Posted by annae on December 14, 2007, at 13:24:39
In reply to Weaning an Antidepressant almost killed me READ!!, posted by Gary Engel on October 17, 2007, at 20:19:29
I just read your post regarding the effects of withdrawing from an antidepressant. I had no idea that going off of a TCA (Imipramine) could produce such horrible withdrawals. I think it has something to do with the dopamine changes.
I had been taking the medication for 14 years and decided, along with my doctor, that it was no longer working. He suggested that I go off of the medication. He did not suggest tapering, but something told me I should. I did, but NOT slowly enough. After about a week-ten days of discontinuance, I had horrible flu-like symptoms as well as akasthesia for five days. I did not have a clue what was causing it, until I started reading about withdrawals from medications on a site on-line. I still have "re-bound" suffering and it has been three months! Two or three days a week I feel horrible. I wish doctors would work with patients more closely when they are discontinuing meds. It would make the experience somewhat easier.
poster:annae
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/wdrawl/20070929/msgs/800783.html