A weird state of mind after Cipralex tapering and withdrawal

[lostmyway]

Hello all

I am wondering, after a month of stopping this drug, is it normal to have brain fog, and the brains reluctance to think properly any more and try to concentrate on things you need to concentrate on?
e.g. a university assessment.  I still don't have a great deal of energy and the things that this SSRI was suppressing (panic, anxiety, feelings of depression and so on) seem to have made their way back.. The anger i was suffering when i was withdrawing from this drug have thankfully stopped.  I guess I just feel spaced out, light-headed and so on.  I hope to 'feel normal' in the future.  I really hate feeling this way, and just want a normal life.

Regards

[Amanda_George]

I've never taken Cipralex, but would it be worth having a chat to your GP to see if there's anything they can give you to help with the returning feelings?  Just a thought    

[lostmyway]

Its a possibility..  Tablets deal with the symptoms, but not the underlying cause of everything.  Makes me wonder when life is ever going to get onto the level it needs to be , in order for me to get somewhere.  I just have problems dealing with it

[Amanda_George]

Could you maybe ask to be referred to a psychologist or counsellor or therapist or something?  Talking to us is a start, but we can only offer peer to peer support - a specialist is trained to help you so maybe ask about that?   

[Pip]

A professional can be of help so it is worth you asking your GP.

[lostmyway]

I have already been down that road, and it wasn't a fruitful one.  One made me take paroxetine. Felt like my head was exploding.

[Amanda_George]

It sounds like you saw a psychiatrist if they prescribed meds for you... a psychologist deals with talking things.  I used to get confused between them too.  Fortunately there are more good psychologists out there than bad ones, it just sometimes takes a bit of experimenting to find the one you feel able to confide in... don't give up, keep trying even though that's the last thing you feel like doing right now!   :smile:

[lostmyway]

I've also seen a psychologist in the past.   I have tried that route also , and counselling privately (that didn't last long).  Being independent maybe desirable and worthwhile , but its a hell of a lot easier said than done, and we are all different how we handle things.

I'm now (as stated before) 44 years old, not 23.  I'm sure i am not the only one when I say that life has never really got going, and time is going on rather now.  I guess you cant break peoples negative programming, as there's a lot of damage been done already, from a mental perspective.  It does make me think about where I went wrong and so on, but that's just a waste of energy.  Some things are meant to be, and some are not.  It's just the way it is.

[Amanda_George]

I've also seen a psychologist in the past.   I have tried that route also , and counselling privately (that didn't last long).  Being independent maybe desirable and worthwhile , but its a hell of a lot easier said than done, and we are all different how we handle things.

I'm now (as stated before) 44 years old, not 23.  I'm sure i am not the only one when I say that life has never really got going, and time is going on rather now.  I guess you cant break peoples negative programming, as there's a lot of damage been done already, from a mental perspective.  It does make me think about where I went wrong and so on, but that's just a waste of energy.  Some things are meant to be, and some are not.  It's just the way it is.

  if you want it, Lostmyway.  I haven't got going since moving to Gloucester and I'm 39 this year.  How would you feel about going back to studying as a mature student?  Not necessarily for the qualification, but for the independence and friendship and support?  If that doesn't take your fancy, how about taking up a new and totally different creative hobby?  Writing or drawing or something like that?   

[lostmyway]

i'm already a mature student with the open university.

[Amanda_George]

Ah right... that's awesome!  Are you getting enough support with your studies?  What are you studying?   

[Pip]

I had the same problem when I needed help and got the help from people who had been through the same as me rather than from the so called counsellor who was clueless