Posted by SLS on December 3, 2016, at 7:45:27
In reply to Lexapro Withdrawal:endless hell, posted by elanor roosevelt on December 3, 2016, at 1:06:11
> have looked around online and find many people going on with this awful state for up to a year.
That's pretty scary. You might try to use drugs that block 5-HT2a receptors to ease your discontinuation withdrawal syndrome.
- Atypical antipsychotics
- cyproheptadine (Periactin)
- mirtazapine (Remeron)I need a reset, too. I'm sure that exposure to all of these foreign compounds produced long-term changes in brain function and subsequent responsitivity to medication.
Did I already mention Trileptal (oxcarbazepine)?
What about Topamax (topiramate)?
I know you say that mood-stabilizers are counterproductive for you, but they each work so differently from one another. I know people who do well with Keppra (levetiracetam). One woman who was a rapid cycler and non-responsive to standard mood stabilizers went on to do well with Keppra monotherapy. I think you can find a paper on this written by Kenneth Kaufman.
Neurontin or Lyrica?
Depakote?
Benzodiazepines?
- Xanax (alprazolam) maybe? It is perhaps the worst BZD for addiction (not physiological dependency). However, it is also the one of the best for anxiety (not anxiety disorders) and depression.
- Klonopin (clonazepam) has some mood-stabilizing properties, but often leaaves one feeling mildly to moderately depressed.Trileptal has been shown to work well to treat withdrawal symptoms from discontinuing BZDs and alcohol.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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