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Is this normal? What is happening severe wave afte 7 months off!


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Symptoms are so bad and have hit 10x harder over the last 4 days and I just wrought this in a text to my mom and can't explain it any better than this! Is this normal what is happening to my brain? Losing hope pease help!

 

Momma I literally had to leave the store for a min cause I felt like I was gonna pass out. These symptoms I would never want you to have to endure what I'm going through but if you could for one second walk in my shoes you would understand. The pressure burning numbness and and physical symptoms in my head are so severe I can't hardly stand up or focus on anything else and it literally feels like my head is on fire and gonna burst and it feels like there is so much pressure in my head my brain is just gonna stop working and it feels like something like gravity is forcing me to the ground with all this pressure it's in my forehead above my eyes and my temples goes up to the middle part of my head down into the right side witch are the same symptoms I've had just 10x more severe over the last 4 days.

 

Then it's like I'm fighting my brain to even stay in touch with reality with the severe confusion DP/DR, and the horrible intrusive thoughts are horrible and very scary it's like when I was detoxed in the hospital just so much worse I don't understand it?

 

Emotionally if I stop for a min my brain just goes numb and to a dark place and if I try and push myself the pressure and physical in my head are driving me to the ground!

 

Momma that drug severely damaged my brain and I just wander  if this is not permanently damaged?

 

The Zoloft was a really bad idea and after over 6 moths their is no telling what it's doing to me? All it's done is delay my healing and prolong my suffering!

 

I'm so scared momma this is the most horrible thing I've ever been through and I don't know if I'll survive?

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You can do it...hang in there! I had all of those symptoms at that point and time as well. My first year off was far from enjoyable. It was hell! I'm still struggling at 17 months out, but I'm doing much better. I know my brain will heal. I just have to have faith and so do you.

 

Listen to your body and don't push it too much. It you have to rest, you have to rest. Your mom will support you. Don't worry, you WILL make it!!  :smitten: :smitten:

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Sorry that you're going through the hell. I can relate to waves, I've had a mega wave 7 months out myself.

 

When did you start the Zoloft btw? Zoloft can cause issues sometimes like you wouldn't believe. It almost completely ruined my life in 2012 until I went off it cold turkey. I had something called "activation syndrome".

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So sorry for your suffering. I know exactly what you going trough bc I'm going trough the same for 12 months now. Pure hell and suffering with burning head scalp.

But I have to tell you I had a few days just recently when I felt 60-70% better. I was smiling and my burning pain was much less. Today is very bad again but those better days here and there give me hope it can get better. And it will get better for you too. Is just takes a looong time. Hopefully for you it will come faster than me.

Hot bath always help me or ice on my head.

So sorry again for you suffering

Love and healing

Vica

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Yeah it's crazy and I'm to the point of giving up it's so bad! The burning numbness pressure and extreme pain in my forehead, above my eyes, in my temples, runs up to the middle part of my head down the side and into the back of my neck has been their since the beginning and I've tried so hard to push through but I'm telling you it hit me about a week again right before the 7 month mark for me and if I thought I was suffering before now it's literally brought me to my knees and this has been the worst week of my life the symptoms have tripled in the last week and continue to get worse so bad today that I had to leave work early to come home and just lay in my head I can't even hardly stand up.

 

On top of the physical pain in my head the severe confusion, DP/DR. Disorienting feeling, horrible racing thoughts or intrusive thoughts. Extreme anxiety to the point I can't breath and get really dizzy light headed and feel like I'm gonna throw up this is horrible and to get hit this hard after 7 months off is almost unbearable and I don't know if I'll survive this or even be able to continue to work.

 

This is not living it's just trying to survive on min to the next with no end in sight! Is any of this normal after 7 months? Is this benzo related or is it the Zoloft or a combination of both I don't know?

 

I got put on the Zoloft in the hospital against my better judgement and I do think that it's made my situation worse delayed my healing and that's just another drug that's causing more damage to my brain that I'm gonna have to recover from!

 

I tried to start tapering the Zoloft 2 months ago but my symptoms have been so bad I've been holding at 87.5mg for that long so I don't know what to do or if I'll survive this wave of madness!

 

How long will this last?

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I am at one year tomorrow and suffer from a lot of these symptoms. My head/neck pain, pressure and tightness are not to be believed. I can only hope you start to come out of this before I am. Please hold on.
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I just don't know how much more I can take the extreme anxiety severe emotional symptoms on top of the severe pain pressure burning and numbness in my brain it's too much and this increase in symptoms or this wave whatever it is over the last week has been the worst suffering I've ever known and is for sure testing the limits of the misery and torture I can handle and is very scary as well as miserable!

 

The physical pain and pressure in my head is so as I can't hardly function or even open my mouth to talk or even stand or move my head and the anxiety and severity ord the emotional symptoms are so bad I can lay down and rest either so I don't know what to do or if I'll survive this?

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I had a really bad 2 week wave from the end of month 6 going into 7. After that I've had the best month yet with lots of windows. Starting to feel fairly normal now though not entirely sx free. You may have a similar improvement if you can hold on through this wave. I know it's horrible but you can make it.
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I'm trying but this is honestly worse than it was even right after and during detox and the worst it's been since and I'm telling you no one should ever have to endure this kinda of suffering not even my worst enemy would I wish this upon!

 

The physical symptoms are the worse they have ever been and my head feels like it's on fire and gonna burst wide open and the emotional symptoms make me feel like I'm have a nervous or psych breakdown it's honestly the worst week in the 7 months I've been off and that's hard to take you think you would gradually get better but this hit has just about taking me out! If I even move severe pressure pain burning and numbness shoots through my brain and emotionally I really think I'm going crazy with this dark cloud racing thoughts and intrusive thoughts I'm losing it!

 

I just told my mom I don't know if I can survive if thisnlast much longer and you said two weeks well mine started hitting me this way and I noticed this change or uptick in symptoms a week ago Sunday so I'm into the 2 me week and it's holding strong if not getting stronger everyday!

 

And as far as the Zoloft I don't know what it's adding to this but it's for sure not helping and I have had to hold at 87.5mg for over two months and was just getting ready to drop again before this nightmare hit me!

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I do have a question with another bothersome symptom on top of the burning numbness pressure and physical symptoms in my brain and the emotional symptoms I have this dark evil cloud of racing thoughts and intrusive thoughts Including SU/HM ideation especially with this major wave and uptick in symptoms is this benzo related or the Zoloft turning on me or a combo of both because that's another symptom that has increased tremendously over the past week along with the physical symptoms and I'm just wandering where the root is? And Is this normal given my situation?
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