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TheBigSpook

Updated 1y ago

Accidentally Stopped Meds: Withdrawal Hell

So I somehow forgot to put my Lexapro AND Wellbutrin in my pill organizer for the week. šŸ«£ Have any of you accidentally cold turkey stopped your meds and had insane withdrawals? What was it like for you? Bc goddam the last few days were ROUGH and I had no idea why. Thank god for meds for real

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Petaluna

1y

I've had to or mistakenly missed meds. I had bad brain zaps even after I restarted. The only thing that helped was lots of vitamin C. I keep the gummies around just in case. I'm sorry you're going through this.
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TheBigSpook

1y

what are brain zaps?
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Waterlemon

1y

omg I just commented about brain zaps, haha!
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SecondChance

1y

I stopped talking all my meds once..... never again.
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Tinkerbelle

1y

I stopped Lexapro and Wellbutrin cold turkey almost 3 months ago. It was awful, and I absolutely don't recommend it! 1 gained weight, and I have body I ssues. That's why I freaked out. Withdrawing from the medication was bad, bbjt not nearly as bad as eating everything in sight, and being so.mean! I didn't recognize myself on that stuff. I'm back on Trintellix now. And I'm so much better!. Please seek medical advice before stopping any medication. ā¤ļø
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AstraDragon

1y

Had the worst withdrawal symptoms from going cold turkey off my depression meds due to running out of them during a snow storm. I felt like I had the flu but it was only the withdrawal effects. Different medicine will act differently with different people tho.
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Tinkerbelle

1y

oh it was terrible going off the Lexapro! I had terrible withdrawal symptoms! Headache, extreme nausea, irritability, insomnia etc. But being on it was 100 times worse for me.
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Waterlemon

1y

withdraws from effexor give me major ā€˜brain zapsā€™ lol, almost like little zaps of dizziness that are very short lived but super weird

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