Could I just ask please how long yoy think it will takw to heal for me? I'm only week 3 now..and I worry the longer im off 60mg the longer it goes out of my system and I start to get reaaally bad withdrawl

7 minutes ago, mstimc60 said:

Hi @Jacky Rose  This is great advice from @LostinCanada.  At best, the meds blunt our feelings but do nothing to alleviate the underlying cause of our anxiety.  Creating a toolbox of coping strategies is the best way to handle whatever symptoms may appear during WD.  

 

Anxiety loves the "what if" game.  It finds your greatest fear and turns it into a future reality to keep you locked into an loop of anxious thinking.  I was a member of two other community groups before this one and I can assure you nobody incurred permanent damage no matter how bad their situation was. It takes time and work, but you can recover. You've already taken the first step towards recover by joining this site.  We're all here to help you get through it!

I felt great on my meds that's why I just wanna go back on them...I wanna heal I just don't know how. How long do you think it will take me??

10 minutes ago, Chippy said:

 

We don’t know the trajectory of your healing. But we do know your body is working really hard to put things into balance for you. 
 

Your job now is to keep calm. Keep your stress levels as low as possible. Eat well. Drink plenty of fluids. Get outside and walk as much as you can. 

It is up to your body....I can tell you that adding stress will not help. Acceptance is the key.

 

https://antidepressantrecovery.org/topic/57-acceptance-is-key-why-does-acceptance-feel-impossible/?do=getNewComment

 

Just now, Jacky Rose said:

Could I just ask please how long yoy think it will takw to heal for me? I'm only week 3 now..and I worry the longer im off 60mg the longer it goes out of my system and I start to get reaaally bad withdrawl

I wouldn’t worry about that. The extra drug above and beyond your 20mg that you are taking won’t be doing much work. Every mg above this point has much much less effect on your brain. I think 20mg is more than enough to prop you up whilst you heal and rebalance. The shifting of doses causes kindling so your system is going to need to recover from that too. It’s not just about WD.  
 

I wish there was a set amount of time. Unfortunately there isn’t. You’ll need to hold where you are for a good few months to allow things to settle down.

So you think ill notice some improvments in a few months maybe? 

2 minutes ago, Jacky Rose said:

So you think ill notice some improvments in a few months maybe? 

Certainly this is the kind of time scales to think about. 

1 hour ago, Jacky Rose said:

I just am so scared I donr wanna die and become nothing and slowlt not be able to function at all just be a vegetable im nlt good with this and everyone says it gets worse and I won't heal EVER. I feel like I have to mourn myself 

You will be okay and will heal out eventually, life isn't over when you have withdrawal, you just have to accept your condition, don't believe the withdrawal thoughts that tell you all those bad things, it's all the withdrawal, thoughts are just thoughts, you don't have to believe them all.

Just accept, and when things get to tough at times, surrender to your body and 'ride' your symptoms, the more you resist the withdrawal, the more you will suffer, the moment you accept your symptoms and just do the best you can, it will still be unpleasant, just accept accept and accept.

You are only 23 and you got your whole life ahead of you, we are the same age.

Much love.

Just now, Chippy said:

Certainly this is the kind of time scales to think about. 

I guess I just kept seeing people taking years kn years to heal and that terrfied me. Like I even saw people my age but to be fair their trying to get off the med im trying to get on the med and Stay. That's a good thing for me rigjt?

Just now, Jacky Rose said:

I guess I just kept seeing people taking years kn years to heal and that terrfied me. Like I even saw people my age but to be fair their trying to get off the med im trying to get on the med and Stay. That's a good thing for me rigjt?

Being young is definitely an advantage. 😀

1 minute ago, Lighty said:

You will be okay and will heal out eventually, life isn't over when you have withdrawal, you just have to accept your condition, don't believe the withdrawal thoughts that tell you all those bad things, it's all the withdrawal, thoughts are just thoughts, you don't have to believe them all.

