Need to stick together us normal people who are ruined by prescribed meds.

My doctor treats me like I’m a drug addict because I ‘keep asking for refills’ ? Like ? I thought that’s what we’re supposed to do when we run out ? 30 pills for 30 days, take once a day in the morning ? I’m just going to quit cold Turkey because I can’t stand being dehumanized every month when the bottle is empty.

Came off every med out there. Withdrawals are so bad that doctors put me on another med.

I’m currently coming off venaflaxine cold Turkey. Day four and finally starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. It’s rough. If I knew this would happen I would never of taken it

Glad to see you're quite well now. It can be very dangerous to quit right of. I would say let it take a year at least, that's my experience!

I made the same choice last week after my current bottle of lexapro ran out. I was in a horrible mental state two years ago and honestly did need the medication then, but I've had enough developments both in my life and within my mind that I don't need them anymore. It's kind of difficult; I feel dizzy a lot. However, it's by no means horrible. I'm perfectly capable of functioning still, and no relapses of any kind right now. It feels good knowing that these feelings, weird as they may be, are my body learning once again how to be functional by itself, without needing any unnatural chemicals to keep it in line. I don't like the feelings but I'm sure they'll go away soon. And they really aren't any worse than the feelings you get for a day after you donate blood, or few the several hours after you drink a few glasses of wine. A little longer lasting sure, but nothing I can't handle.

The horror stories i could tell you about the NHS, carers, occupational therapists and disability equipment suppliers would make you furious that my brother has had to deal with, i do what your mum does and i tell them what they ARE going to do rather than let them fob me off to make their lives easier. Great video, very brave

To late. Went cold turkey a month or 2 ago... Yesterday my left arm was hard to move.. Today is a little easier to move.

I was on Zoloft for one month. Was getting way too many side effects.. I’ve been off for 3 days.. dizzy light headed nauseous... threw up now I’m cold... it was just a month! Insane now I know y ppl who use serious drugs can’t stop... I’m writing this under the covers while it’s about 80 degrees rn.hope this doesn’t last longer than today

You have amazing eyes

Do not ever quit cold turkey I did and I had a terrifying experience

The long term effects of ssri’s on your internal organs are catastrophic.Everything you take into your body orally has long term consequences so look first at your diet (go keto) then alcohol that has a devastating long term effect then recreational drugs ( a no brainier) The problem you have starts with a trauma that is probably psychological then if unresolved manifests itself physically, that’s when people start to self medicate with all of the above and the problems are exacerbated. I am now fixing my self as allopathic medicine is just for profit. Use zeolite to cleanse your body of heavy metals and cbd for helping you through anxiety while you are coming off the very toxic prescribed drugs. Don’t give responsibility for your health away take back control. Good luck stay strong God bless 🙏

Hey you're beautiful. Warning you though Prozac withdrawal sucks. I almost threw up in the bus today.. It's all just poison. Not the answer. Only a short term crutch that we will have to pay for.

i hate my meds so much. they aren't working anymore and i dont want to go up a dosage. i keep getting brain zaps at night time. venalafixine sucks. im going to the dr on monday..

Reinstate at lowest dose possible 1/20 of last dose. So if you had lexapro 10mg that would be .5 mg. With a mg scale it would be .007 grams or 7mg of the entire pill which weighs 136mg of which 10mg is active ingredient 126mg is filler material all evenly distributed throughout the pill. This will avoid any kindling and if you feel a benefit within 30 mins continue daily for at least 7 days.

Day 2 of going cold turkey from zoloft, Fuck yeah !

I took duloxetine for 2 years after diagnosis of fybromialgia and depression (every other desease has been cut off after many examinations). Psychiatrist made me go off 30 mg cold Turkey on December. I started to feel in a nightmare again with all the possible withdrawals, mentally and physically. Now I am starting a natural/homeopathic therapy prescribed by a valuable doctor in my city, who said that antidepressants and their being cut in a sudden put my body in a high acidosis, so I need to alcalinise it. I hope I will solve all of this.

i wish i never began with these medicines, i hate life sm rn.

