Still fighting to be normal again
5 months ago
You read that right, this shit is still hitting me hard. I am NEVER touching a med like Rexulti again, if this is what it's like to come off them. I've been to the hospital twice, and it's been day after day of anxiety, restlessness and a whole bunch of other symptoms. It actually started to feel better for a bit, and then decided on a round two. I have wanted to die multiple times, I just want this insanity to end.
Now to top it off I seem to have a stomach bug of some kind, so I'm dealing with trouble eating, and can't eat certain things without them coming back up. But it could be the med for all I know.
This is hell, this is traumatic, and it's gone on long enough I'm starting to be scared it won't end.
Now to top it off I seem to have a stomach bug of some kind, so I'm dealing with trouble eating, and can't eat certain things without them coming back up. But it could be the med for all I know.
This is hell, this is traumatic, and it's gone on long enough I'm starting to be scared it won't end.
The past two days the anxiety has peaked right when I wake up, so I get to deal with that right off the bat, but then drops off sharply with just bits here and there throughout the day. Until I get super stressed near bed time because I have to eat through being nauseous and then hope it settles enough to sleep. I can also only eat very specific things or it just comes back up.
I just really want this to all stop, I keep hoping I wake up okay, or at least drastically better, but it just hasn't happened. I should have never taken this damn med.
Sorry you're having to deal with this...
I used to have a similar problem with sertraline medication, which caused me acute and weird stabbing pain in my head if I stopped taking it suddenly. I couldn't go beyond two days without the pills, due to a lack of them, or maybe I ran out and whatnot. So I learn to manage them to prevent that weird sensation.
My first psychiatrist told me the withdrawal method: first week, take it one day but NOT the next one, take a pill the next day, NOT the next one for that week. The next week, I should allow TWO days to pass, then take a pill, and not take one the next two days and so on. When the fourth week arrived, I should have no problem leaving it. It worked. My next psychiatrist told me to leave the sertraline ALTOGETHER. That looked sus to me. I told them how my previous doctor taught me to leave the medication, their response: "You just leave the medication altogether, and you withstand that stabbing pain". OK. I completely ignored her, and I used the method of my previous doctor, which worked again.
Why am I telling you this? Because I hope the medication you're having problems with could be withdrawn with this method, but I'm not sure. You might need to talk about it with a proper professional. You can't continue like this, bro! I do hope you do recover soon 🤗💗👌🐉