i know i am not the bearer of good news but it was a shock to me as well when i read it, yeah, post withdrawal disorder is an actual thing and can last months or up to a year.
…But I would want to know about it beforehand. And I’d want to be working with a caring, thoughtful psychiatrist who not only acknowledged the potential problem, but was proactive in helping his or her patients deal with it. I would run — not walk — away from a psychiatrist or physician who claimed the problem didn’t exist, or that I shouldn’t worry about it.
just thought people should be aware of this problem as it isnt normally acknowledged by psychiatrists.
Despite getting terrible side effects from meds I rarely experience withdrawal. Only one med gave me severe withdrawal effects and that was geodon. I got crazy mood swings while tapering off and then the worst was the first few days I went off completely, where I was experiencing extreme anxiety. Withdrawal effects were so bad in fact that it was the first medication I was completely unable to quit cold turkey, it had me retching at even the smell of food in addition to the bad anxiety. Quitting Zoloft gave me insomnia for about 2 weeks combined w vivid and severe nightmares when I did sleep.
Other than that I never had any issues with withdrawal despite dropping all my past meds cold turkey. I guess I’m lucky in that aspect.
Most psych drugs there’s no withdrawal. Some, Like effexor are a bitch to get off. That does have a serious withdrawal and it’s been noted in the literature and on these boards.
I’d be very dubious about anything along those lines unless it’s reported in the literature!