Hi everyone, still out here and have a long drawn out story to tell. Promise to come back later after work. Just want to say that some of my "symptoms" have been negated by coming off anti-depressant Effexor, like extreme fatigue and horrible heat intolerance. Although my doctor should be fired for the way she titrated me off the medication ( no she didn't figure it out, I was coming off to take another medication for smoking cessation) and the awful withdrawal effects I had , and some I'm still having....... Watch out for serotonin syndrome! I will never ever ever take another anti depressant as long as I live.
Hi Kimberly,
Sorry to hear you've been messed about terrible and talking of anti-depressants i've took a right cocktail over the years and i've just looked up "Serotonin syndrome" i can't believe the amount of symptoms i have in the two lists plus on another link i saw that Tegretol contributes to it which i've took for 26yrs besides having nerve damage.
Kimberly i found this link and it's really interesting about the syndrome. xxx
I am on pritiq and want desperately off I know how bad I feel if I am late taking my pill and have sought help from my gp to get off it. She won’t help me because I am on a really high dose and I’ve been taking it so long. When I do get off it. I am not sure what I am going to do. I know I need mess to help depression. I heard others aren’t as bad but I’m scared
Hi Cassie,
That's why i've took a cocktail over 26yrs i'm a manic depressive badly and i smoke which helps me but makes my lupus worse but if i did'nt have one i'd go mad.
To come of antidepressants which are hard because shaking comes involved the lot...what ever you taking in a day, drop off one only every month...as i was told that by a nurse and at the end of the months i felt no affect of ever being on the one drug.
I take frisium now for my seizures besides and those cover nerves/anxiety plus depression but those 2 little tablets at night my systems addicted to also.
Sometimes you feel like your going around in a circle and ending up no where.
((A large hug your way)) xxx
cassie40 said:
I am on pritiq and want desperately off I know how bad I feel if I am late taking my pill and have sought help from my gp to get off it. She won't help me because I am on a really high dose and I've been taking it so long. When I do get off it. I am not sure what I am going to do. I know I need mess to help depression. I heard others aren't as bad but I'm scared
I'd say so Ann...as your hypo tonight mate.lol
Your a star & half. xxxx
Ann A. said:
No anti-depressants for me either. They make me hypomanic. And since I am already hyper active that is dangerous.
Ok Ann,
You go and relax mate and i'll speak to you tomorrow or when your on again but when you say beets i'm clueless sorry....different sayings mate. xxx
Ann A. said:
Naw Terri,
I am not hypo tonight. I just got a bee in my bonnet. I have been working most of the day. I am going to wash and roast my beets. This week the beets are smaller than the strawberries. I haven't lasted 45 year with lupus without developing the ability let stuff - and that includes people, places, and things go. Love you dear and see you later.
Tez_20 said:I'd say so Ann...as your hypo tonight mate.lol
Your a star & half. xxxx
Ann A. said:No anti-depressants for me either. They make me hypomanic. And since I am already hyper active that is dangerous.
Thanks for sharing. I refused to take any medications that are SSRI's and similar. It's really hard to taper off..... I can't even count the # of times I worked in the ER when people start coming off these drugs and had to admit to help manage the W/D symptoms. Females are a lot harder just due to our more complex hormones. I hope that you do well and your fatigue goes away soon. BTW, an option I have seen used for extreme fatigue in Lupus patients is low dose adderal. How ironic is that? Another pill.... :-(