Anyone ever gone off of an antidepressant? *Update bottom of page 2*

[borzoimom]

What is B complex? Is it a prescription drug? Oh wait, no, that's a vitamin right?

No ma'am - its a vitamin you can get anywhere. Now i use the ones at GNC because I think they are better. But it sure did work!
Remember your warning signs they told you about, but try it. and its not expensive. You want to get the whole B complex and not the singles like 6 and 12 types. You can feel it in one hour, and what you dont use, you will pass in your urine ( your urine will look darker, but its fine...)
I can still tell if I dont take it. Now I take one at night before I go to bed, but if I forget I take one in the morning. The reason for night time, is this is a water soluable vitamin and will pass. At night keeps it in the system longer.
Do you have a GNC near you? If not even a walmart brand would help alot.
Keep me posted and you can pm me if you want.. Take care and God bless..

[JenBKR]

No ma'am - its a vitamin you can get anywhere. Now i use the ones at GNC because I think they are better. But it sure did work!
Remember your warning signs they told you about, but try it. and its not expensive. You want to get the whole B complex and not the singles like 6 and 12 types. You can feel it in one hour, and what you dont use, you will pass in your urine ( your urine will look darker, but its fine...)
I can still tell if I dont take it. Now I take one at night before I go to bed, but if I forget I take one in the morning. The reason for night time, is this is a water soluable vitamin and will pass. At night keeps it in the system longer.
Do you have a GNC near you? If not even a walmart brand would help alot.
Keep me posted and you can pm me if you want.. Take care and God bless..

Thank you so so much! I am going to try that - I will buy some today. I will be right by a GNC later on today so I will get some there. I feel relieved already - one of the reasons I went off the medication is because we want to start trying for a baby, but I don't want to be on the antidepressants while pregnant. Of course, I don't want to feel depressed either......but it sounds like this vitamin will help. Thank you!!!

[borzoimom]

It helps TREMENDOUSLY!!!! ( also good for reproduction too.. lol.. ) You take care- I am here most of the time during the day, and you can always email me at [email protected] if you want too.. God bless!

[JenBKR]

It helps TREMENDOUSLY!!!! ( also good for reproduction too.. lol.. ) You take care- I am here most of the time during the day, and you can always email me at [email protected] if you want too.. God bless!

Thank you very much!! I really appreciate that!

[borzoimom]

you got it hon- ( yes i am southern.. lol..) and it really does help! ALOT!! Let me know okay??

[cfuh]

Hi there!!

Just wondering if you went off your meds cold turkey or slowly by reducing the dosage? The withdrawal affects are less if you do the latter.

Cathy

[JenBKR]

Hi there!!

Just wondering if you went off your meds cold turkey or slowly by reducing the dosage? The withdrawal affects are less if you do the latter.

Cathy

I very slowy weaned off...I don't think I could have gone cold turkey with Effexor because the side effects are so severe. In fact, it took me close to a year, then I switched to Prozac for a couple weeks to keep the side effects at bay. Thank you!

[Catty1]

I have had good experience with Paxil and its cousins....Lexapro, Celexa.

There are different "families" of SSRIs out there.

I think anyone should be free to try a completely different one if you need to. Doctors make educated guesses - they are the experts, but you are the boss. You know how you feel and don't feel.

Communication! That's the ticket. Jen - maybe you just need a low dose of the Paxil type?

[BOBS DAD]

Jen,

I hope it all works out for you. I take Paxil for anxiety and I can't stop. I don't feel anxious anymore and I don't feel any more anxious in the instances that I have tried to stop. But i get this very weird almost lightheadedness sensation that is very disturbing. I also get the KA-Raziest of Vivid Dreams - more like night terrors and wake up feeling tense and physically sore from clenching fingers, etc. So I guess I have to stay on them.

I hope you can succeed and that vitamins are your cure! Good luck,

Dan