"I was eventually convinced by a psychologist (and my wife) to try Zoloft because I was one of those people that was either born with a chemical imbalance or I acquired one due to my childhood traumas. Well...those 3 days were...pure hell on earth." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
After 2 years on #antidepressants: Diagnosed Paroxysmal Supra Ventricular Tachycardia "24 years of my life chasing this, never not once did any medical or other professional suggest I go see a cardiologist but they were all too willing to take my money.." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
"I was very very ill about a week after I started Pristiq & I told my GP numerous times but she just said to "keep going" as it takes about 6-8 weeks to kick in and start working...it was obvious she was in too far over her head..." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
"I am flabbergasted at how [my GP] can then diagnose me with Major depression disorder & give me the harsh drug of Prisitiq even after my heart episodes had finally been found...I was also dealing with withdrawal from Lexapro & very...vulnerable...." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
"my 9 months anniversary of being off [#psychiatric] meds, a.k.a poison, I find myself here (& benzo buddies) again reading the stories of all those harmed by these ignorant, uneducated, narcissistics with a God complex...." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
Post-acute withdrawal #PAWS 9 months off Pristiq: "I am deeply hurt & saddened to see the quantity of people so ill, so sick & scared almost to the point of believing they are "out of their mind"....Hell, I have thought the same thing myself many a time." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
Post-acute withdrawal #PAWS 9 months off Pristiq: "Thankfully over the past couple of days I have had some relief in symptoms even with an air of confidence and positivity that this might actually all go away eventually." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
"I need to acknowledge the one other than my family to get me through....Baylissa Fredericks....she is relentless in her efforts to maintain everyone's thoughts on healing......her energy and spirit is remarkable and truly is of super human proportions." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
10 months post-acute withdrawal #PAWS: "They say we are mentally ill, underlying issues, need meds to treat the chemical imbalance, need to go to a mental facility. But I never had this crap before I started eating this poison...." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
10 months post-acute withdrawal #PAWS: "Career gone. I don't even want to calculate the damage this has done to my finances but it is well over 1/4 million dollars....Don't get me started of hours wasted in torment...." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
10 months #antidepressant #PAWS: "Well I cant get well again listening to the doctors, so I will have to continue with the blind faith of those out there in the ethernet (that I have never met & probably never will) that this will end with more time..." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
"Without doubt it is the Pristiq, I had a terrible reaction to it within a handful of days of taking this garbage & have not been the same since, and I asked my GP to get me off it but she said to "keep going, keep going, it takes 8 weeks to kick in"...." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
"unfortunatley things are not very good at all [28 months of #PAWS off Pristiq]....between the akathisia , anxiety, fear, tinnitus, muscle twitching, early morning wake up with terror and on and on it goes...." survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16251-ps…
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