Posted by musky on September 27, 2006, at 23:25:20
In reply to Withdrawal from long term antidepressants, posted by Philip N. on September 27, 2006, at 17:26:02
>Hi philip
another thing I wanted to mention to you.. I had agoraphobia too for a bit while i was first sick/dizzy with my neck, panic , etc.. and the best thing I ever ever did was to not fear it... I MADE myself leave my house ,, even if it was a bit at a time.. again cognitive therapy will really help with this.. its just irrational thinking.. once you realize nothing bad will happen and you just have to do it.. dont think about it.. just do it(lol).. you will overcome this anxiety... staying home will NOT help you..
I stayed locked in my bedroom for months.. irealized now that it was the worst mistake ever.. GET MAD at your agoraphobia and talk back to it... just say" come on you %%$&&%&b, give it all tome.. idare ya".. something like that and you will be surprised that you have the power over it , NOT It over youtry this
Good luck
Musky
This is my first time to post. I am wondering desperately if there are many success stories out there of people successfully coming off of antidepressants after several years (9). I have been trying for 9 months and am spiralling downhill. I have put up a good fight but I don't know if I should go back to the meds as the doc says I should due to my current state. I went for about 5-6 months without noticeable trouble but the last 3 months for sure have been getting significantly worse. My family is worried now also. The concencous seems to be to resume medication and turn this around. I thought it would wither but I'm doubting that more and more. My goal is to come off but I don't see many positives in that regard. My last 2 years were on Lexapro and I just thought that things had finally gotten to where I could resume life without the medication. I did the cold turkey without any knowledge of ramifications or discussion with my doc. Now the answer is that it's been long enough and that any discontinuation syndrome would have been long gone. My suspicians are otherwise. I want to participate in life again and I'm wondering at this point if I'm holding out with false pretenses. I now have agorophobia and return of depression with escalating anxiety. Is this all part of the scheme or should I start over? Any help is sincerely appreciated. Thanks.
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