleep. Zoloft is unable to cover the damage. That was on a Thursday. For some people, the unpleasant taste in their mouth is metallic.For others, it may be bitter or foul, depending on the cause. Taste tests might be a way to help practitioners pinpoint exactly which neurotransmitters are compromised in someone suffering from depression. The truth is this: This fast-paced society doesn’t want to give us time to heal from natural depressive states because that means becoming unprofitable. Seriously after the hell I went through! Please reply if you can. (2005-2015) Initially prescribed for severe PMS symptoms, only to be taken 5 days a month before my period. Prozac created very severe OCD and tics, anxiety, panic attacks, fibromyalgia and more. When I’m calm, there are little to no sensations. In a study of 45 non-depressive participants given a placebo or one of two types of antidepressants (an SSRI or a NARI—a drug that works on the reuptake of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine instead of serotonin), volunteers were hooked up to an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanner. My Psychologist has been my mainstay – a man of ethics! Long term antidepressant use can be truly disabling for some- giving way to a whole host of new symptoms and side effects which didn’t exist prior to drug treatment. It is long because I’m trying to give as much detail as possible; I know when I read the “that’s me” responses, it validates that I’m not going completely crazy, that I am not alone. I was bedridden for weeks, unable to function and very stressed. I researched what was going to happen so I was sort of ready for everything. I have lost two jobs so far due to my breathing and sleeping issue. My pharmacy still has not received a response from the doctor. after about 2 wks, I decided that I was doing fine without it, and I wasn’t having any withdrawal symptoms so I decided to stay off of it. I did my research before stopping and I believe that the supplements I take are extremely helpful to get through this (it’s only a little over a month since I have been drug free so I don’t know if I will experience any future WD’s). It seems the drug had prolonged my illness when underneath I was fine. The tiredness can be debilitating. I see on here that this may go on for years…don’t know if I can do this for years. Why? Where I am says even more. Long-lasting or permanent damage is the only question remaining. I lost my mid-20s and I see that I am not alone. I am always fatigued – I could sleep all day. Watch YouTube- Kim clements and the leak project! Shocking brain zaps, vertigo, confusion… I believe that years of taking effexor has changed the wiring of my brain & my brain may never function in a normal capacity again. Do I really need the drug? Many people are locked in years of suffering not only because of their symptoms but because of the cures they are subsequently offered. I had 0 sex drive. As for me, the taste of good women is enough. Jennifer. I have had frequent eye infections and bladder infections. I have migraine and blurry vision, panicattacks (which i never had before i started this medicine) i cant tolerate stress, im sensitive to strong lights, loud sounds, and coffeine and some food. I have, however, worked with many individuals whose lives have been affected positively by judicious use of appropriate medications. I founded IMC, a home health staffing, private duty care, and medical health and wellness company, with seventy clinics in Florida. I’m doing it without a Dr. What I can tell you is that I have been through significant withdrawal symptoms since stopping which have lasted approx 18 months. All gone now. Good luck to you all! The last one was Trintellix. When the drug kept me from sleeping and dulled every part of me, I reduced the dosage—snapping pills in half, running my tongue over the rough, acrid edges, thinking about how the desire to please our parents never really leaves us. I was good for 6 months and then had a full blown anxiety attack with a psycotic break. The changes don't stop there. Will methadone help?! I could not concentrate and my memory was terrible. Has anyone tried tapering off 20 mg of Lexapro in a 2 mg decrease/month? ringing in my ears…. Thank you to this website and all the people who are sharing their stories. For 10 years, tried to quit twice b4 but couldnt,c reduced the dose in half a year ago then by quarters then just a little dust and then stopped so tapered very slowly. I just recently got off of Zoloft and began Buspar. I feel alot better today tho then i did one year back. I have never felt so physically terrible. Doxepin caused severe side effects such as brain fog and dyskenesia. There is a list of recommended medical professionals, here: https://www.cchrflorida.org/recommended-medical-list.html I beg God for my simple life back, I have lyme snd other complications but I watch others live and I dont