Dear Billymac~
Welcome here to the Forum. It was a good idea of yours to seek out other's experiences and not just go it alone. Please do be aware everyone is different, and what applies to one person does not necessarily apply to others.
May I ask why you stopped your meds and also if anything has happened in your life recently to make you feel this bad?
I fell into a trap many others have fallen in.
I was sailing along in pretty reasonable shape and had been doing so for a long time. At the same time I'd been taking meds which seemed to help when I first started them.
Eventually I thought I had been right for long enough I did not need them any more, and with the knowledge of my psych tailed off them. As I reduced my symptoms which included anxiety, excessive worry, distorted thinking and decision making, sleepless nights all increased.
Talking it over with my psych, the one that had started the prescription, he said either the original conditions was still there and had been held in check by my meds, or else it was a symptom associated with the tailing off. there was no easy way of deciding which it was.
So I agreed to go back on the meds, and then after a while tail off much more slowly, which I did. Unfortunalty in my case the symptoms I mentioned returned again and after a period wihtout meds life was so unpleasant I went back on and have stayed on ever since.
So in answer to your question I'd see your prescriber, describe what is happening to you (notes are a help) and see what is said.
If you felt like coming back and saying how you got on that would be great
Croix
