[Martinelv]

OK, so I'm definately going through some kind of drug withdrawal. Apart from the normal physical withdrawal symptoms (head zaps, shaking, sweating like a vicar in a brothel..), I'm also absolutely convinced that I'm just about to go banannas. Nurse !!! I'm not sure whether this is compounded by the fact that I'm in a new job and I've got a million things to do, but I feel like I'm on acid. So, do I just tough it out and get off all these chemicals, or give in and ring up the doctor for more pills ? I'm quite happy to live the rest of my life on drugs, don't get me wrong - I don't care, but what should I do in the meantime? I'm not stupid enough not to realise that it's an ever decreasing circle.....stress - anxiety = ahhhh, benzo's, but when do you stand up and draw the line? I should know, because I'm usually on the outside looking in, but not today......

If I was replying to this post, I'd say tough it out. But it's so tempting just to give in and get some lovely benzo's to see me through. Hmmm... :? But see me through till when? When comes the time to swallow the madness and just get on with it?

 

[widescreened]

Were you given steroids in conjunction with chemo?they do that sometimes and can cause havoc,even with 'normal' people.I've never taken benzos so I dont know what your withdrawal is like.Do they really help?Maybee you could go the chineese herbal road for a change.Lots of that stuff is available now and without perscription so you dont have to go to a doc.Might be a load of shite or they might work.in the meantime,look ahead to the match to night;sport is a gr8 distraction.

 

[Martinelv]

Yes, I was given steroids as part of my therapy. Or rather, something-growth-steroid injections. I can't remember what they were for. My immune system I think. But anyway, they didn't have any psychological effect on me. What I am experiencing now is definately SSRI drug withdrawal, as I've had it before, but not this bad.

Trust me, if I believed that any alternative medicine actually worked, then I'd try it. But I don't, so I won't. And besides, that's rather defeating the object. I don't want to have to rely on medication, of any type. I want the strength the fight on my own.

 

[boohoo]

You say you don't mind being on medication for the rest of your life.

So give in and get some more.

 

[jc]

i like to think of myself as a strong person but when i tried to withdraw from my tiny amount of celexa and klonopin i could only handle it for four days,and yes i weaned myself off slowly,it was hell,so no help from me im afraid but if you do go back to the benzos i understand why, but maybe try withdrawing in a different manner next time...
i myself really want to get off these meds as im sure im not the real me while on them

 

[Martinelv]

It's very tempting but I'm in a stubborn mood at the moment. It's almost like it's a challange, you know, to get through another goddam day without having some benzo's at the end of the rainbow. And what makes it worse is that I know that all I am experiencing is mild-ish drug withdrawal, so giving in would make me feel so much weaker. Choices, wherever you turn. I want to be the old Martin who didn't have to plan his day without the fear of panic in the back of my mind. It really, really, really, really, pisses me off. Grrrrrrrrrr.

Saying that, if someone offered me some benzo's right this second, I'd bite their hand off. :roll:

 

[Martinelv]

but maybe try withdrawing in a different manner next time

Yeah, I haven't exactly weaned myself off. I haven't taken any benzo's for about three weeks, and Cipramil for two weeks, and I stopped taking both of them the instant I ran out. I'm sure I'd be OK if I did a slower taper. I've done that before with no problems. And I'm not sure that my doctors advice to taken bloody Remeron was what I needed. Remeron + Drug withdrawal = stoned + manic. Splendid.

Na, bring it on. Do your worst brain !!!!!

 

[Guest]

the larger question might be "why does pain give you a sense of self/aliveness?"

 

[widescreened]

Seeing as Manu won 2nite,Id say rough it out.Sounds like going off benzos is very similar to heroine addicts going off methedone.Though i cant comment,prozaic,seroxat was all I did and that was back when Man U were winning every week.

 

[Martinelv]

The larger question might be "why does pain give you a sense of self/aliveness?"

The implication being.........? :evil: :evil:

 

[g-funk]

yeah Janine, why does it?

I'm curious now!

 

[Martinelv]

Sounds like going off benzos is very similar to heroine addicts going off methedone.

That's the irony of it - I've never had any problems with benzo's, but when trying to get off SSRI's I feel terrible. I know it's not the same as addiction, but it's still hell.

I'm not sure GFUNK, but I think she was directing that quote at us self-destructive narcassisisistsssticss. In which case, our marriage is off. :evil: Coz she know I don't buy into all that stuff. :evil: Even though it's probably true.

(Martin buries is head in the sand and pours cement in his ears)[/quote]

 

[g-funk]

But you make such a lovely couple, so what if you say 'tomatoes' and she says 'tomaytooes'?
Janine, don't let him get away, I was hoping to be bridesmaid. Or Maid of Honour since I will be married too!!
Sorry, detracting from the original post. :twisted:

 

[g-funk]

Don't Call the Whole Thing Off

 

[Martinelv]

Shhh....Terri*, Dreamer, Person3 and various other women on here that I've proposed to might hear!!!

:?

Be thankfull I haven't proposed to you. Yet.

 

[g-funk]

oh you wouldn't want to marry me, I'm hideously grotesque, I have boils all over my face, a nose like the Child-Catcher and webbed toes
8)

 

[Martinelv]

You've been on this board for a while G-FUNK, and you still haven't figured out that I'm not fussy ? (Whispered apologies to Janine, Dreamer..etc..).

As long as I can read the writing on the tag on her toe, she's the lady for me.