Panic Disorder/Anxiety- Medication Withdrawal

[Panic90]

Hello everyone

Under the supervision of my psychiatrist, I am discontinuing one type of medication in order to commence a different type of medication for my anxiety and panic disorder.

I only took the medication for about six months then I have been tapering for a month, on advice of my psych. Two days ago, I ceased the medication entirely. The withdrawal symptoms during the taper were mild and manageable. However on day two of no medication, they have hit me bad.

The dizziness is at the point where I struggle to walk, nauseous/stomach cramps, headache, fatigue, body aches.

My psych did warn me this may happen however I was somewhat unprepared and am concerned I will have to miss work this coming week. My boss is rather difficult to communicate with and unforgiving in terms of personal matters interfering with work.

Has anyone else experienced withdrawals like this? Any advice for me please?

Many thanks

[resiliency]

Hi Panic90,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts..I've only just read it now and this is my first post ever..!Sounds really difficult with what you're experiencing.. How did you go last week?

I've recently experienced withdrawals going from one medication to another and had the dizziness/headache/fatigue etc too on day 2 of no medication. It's continued being on new medication (which I take at night for this one) , though I'm trying to be kind to myself when I'm feeling a bit off and trying to take it one day a time.. Are there things you find helpful when you're going through the withdrawals ?

Not sure if this helps, and not sure about any advice to give you, but hopefully we can hang in there (and others too going through a difficult patch with changing medication!)