New and Beginning Withdrawals and need support.

[cleanbreak]

Hello

I am beginning this journey to find my own chemistry. For one year I have been on Xyprexa and Lithium. I have been depressed, afraid of life, uninterested in the things I love, anti social. Every time I thought that maybe the medication was making me feel this way and I attempted to wean off the withdrawals were too hard for me to take. So, they gave me an antidepressant. Then I gained the strength to withdrawal slowly from olanzapine. It was a hard 2 weeks. I am sleeping now but I am really sad and feel a bit brain dead. I keep asking myself, "is this me or the withdrawal"? I know with the number of meds I am on this could take some time. But, has anyone felt extremely sad during withdrawals? I see lots of anxiety but not so much sadness. 

I would love to hear from people who have thoughts and ideas. 

[shesellsseashells]

I stopped taking my medication a couple of years ago.  I cried all the time and was a general mess.  I titrated off of Lithium this summer (with pdoc approval) and it was a disaster.  My medication is still a work in progress and I am not stable.  From my non-medicated experiences I have concluded that I function much better on medication.  I have had years of stability interspersed with more difficult times.  I have been taking medication for 28 years and fully expect I will have to continue to do so for the rest of my life.

 

Have you talked with your doctor about how you are feeling and about going off the medication?  Perhaps you are not at the right dose or on the right medication for you--there is generally a lot of trial and error involved with psych meds, as many folks here on CB will tell you.  I hope you find some relief from your symptoms soon.

[saintalto]

Hello and welcome.

 

Going off meds is not the best of ideas. You really should speak to your doctor first.

[crtclms]

I am moving this to the "cocktails" board, as it is more likely you will get a relevant answer about multiple med combos there than in the new user forum.

 

Welcome to Crazyboards.

[melissaw72]

Welcome to CB

 

Does your pdoc know you went off your meds?

 

Maybe you are feeling like you are because you went off your meds.  I would talk to your pdoc about it.