Reaction or SS

[Needinghelp]

Just wondering and really looking for answers or opinions on what might have happened to me.

I was about 2 months off paxil cold turkey when i started 20mg Prozac. I took 20mg Prozac for 4 days. The only side effect I had
was that it made me feel very drugged up. My doctor then switched me over to 30mg Cymbalta. I waited 2 days in between. On the
second day i had the horrible reaction. My symptoms were:

Eyes got extremely blurry i remember rubbing my eyes 100x that day because i couldnt see well. My DR went up and had extreme anxiety, the worst symptom was that i had to keep my head off the bed every 10 minutes coz it felt like there was no bloodflow to my brain. I felt extremely ill and told my mom i need to go to the Hospital.

Reaction or SS or what as I never read anyone having such an expreience. Im scared i did irreversable damage to my brain. Did I?

[alex]

Hi NH, for what I´ve read about you, you are a young person; maybe you don´t have enough experience dealing with stressful situations.

And let me tell you this: W/D is tough! FEAR is the most powerful emotion in this process.I am a 59 years old and I am scared; sometimes VERY scared.

Yes, there is neurological deregulation, and chemical chaos; BUT, it is reversible, it´s just a matter of time.

"what you resist it persists" I read these words of wisdom from people in these forums.

How to manage fear?mmmm, is a tricky thing sometimes, but when you realize that is one of the most powerful symptoms in this process, you start to accept it, and paradoxically, it starts to get less intense.

You are young, you have your life ahead, TRUST that you will heal.

[Luc]

You will definitely heal, Needinghelp. WD is a very scary experience, the symptoms are like nothing else in this world, but you have already come a long way, bravely taking it day after day. Your CNS, even if it doesn't feel it this way yet, has done lots of healing at that point. Have you experienced any windows recently?

[stan]

when we switch, updose, stop these poisons, there are reactions from body which is attacked by chemical, but it is past and as other say, you are young, you will heal; you seem often fear a little, time will help you; we all fear, part is from withdrawal

[Needinghelp]

No windows Luc. Most people experience atleast some relief either at night or morning or atleast a day or two during the week. Not me. Nothing for me just suffering 24/7 with no improvements all my symptoms are back and i have a few more. I had a period of feeling a bit better in December where all my symptoms except the fog lifted, i felt ok. But now ever since 25 December i have been feeling so bad, my eyes are sooo sore. Im off 6 months now and i am really scared why havent i seen any improvements yet? Does that mean i fall into the 7+ year catagory? :'(

[Claudius]

NH, for me it took about 17 months to expereince a first window. Maybe I am not a good example because I am still on the road after 5+ years. But the good news that even the long-termers will recovery in the end. Also I know an example from PP (Goldenbawls) who had little improvment in 3 years and then suddenly recovered withinh 2 weeks. So everything is still possible.

[Sheila]

Claudius -- Thanks for that great anecdote about the sudden recovery. I have heard of that happening from time to time. Miraculous. Do you remember if he had any psychic or spiritual experiences as part of his sudden recovery?