O
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- Aug 20, 2021
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10 years ago I was prescribed an antidepressant for normal life stress. When the drug made me agitated, a benzo was added. After 7 years the drugs stopped working. I realized that I had become dependent and I had to come off. It took me a year to taper both drugs and it was the kind of hell I wouldn't wish on anybody except the psychiatrists who prescribe them. After I was off, the withdrawal symptoms subsided, but the crippling anxiety got replaced by crippling depression. I was so desperate for relief that I was willing to try anything, so I went to another psychiatrist who of course prescribed more drugs. Not only did none of them work, but I got hooked on one of them (ziprasidone) yet again. Now I'm left with depression that won't go away and a drug that I can't stop. This combo is pure torture and it's the reason I want to ctb.
What I've learned from research and my personal experience is that any drug that messes with the brain is potentially habit-forming and that the short-term relief you experience is not worth the long-term harm. To anyone reading this who is on a psychiatric drug and wants to come off: Do NOT cold turkey. You need to go slow to give your brain time to adjust to the absence of the drug.
Anyway, that's my story. Anyone else want to ctb due to psych drug harm?
What I've learned from research and my personal experience is that any drug that messes with the brain is potentially habit-forming and that the short-term relief you experience is not worth the long-term harm. To anyone reading this who is on a psychiatric drug and wants to come off: Do NOT cold turkey. You need to go slow to give your brain time to adjust to the absence of the drug.
Anyway, that's my story. Anyone else want to ctb due to psych drug harm?