Posted by IsoM on February 18, 2003, at 12:30:43
In reply to Re: A cure for any kind of withdrawal!, posted by bubble on February 15, 2003, at 19:05:50
Trying to answer your questions:
1) Seeing I don't know what Zyprexa is like, I can say that while both luvox & paxil were horrible going off (for me), Paxil was much worse even though I took months weaning off both. With Luvox, I was still able to function & drive (though very carefully & it made me nervous the whole time). With Paxil, I literally was bed-ridden. Every time I moved, I'd get waves or nausea & vertigo. The sensations I got in my brain were very weird. Talking with a pharmacist who was very up on meds, he said that there were brain wave changes that could be seen on EEG when stopping Pail. He said they were similar to what happens with very small electric shocks applied to one's head.
2) Nothing worked for me. I tried St. John's wort, extra vitamins & minerals, herbs for calming anxiety, anything I could think of. I even ate catnip straight as it's supposedly very calming. Ginger helped with the nausea - that's all. In fact, even a year or more later I was still having the strange brain zaps & waves of vertigo but much milder. When I started Provigil (initially it was adrafinil not modafinil), I immediately went back to feeling normal & have had no problems since.
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