Re: Re: my story

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I began withdrawing from them in May and did so over a

4 week period. I am still on Lithium. I was on the

other drugs since last September except the Wellbutrin

which I was on since January. I have been off sugar

and flour since August 18th and following a good diet

of fresh vegtables and fruits and chicken. I take

calcium and Vit c right now but no other supplements.

What do you recommend? Rita

--- ccreel_04064 wrote:

> Rita, it sounds like you discontinued these too

> quickly. The

> only thing you can do now is eat a diet of fresh

> foods and taker

> some high quality, high potency nutritional

> supplements. If you

> don't, this willl not abate.

>

>

> How long were you taking these drugs? When did

> you stop taking

> all of them?

>

>

> Are you taking any supplements right now?

>

> Regards,

>

> (list owner)

>

>

>

> >

> > Hello Friends

> > I came across this internet group and would like

> to share my

> > experience with withdrawing from the drugs.

> > Last year I was on Ativan which after being on it

> a year had

> started

> > to cause panic attacks instead of prevent them and

> spent about 2

> > months getting off of it. It was awful. I kept

> waking up in the

> > middle of the night shaking but I got through it.

> > Then around September of last year I had a manic

> episode was

> > hospitalized and put on Zyprexa, Seroquel,

> Lithium, Paxil and

> > Wellbutrin.

> > The doctor I was seeing insisted that if I went

> off these drugs I

> > would have another manic episode. I spent many

> nights on the

> > internet reading about the side effects which I

> was experiencing

> but

> > it wasn't until May of this year that I found a

> new doctor who

> took

> > me off everything but the Lithium in June over the

> course of 4

> > weeks. This new doctor told me that the drugs

> were slowing down

> my

> > metabolism and increasing my appetite as well as

> the Zyprexa

> should

> > not be given to people who have a family history

> of diabetes.

> > I felt really numb sometimes dizzy lethargic and

> had a bad fall in

> my

> > house as well as a car accident which I believe

> was because of

> being

> > on these drugs. This is probably not news to any

> of you on this

> list

> > because you have the courage to try to get off

> them and want to

> > because of how harmful they really are.

> > My withdrawal was really bad during July in the

> heat. I could not

> > even turn my head without feeling like I was gonna

> keel over. My

> PC

> > doctor gave my meclizine for the dizziness and it

> worked a little

> bit.

> > I also have severe sweating most of the time. I

> have also had a

> lot

> > of racing, obsessive type thoughts and panic but I

> am not going

> back

> > on these drugs and I am hoping that the symptoms

> will continue to

> > subside over time. Thanks for being there.

> Rita

> >

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