I'm on Sertraline 50mg at the moment reduced from 150mg. Dealing with social anxiety and depression. Haven't taken my pills for 2 days now, I'm trying to get off them. To be honest it is quite hard. Hope i wont dream anything creepy tonight, i have tried to get off medications before but no luck, hope I'll get through it this time 😊

So I’ve been on Zoloft for about 7 years. After 4 years I lost my medical insurance and was just bumming the medicine off my mom who no longer took it and took a higher dose so I was just splitting them In half. 2 weeks ago I finally ran out and it didn’t occur to me that I would no longer be able to afford to take my medicine let alone get a new prescription. I will say that this is probably the most ill I’ve felt in many many years. I can’t get warm I cry at the slightest inconvenience every muscle in my body hurts. My temperature has been hovering at around 102 for 3 days now. Every time I take a breath I can feel it zap all the way up my body. Here’s to hoping this nightmare ends soon.

Thanks for the sharing of your experience... Glad you're doing better... Citalopram 20mg. I have been on it for 5 years and wanting to stop... Am undecided what is best way of getting off totally... Wishing all well and safe journeys...

I told my Psychiatrist that medication makes me suicidal and she did not warn me about it prior to starting SSRIS. I had better Psychiatrist in school, but I had Harm OCD, and started to get violent at home, my school blackmailed me into going back on medication when my psychiatrist weaned myself off little by little completely. Realy horrible to be told something like that.

antidepressants made it so i can't even feel my own genitals i still can't and its been over a year not on them i only took 9 pills for 9 days too.

I'm gonna move to the uk just to hear that accent daily 😄

Been on antidepressants for half my life. 50yrs old now on Zoloft. I want to stop completely.

Am going cold turkey off fluoxetine, been off about 9 dayd its ptobably stupid of me but time will tell xx hope you are doing ok xx

I like your video. I can definitely relate to cold turkey experiences from abilify paxil and trazodone and they were like a nightmare.

i did the same thing nothing happened outside of a headache that lasted 3 days

Do not cold turkey I just did that after one year of being on tintellix I almost killed myself and everyone around me don’t do it!

I tried quit Prozac on my own over 30 times in last 15 years, didn't work , every time feel so hopeless and miserable.

im almost 2 weeks cold turkey.. kinda assumed it'd be gone by now. not crying everyday anymore just the normal amount now :/ haha. thinking i might go back on them though, not sure. havent been eating, sleeping and lost weight.

Went cold turkey from mirtazapine paxil and fluoxitene all at once and a week of no sleep and went manic..it was crazy

Did coming off ever effect your period? I stopped my medication about three weeks ago, and now my period is late:/

I found you after I decided to go cold turkey of All of my meds I take bupropion 2x a day.. seroquel 2x a day hydroxyzine 3x a day as needed...trazodone at night... OMGOSH WRONG IDEA!!!

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My mental health experiences have been horrifying though I have had electroconvulsive therapy also been on Risperidone Seroquel and effexor and I think I had a grand Mal seizure in my parents shower and I took a swing at my mom without realizing it so yeah I was a disaster.

As a mental health professional, that receptionist was so very wrong. Withdrawal symptoms are always high priority. I’m sorry that happened to you, be well dear.

I literally forgot where the fuck my lexipro was and didnt intend for this to happen so the insurance made me wait another day and now im experiencing sweats, nausea, my vision is a bit blurrier, I cant think clearly etc. oh and obviously mood swings which are the least of my problems now.

I’ve been on sertraline for a year and i’m thinking about going full cold turkey because in all honesty i’ve never experienced withdrawal symptoms. Well okay, I may have, but i was never anything that i felt was disruptive. I forget to take my daily dosages frequently and sometimes i miss it 3 days in a row and then take a pill just because I fear that i’ll feel like shit if i don’t. So now i’m going to try to just stop completely because taking the pills is truly an afterthought and chore for me. And the side effects are horrible. I’d rather deal with my social anxiety than to be numb everywhere.