even want to be. I said well that is funny because I have read COUNTLESS forums of patience trying to come off of SSRI drugs, reading about the side effects they are having AND seeing it first hand myself with my own child who is having the exact same side effects as they are! Having my gut hurt like this is pretty awful. I took cymbalta prior to this, and experienced even worse side effects, so my Doc switched me to citalopram. I am now on Venlafaxin (Efexor) 75mg which is a next dose after the 1 week initial 35 mg starter. I let people around me know about the withdrawal and now, two weeks after my lats paxil, they are saying to me ‘well now it’s just you’ and ‘you’re imagining it’ and ‘what’s wrong with you? so 4 weeks went by he was feeling a bit sick not very himself still but ultimately was on the road to recovery. [3] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-effects/201810/antidepressant-withdrawal-said-affect-millions Less severe are the bouts of dizziness and nausea, but still they are there. This symptoms make it really hard to be at work. Over the course of several months I developed brutal GI symptoms. Hi I am withdrawing off of Prozac currently. i just stopped taking lexapro due to making me feel worse. He was a good, kind and faithful person though, it was the lies about the drugs that hurt and not being able to trust him in that area. He’s there for you too when doctors give me some bogus story on why I’m feeling what I’m feeling I have to remind myself like chuck horris said above I’ve got to hang in there…and ride the withdrawls out (Doctors can be helpful and not helpful at the same time) … we’ve all got to hang in there I’m learning that sometimes you don’t realize you were standing until the storm is over or calming and you look back and think how did I get through that. To me, it is the taste of betrayal. I have to forgive Myself, for So So So many things I have done wrong. Would you please reply if you can? I recommend everyone here consult his web page for guidance, the most important part being SLOW WITHDRAWAL under a knowledeable physician’s supervision. Lasted a week before I went back to my doc and she suggested sticking with the Prozac/wellbutrin. Anyway, I want to stay off it and make it through this. My heart hurts for your past and current state. I seem to have different symptoms every day but the aches and pains are pretty much constant. I am not drinking alcohol. My doctor mentioned switching to Prozac, then withdrawing from that if Paxil withdrawal symptoms become severe. Dr. Horowitz has had first-hand experience with the pain of withdrawal. Quit cold turkey, told my GP about it and he said, “OK”. Does it help at all? I hope my story can offer help and support to you. You will get thru this. You are welcome to contact as many of them as you need and speak to them about what you are going through to see if they can help. After a year, i decided to wean off. I began to have the following symptoms: Im so sorry to hear that this has happened to you, too. Serotonin helps regulate a range of physical and mental processes, such as those related to our moods, sexual desire, and appetite. I live in China and usually bring enough Lexamil 20 mg to last me before my next trip to South Africa, however this time I miscounted the number of pills I brought with me and suddenly ran out resulting in stopping cold turkey. Unfortunately it comes with a high price. SSRIs do cause in many cases a long-term withdrawal syndrome lasting an average of 91 weeks. Hello, The FDA has recently added black-box warnings to benzodiazepines, based on the number of adverse event reports the agency received. Plenty of drugs are there that causes a change in the taste, which includes metallic taste. And of course they have been unwilling or unable to safely take a person off these drugs. Quit before it’s too late. The insomnia and the buzzing feelings have gone away, but the dizziness, headaches, and nausea are still there. Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate) is a prescription drug used to treat depression and generalized anxiety disorder. Chills one minute, sweating the next. I have never experienced anything like this! Until our country’s legislators lose the financial incentive to put the interests of pharma lobbyists ahead of the interests of constituents, we will continue to be tortured and injured by the drug companies and any doctors who are complicit in the careless prescription of these dangerous drugs. Anything that causes a loss of sense of smell also damages taste as taste and smell are closely linked. After what I went through and read, I’m convinced that the SSRI’s actually crate chemical imbalances that are not natural.. some research on rats shows that receptors sites for serotonin dye off due to the abundance of serotonin available in the brain. May God bless you, I was on citalopram for anxiety for over 5 years. I also read The Mood