Can I do anything about these withdrawl symptoms?

harvest

My psych took me off Geodon (an anti-psychotic) (doesn't it sound like a pokemon?) the middle of last week because it was causing intermittent insomnia. Guess what one of the withdrawal symptoms is? Insomnia. Used some Ambien to patch that up and I'm able to sleep normally as of last night. However, I feel like dying because of this other shit.

Nausea, vertigo, wobbly vision, fatigue, paranoia, and some minor things I can't clearly identify. These are the feelings I feel for being taken off the medication. Do I just have to suffer through it? Is this is what it's like for other kinds of withdrawal from other drugs? Because this is just terrible and I feel terrible. The doctor just kind of shrugged when I told him about this stuff this morning, like it wasn't a big deal.

KyleWPeterson

You just need to fight to make your body need sleep. Set a time to get up early every morning, start off with a big breakfast, and try to get a good run in the day. Then toward the evening, an hour or two before you want to go to bed, turn off your computer, the tv, and whatever else, and start reading.

Kyle

ceres

If you get chest pains, severe headaches, uncontrollable vomiting, or anything else that seems unreasonably severe, call your psych, and then call your doctor.

Barring that sort of thing.. withdrawal from psychiatric medication blows. It just does. There's not much you can do except make sure you're getting enough fluids and try to stay calm. Most psychiatrists will try to ween you off what you're taking if you need to go off, for this reason - to lessen withdrawal symptoms.

harvest

Well today I don't feel constantly nauseous, it's just kind of intermittent. Which is an improvement I guess. I'm doing my best to tough it out, and when possible sleep through it. Slowly tapering off this medication wasn't really an option though because of the severity of the side effects it was causing.

Sarcastro

Although what you've described is generally only common in withdrawal from drugs affecting dopemine and seratonin levels, yes, pretty common.

As someone said, running (or other cardio) is a good bet, followed by as much sleep as you can muster.

You might want to try nibbling on some crystallzed ginger (or straight up if you roll like that), should help with the nausea, and may help out with the vertigo to a degree. It will also naturally boost your metabolism a bit during the day, and might help with the sleep at night.

If you smoke, it's a bad time to quit, but try to keep your last one an hour or two before bed, and if you likey the turkey/sandwiches, nows the time to indulge, especially around dinner.

Feral

harvest wrote: »

The doctor just kind of shrugged when I told him about this stuff this morning, like it wasn't a big deal.

I don't think I'd want somebody as my doctor who just shrugs off complaints about my medication.

Did he take you off cold-turkey or did he wean you off?

harvest

Sarcastro wrote: »

Although what you've described is generally only common in withdrawal from drugs affecting dopemine and seratonin levels, yes, pretty common.

As someone said, running (or other cardio) is a good bet, followed by as much sleep as you can muster.

You might want to try nibbling on some crystallzed ginger (or straight up if you roll like that), should help with the nausea, and may help out with the vertigo to a degree. It will also naturally boost your metabolism a bit during the day, and might help with the sleep at night.

If you smoke, it's a bad time to quit, but try to keep your last one an hour or two before bed, and if you likey the turkey/sandwiches, nows the time to indulge, especially around dinner.

Yeah today I've actually been drinking something called Jahe Wange (I think) which is crystallized gigner+honey. Wish I had some of those ginger bonbons now, those are great.

I'm just lucky enough to have half a baked turkey in the fridge right now. I should go attack that, although I don't feel like eating.