Just accept, and when things get to tough at times, surrender to your body and 'ride' your symptoms, the more you resist the withdrawal, the more you will suffer, the moment you accept your symptoms and just do the best you can, it will still be unpleasant, just accept accept and accept.

You are only 23 and you got your whole life ahead of you, we are the same age.

Much love.

Did you get better tho?? Also no your my age?! Does that mean I dont have a better chance to heal. I worry this will takw years to feel better. Sorry I'm just scared I hope I don't sound impolite 

Just now, Chippy said:

Being young is definitely an advantage. 😀

I just worry so much about all this. How do I calm Down. Does reinstatment at least stop the worst symptoms to show up maybe?

1 minute ago, Jacky Rose said:

Like I even saw people my age but to be fair their trying to get off the med im trying to get on the med and Stay. That's a good thing for me rigjt?

I mean you can still have issues for a while, cause you reinstated 2-3 months later, you still collapsed your nervous system in a way for a while (your signature is not organized at all, you also went on and off quite a bit of drugs, that tends to mess up the nervous system more, i don't understand what date you did a lot of the changes, please make sure you keep it simple and not just blob of text (`20mg fluoxetine for 2 days then 0mg for two days (17th to 20th)`, which month ? March or February ?).

Just please avoid any other pharmaceutical drug/medicine, as you are probably in quite a sensitive place and we don't want further issues. 

Just now, Jacky Rose said:

I just worry so much about all this. How do I calm Down. Does reinstatment at least stop the worst symptoms to show up maybe?

Definitely. You did good getting back on it. It will help loads. 20mg is plenty of drug to keep more wd at bay. You can still have waves and windows. It won’t fix it all, but it will certainly help. You said in your pm to me, you have felt some of your symptoms improve already since ri. Like your sleep. Can take time for reinstatement to fully work too, especially with Prozac. 

Just now, Lighty said:

I mean you can still have issues for a while, cause you reinstated 2-3 months later, you still collapsed your nervous system in a way for a while (your signature is not organized at all, you also went on and off quite a bit of drugs, that tends to mess up the nervous system more, i don't understand what date you did a lot of the changes, please make sure you keep it simple and not just blob of text (`20mg fluoxetine for 2 days then 0mg for two days (17th to 20th)`, which month ? March or February ?).

Just please avoid any other pharmaceutical drug/medicine, as you are probably in quite a sensitive place and we don't want further issues. 

Wait I'll fix it afterward could yoy check it just give me a moment I apologize it's hard to think when your so scared

7 minutes ago, Jacky Rose said:

get on the med and Stay. That's a good thing for me rigjt?

Nobody here will agree with this. We have all been damaged by these drugs. They are not a cure all. It takes time and work to cope successfully in life. We live in a world where people what a quick fix for everything...that just isn't realistic. These drugs have major long term consequences such as cognitive decline and even Alzheimer's.

5 minutes ago, Jacky Rose said:

. How do I calm Down

Learn deep breathing, CBT, grounding techniques....easy to find through ChatGPT. You have to be willing to put in the work.

https://antidepressantrecovery.org/topic/340-dont-fight-the-panic-claire-weekes/

 

https://antidepressantrecovery.org/topic/265-self-help-resources-for-mental-health/?do=getNewComment

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, LostinCanada said:

Nobody here will agree with this. We have all been damaged by these drugs. They are not a cure all. It takes time and work to cope successfully in life. We live in a world where people what a quick fix for everything...that just isn't realistic. These drugs have major long term consequences such as cognitive decline and even Alzheimer's.

Learn deep breathing, CBT, grounding techniques....easy to find through ChatGPT. You have to be willing to put in the work.

https://antidepressantrecovery.org/topic/340-dont-fight-the-panic-claire-weekes/

 

https://antidepressantrecovery.org/topic/265-self-help-resources-for-mental-health/?do=getNewComment

 

 

 

 

HUH?!??! WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT??! I WAS JUST CALMING DOWN "cognitive decline and even Alzheimer's." IM ONLY 23 YEARS OLD PLEASE IM SCARED AND NOW EVEN MORE TERRFIED 

3 minutes ago, Jacky Rose said:

Does reinstatment at least stop the worst symptoms to show up maybe?

did you feel like your reinstatement made you feel better or not (or even worse perhaps) ?