Cure and Dr. Weil’s Spontaneous Happiness. I don’t curse and I want to curse some one any one. Now that I stopped it I feel horrible… it must be the bad med.” Or, “I started taking this 12 years ago when I was 22. The drugs—available in generic forms, but also sold under brand names including Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, and Lexapro—work by preventing the body's reabsorption of serotonin, one of many chemicals that acts as a neurotransmitter (transmitting messages between nerve cells in our brains). Now January 28, 2015 symptoms are even worse…with depression and terrible visual disturbances, head pressure, pressure bridge of nose..crying, anxiety the works…. Unfortunately, I allowed my psychiatrist in talking me into trying a different medication called Effexor. Taste Changes, Including Metallic Taste. Be strong. cause permanent dysfunction of sexual funtioning and cause permanent impotence. I hold my colleagues in high esteem, and thankfully so does the vast majority of the general public. I also felt dizzy, dissoriented, had brain zaps frequently and any physical activity exasterbated these symptoms even more so I could not work at all. I’m still looking for a doctor who can determine if I will recover completely or if I am as good as am going to get. Hello Everyone I know this comment I s a year old, but I have had WD symptoms coming off of Prozac 20 mg. I’ve had brain zaps, GI issues, and confusion. It would have been far more beneficial to have talking therapy instead. A year later, I was off venlafaxine. I cold turkeyed the Lexapro since my doctor never explained how the drug worked and have been suffering protracted withdrawal for 2 years. Savoring is the route to saving biodiversity, I'd say. Warning. Perhaps there is an answer/ therapeutic change to help and you’re going to find it. The depressed patient may have an under active thyroid gland. I tapered but when I went full stop it was and still is horrible. My doctor decided to end use due to my nightmares. At least that is back to normal and am off the blood pressure medication. What the hell is this? I, too, am not particularly happy about the pharmaceutical world in which we live. Eventually those windows got longer. I am being treated by a Ayuvedic ,naturopathic physician and so far the herbs he prescribed seems to lessen the symptoms. Getting paroxetine for 5 years erased me completely from my social life. The withdrawal symptoms are torture even after 2 months! Get out and walk when you feel the depression grip you so tightly you just can’t see an end to your misery or, don’t wait that long!. “no desire to better myself and just wanted to sleep and let people run all over me” – bingo, that’s what citalopram did for me too. It all started with addiction to Xanax, but got worse and worse and worse with:::Especially Neuroleptics ( VERY VERY, VERY TOXIC ), and many, many antidepressants, minor tranquilizers, benzos. I’m am so so angry with the response from the medical “profession”. I was very frightened because no one seemed to know what was wrong with me. Pray for me, too. I work as a legal secretary and concentration, multitasking, patience, ability to tolerate stress — are all huge in this line of work. Your definitely all strong people. this went on without issue for 3 years then 2 weeks ago i got a migraine. I hope you all can get some relief from these side effects soon! I have noticed benadryl and a hot shower help immensely, but I can’t take benadryl or a hot shower while I’m at work. No appetite, lost my good job, my family does not speak to me,etccc. I waited another month since that was a lot for my brain/body to go through. These SSRI drugs should be banned!!!! I am concerned that there are long term negative effects after using the drug. When I began Z over 10 years ago, I experienced a ” snap, crackle, pop” phenomenon in ky head slmost immediately and thought, “Well, this stuff is working!” And it did…for many years. I am an RN and have worked in mental health for 40 years. Two days after stopping, I still feel a little difficulty sleeping and concentrating. As soon as I had my daughter I felt like I was having trouble breathing when going to bed. I stopped taking paxil after 20 years. Please check out my blog if interested. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/health/depression-withdrawal-drugs.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FAntidepressants&action=click&contentCollection=health®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection Yes, there are long term effects from antidepressants but they generally are not nearly as severe as consequences of untreated depression – job loss, relationship problems, increased rate of accidents, substance abuse and suicide – not to mention the subjective suffering. What do i mean by “sleeping”, you can call it that, but i have horrible insomnia. 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