I was on antidepressants and also quit them cold turkey. I forget which ones they were since it was so long ago. They must have been super effective because I went from being super introverted to being extroverted. Like to an annoying level where I was loud/hyper and obnoxious, very care free but lacking self awareness. Decided to quit them because I felt unbalanced. Nothing happened afterwards for me. Luckily haven't fallen back into any deep depression, only small amounts of time of feeling down which I would get over within a couple days. Still have bouts of social anxiety but have been able to cope with it better, depending on the situation. I did have a couple of therapy sessions which were nice. Always good to talk and work out your problems with a professional, but that shit be expensive. I feel most balanced and least anxious after working out or doing physical activity. I need to do it more often but of course, I'm lazy as fuck and addicted to sitting on my ass consuming video games and the internet. Thanks for making this video. Hopefully we all can progress and learn how to cope with our issues.

I went cold Turkey more than 6 months ago. I felt like I handled it well. I did get a weird dizziness. But as this coronavirus stuff is happening, I'm diving fast. Can it still effect me even being such a long time. I'm really feeling bad but I know I dont want to feel this way. I just need help. But I dont know what or how.

I feel like going cold turkey. I'm already tapering but I'm feeling horrible my antidepressants never helped and made me worse. I feel like going cold turkey. Is it a good idea? When I went to Indian psychiatrists they're so crap they brainwashed me to believe I was okay. I was not. I felt so sick. Now..I'm on my own and idk we what to do.

I take Remeron for weight gain and as an antidepressant. Helps me tremendously to get to a healthy weight. When I mess with my dose it is not good.

It’s not that bad, i wish I got off it months ago

I was on pristiq for 10 years at the age of 15 :( went cold turkey on accident about 7 months ago, life is hard now and I don't know if I should go back on them or go to therapy or if being on them for so long had damaged me in some way :(

I stopped taking lexapro like…weeks ago and for the past 4 days I have not been getting sleep pretty much at all..if I do it’s micro sleep..or 1 hour at a time. I’m also have hot sweats and had heart palpitations yesterday. I stopped because I hated my psycharist and he treats me like child… I also thought I didn’t need it anymore..it was stupid of me. Should I go back on it even though it’s been weeks?? Like almost a month of being off of it? Please help

Very good info if you want clarity in the space of “ssri brain”.

Ignoring urgent cases and having to get your parents to contact the GP is actually normal. That’s because the receptionists are trained to fob people off so that anyone who is homeless never gets treated it’s not just where you are this happens all over the country. The moment you calling in with someone else they take it seriously, because they know that there are legal consequences for them that you have a support network. if of course you’re homeless you can’t get a solicitor no one will help you and you never get any help and that’s why they’re trying to do it it’s a form of eugenics for the disposal shoot of society which is homelessness. I know that’s a controversial hot take, but I’ve seen it firsthand it’s a much bigger problem in the UK than anyone wants to acknowledge. You can’t blame the receptionist, they don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing they’re just doing what they’re trained to do.

It makes me so angry, the vicious cycle of it all, the withdrawal sickness I am experiencing now fuck, kind of shit that cause people to lose their job and go down hill again.. feel so stuck to the system. I’m a grown man, I have been helplessly crying and rocking backward and fourth, I am only 3 days in cold turkey, I’m fucking doomed… hope I make it.

I know you made this a few years back but man, i wish i watched it before. Ive made this exact same mistake as you. Cold turkey from citrolopram after a year of being in it. Thought I could do it but never felt so ill. And have to wait another two days until i can see a doctor. Thanks for making video though, as it good to knkw i havent been the only one

I’ve been taking wellbutrin 150mg for over 6 months I don’t have the money to go to the doctor so I have to go off it cold turkey. I don’t have a choice. Hopefully I won’t die! Wish me luck

I quit antidepressants on day 2 of taking, how long will withdrawal symptoms last any idea, need to be mentally prepared

I went cold turkey almost 5 months ago off of escitilapram(lexapro). I had to go back on .5mg yes .5mg last week. the depression and suicidal thinking was just too strong it was terrifying i could not leave my room only to smoke cigarettes which i restarted after quitting 5 years ago. It has been 5 months of pure hell. I reinstated a week ago the smallest dose I could to avoid kindling. I ordered a mg scale and measured out .5mg of the active ingredient .007g or 7mg because a 10mg escitalpram pill actually weighs 136mg , 10mg is active ingredient and 126mg is filler material. All of it evenly mixed throughout the entire pill. So 7mg of 136mg is roughly 5% or .5 of 10mg start with that to avoid kindling if you have been off for a month or more. Once you go cold turkey your nervous system is scrambling to keep up with the sudden loss of external chemicals (pills) it can cause hypersensitivity to reinstatement. So go lowest dose possible first if it works you will alleviation of symptoms within 30 mins.