5 minutes ago, Jacky Rose said:

Did you get better tho?? Also no your my age?! Does that mean I dont have a better chance to heal. I worry this will takw years to feel better. Sorry I'm just scared I hope I don't sound impolite 

I did improve, I have a bit of a messed up background, 99.9% of people heal out eventually, I know it's hard to accept what you are going through, but eventually you are going to have to, to deal with this properly.

Everytime you are going to desire something that is impossible right now, you are gonna suffer, cause you desire something that is impossible currently, desire is the killer of peace.

It might help you to look into Buddhism or practice meditation, or something along those lines.

Now it will take you some time to accept dealing with things, but eventually if you work on your mindset, you will accept it, you can live life even in withdrawal, I have hobbies and still occupy myself with stuff, It's not the end of the world, it's like another health condition.

3 minutes ago, Chippy said:

Definitely. You did good getting back on it. It will help loads. 20mg is plenty of drug to keep more wd at bay. You can still have waves and windows. It won’t fix it all, but it will certainly help. You said in your pm to me, you have felt some of your symptoms improve already since ri. Like your sleep. Can take time for reinstatement to fully work too, especially with Prozac. 

That person (lostincanada) just said something super scary and now im terrfied 

4 minutes ago, Jacky Rose said:

How do I calm Down

Also can take some time to come to terms with all this. Don’t be hard on yourself. But try to start to think about being mindful. Present in this moment. Not past mistakes, and regret. Or the future, and concerns over what may happen. Just deal with today, find some peace in that. Takes time to figure it all out. You’ll get there. We are here with you. 

3 minutes ago, Jacky Rose said:

Wait I'll fix it afterward could yoy check it just give me a moment I apologize it's hard to think when your so scared

Don’t worry. Just when you have time. Look at my first reply. There is an example of what your signature should look like. No rush. 😀

1 minute ago, Lighty said:

did you feel like your reinstatement made you feel better or not (or even worse perhaps) ?

I did improve, I have a bit of a messed up background, 99.9% of people heal out eventually, I know it's hard to accept what you are going through, but eventually you are going to have to, to deal with this properly.

Everytime you are going to desire something that is impossible right now, you are gonna suffer, cause you desire something that is impossible currently, desire is the killer of peace.

It might help you to look into Buddhism or practice meditation, or something along those lines.

Now it will take you some time to accept dealing with things, but eventually if you work on your mindset, you will accept it, you can live life even in withdrawal, I have hobbies and still occupy myself with stuff, It's not the end of the world, it's like another health condition.

Oki dokies and just wait right here ill go fix my signature 

1 minute ago, Jacky Rose said:

Oki dokies and just wait right here ill go fix my signature 

make sure you read my whole message tho haha.

No no I did I apologize if I sound dismissive also how do I edit my signature still figuring tjis out

Edited April 6Apr 6 by Jacky Rose

8 minutes ago, Jacky Rose said:

That person (lostincanada) just said something super scary and now im terrfied 

That person lostincanada is very knowledgeable about all this 🤣

 

She is a very good person to have on your side. LIC was simply saying that these drugs have lots of bad side effects and generally aren’t good to be on. You didn’t have any issue up until now which is good. Others haven’t had this experience. However that is not something to worry about right now. You just need to focus on stabilising. If you want to stay on at this dose for a long time that is your choice. We are here for you what ever you decide. 

2 minutes ago, Chippy said:

That person lostincanada is very knowledgeable about all this 🤣

 

She is a very good person to have on your side. LIC was simply saying that these drugs have lots of bad side effects and generally aren’t good to be on. You didn’t have any issue up until now which is good. Others haven’t had this experience. However that is not something to worry about right now. You just need to focus on stabilising. If you want to stay on at this dose for a long time that is your choice. We are here for you what ever you decide. 

Ok im just really scared and yeah I dknt wanna get off my medication EVER