Posted by KathrynLex on December 2, 2010, at 19:35:26
In reply to Re: Celexa - Tapered Off NOBODY?, posted by KathrynLex on December 2, 2010, at 19:10:55
After my earlier post things went from bad to worse. I was overwhelmed with some of the most self destructive thoughts I've had in years. Those were accompanied by irrational thoughts and anxiety. After several hours of feeling completely disassociated from myself (I don't know how else to describe it) I finally took .5mg of Klonopin and approximately 10 mg of Celexa. It's hard to estimate how much Celexa I had since I'm breaking up 40 mg tabs.
It's been about 40 minutes since I took those and I feel a bit better. Not great, but better. The dizzy spells aren't quite as bad.
If my brain is functioning a bit better tomorrow I'll try to figure out a plan of action for how to tackle this. Clearly it's VERY bad idea for me to stop taking it entirely. I'm not sure where to go from here though. I really, really hope that today was the worst of it...I'm completely drained.
There are some posts above that suggest not to cut your dose by more than 10 percent per week. That seems like a good approach. It's frustrating that this such a long, painful process but I guess that's the nature of the beast. I'm surprised I feel this way because I'd been cutting my dose in half every 1-2 weeks and it was working fine until I went off completely.
Now I just feel tired. Spent.
What's more, none of my friends and none of my family takes medication. They really don't understand its need and any time I explain it them they look at me like I'm from a different planet. It's hard to be so isolated during such a difficult process.
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