I also recommend any women trying to come off them to wait til your period is over. I think it’s much easier when your not dealing with PMS moodiness making the process worse.
The term “discontinuation syndrome” has always pissed me off.
In addition, while it’s probably no secret around here that SSRIs can cause behaviors that mimic bipolar mania, SSRIs certainly cause behaviors that look like autism as well – like stimming and hand flapping, etc but probably more rarely. I figure if Lanza was sensitive to the medication he may have been misdiagnosed with autism or aspergers. Obviously I don’t have enough information to know any of this so I’m just raising the possibility.
Also, honestly, I’ve experienced the autism-like side effects (among other more dangerous ones) which is why I know they’re possible. Eventually I stumbled upon some reports from other people who had the same experiences online and felt less crazy lol.
When I read about his side effects to Celexa and Lexapro, from the sound of it I thought Lanza had serotonin syndrome from small doses of those medications. As someone who has medication sensitivities I find that too many prescribers don’t really take my side effects seriously and I doubt many people were to take Lanza seriously either. If he was having drugs pushed on him that his body couldn’t handle, it makes me wonder if maybe they caused some permanent brain damage or personality changes.
Ugh, your experience with your family is so like mine. All of my side effects and mania are all in my head. If a drug makes me suicidal, the more I say it makes me suicidal, the more people think it’s going to prevent me from being suicidal instead. Everything I say is wrong and the more I talk the more wrong I am. I don’t even know how it’s possible that people think I could behave the way I do while ON meds while OFF of them.
I also recommend any women trying to come off them to wait til your period is over. I think it’s much easier when your not dealing with PMS moodiness making the process worse.
The term “discontinuation syndrome” has always pissed me off.
In addition, while it’s probably no secret around here that SSRIs can cause behaviors that mimic bipolar mania, SSRIs certainly cause behaviors that look like autism as well – like stimming and hand flapping, etc but probably more rarely. I figure if Lanza was sensitive to the medication he may have been misdiagnosed with autism or aspergers. Obviously I don’t have enough information to know any of this so I’m just raising the possibility.
Also, honestly, I’ve experienced the autism-like side effects (among other more dangerous ones) which is why I know they’re possible. Eventually I stumbled upon some reports from other people who had the same experiences online and felt less crazy lol.
When I read about his side effects to Celexa and Lexapro, from the sound of it I thought Lanza had serotonin syndrome from small doses of those medications. As someone who has medication sensitivities I find that too many prescribers don’t really take my side effects seriously and I doubt many people were to take Lanza seriously either. If he was having drugs pushed on him that his body couldn’t handle, it makes me wonder if maybe they caused some permanent brain damage or personality changes.
Ugh, your experience with your family is so like mine. All of my side effects and mania are all in my head. If a drug makes me suicidal, the more I say it makes me suicidal, the more people think it’s going to prevent me from being suicidal instead. Everything I say is wrong and the more I talk the more wrong I am. I don’t even know how it’s possible that people think I could behave the way I do while ON meds while OFF of them.