Thank you for this info.

2nd day cold Turkey, let's see what happens...I don't think they were helping me anyways.

Cold Sweats And Nightmares .... I went cold turkey like 10 days ago

I was 3 weeks on Prozac with headaches and major anxiety just thinking about small stuff like what I should get my gf for her birthday and hoping she likes it! (Never been an anxious person, actually quite the opposite) I hear it takes 1 month for it to take effect so idk if I really went cold turkey but I’m glad nothing happened. I have an appointment with my doctor in 3 days to discuss my other health issue and the progress of Prozac (which I stopped). My doctor recommended Prozac because I told him I didn’t have much energy from a chest pain I’ve been dealing with the last year. I didn’t want to be dependent on something but I gave it a shot after my doctor told me that anti-depressants have a stigma around then and it’s nothing to worry about. The above is why I regretted it. Just my experience and not advice!

Thank you for this video😊

But withdrawals are fun!! Feeling sick and drunk without the good parts!

I quit cold turkey and still suffer side-effects 1.5 years later

Cit-tal-o-pram

i cold turkey my meds all the time xD

I came into this seeking information on what to do to come off anti-depressants but, might I say you have lovely eyes!

Hello love!! Much love !! Hope you are well!!!

sit-a-lo-pram... is how it's pronounced:) you are cute, much love

i'm off the Prozac for 3 days from 40mg for two weeks and 20mg 3months ,cold turkey. I am dieing . I can not do anything even right this text. last 2 days i was shaking and now i am loosing everything-job-partner and daily commitments like attending fuck i cant write.

I AM SO SCARED. I regret getting on them and I want to get off .

Keep strong

What medications are you on right now ? Take care

What if you are suicidal and want to just yeet the medication to suffer?

I went cold turkey several times failing and getting back on paroxetine, and now I have depersonalization :,)

Pretty eyes are they real lol

I stopped taking 200mg sertraline, 80 mg propranolol and 7.5mg zopiclone a day cold turkey about a week ago, the first 2-3 days i felt so much better, i was eating more after having no appetite since starting a year ago, i have severe insomnia (zopiclone was meant to help but didnt) so sleep is still non existant, i felt more up and more productive, now i feel so up and down, im getting really angry over the smallest things which i hate, my mood changes in a split second both ways, happy to sad/angry and vice versa, im feeling really sick on and off randomly but not throwing up, one minute i feel full of energy the next im exhausted but still cnt sleep, i know if youve read this far youre probably thinking you idiot taper off them slowly etc, however.. my gp is no very reliable when it comes to medication and getting proper help, i have had multiple issues that i wont go into with the gp, the reason i went cold turkey is because im a single parent of 2 young children (the oldest full custody youngest 50/50) and i honestly feel so ashamed to admit this but the medication completely shut off positive emotion and feelings.. i struggled to connect and felt very detattched from everything around me and it was beginning to ruin the relationship with my children, i love them more than the world but i felt numb and not good enough for them.. so i stopped and things were on the up and going really well, however now im angry all the time and lose my temper quick, i never smack my children but today i snapped and shouted at them and seeing their little faces broke my heart, i cuddled them and appologized so much but it was completely unfair and now i dont know what to do and if this is temporary or il continue to feel like this, i dont want to feel numb and i dont want to be a ticking timebomb, any advice from people would be greatly appreciated!! Please dont troll for my shitty behaviour, im honestly just a single dad who loves his kids trying his best but its tough out here and i dont know the best step forward, all i want is the best version of myself so i can be the best dad i can and make their lives amazing again!

I m on prozac+ ecitalopram ,,gained 10 KG ,,WANT TO QUIT but i m unable to