Did you return to normal after stopping taking antipsychotics ? I have gone cold turkey 40 days ago , few days ago I felt really good for 4 days , really happy but anhedonia has returned again . It is making me really suicidal and depressed .
I did cold turkey on promazine ( old antipsychotic) after 2 and a half months of taking it because it caused me anhedonia but I still have it , I was wondering would some med like Wellbutrin help with it since it is used for anhedonia. I hate all meds but I am desperate .
I did cold turkey on promazine ( old antipsychotic) after 2 and a half months of taking it because it caused me anhedonia but I still have it , I was wondering would some med like Wellbutrin help with it since it is used for anhedonia. I hate all meds but I am desperate .
I have been on Clonazepam for 2 years , I slowly tapered it off and stopped but my doctor gave me promazine to "help" me get over it . My life is ruined now , I have anhedonia , insomnia, mood changes , I am feeling cold in middle of July , muscle spasms etc .
I feel like I will have to end this all , I am so afraid. Is there a way out or am I ruined forever.
Can anhedonia caused by antipsychotic be permanent ?
I was taking 150 mg of promazine for 2 months and got Anhedonia
I am worried it might be permanent
To start of , I was diagnosed with OCD and when I was 23 years old my doctor prescribed me Clonazepam of 2 mg ( rivotril ) . He kept me on it for 2 years . This January I started taper , it lasted four months. This April withdrawal was really bad , I got Anhedonia , I didn't really have will to live ( my ocd also got really bad ) . Anhedonia was hitting hard because I used video games to escape pain from withdrawal. My older brother suggested doctor from Belgrade ( we are in Serbia ) , said he could help me to get rid of Clonazepam. So I went there , the first things he said without hearing me was that he prescribes me promazine ( of 200 mg ! ) , it was weird but I was desperate, I thought Clonazepam withdrawal was worse thing I could feel ( boy was I wrong ) .He also prescribed me escitalopram ( Lexapro ) when he heard I had anhedonia which is weird since he gave me promazine and he causes even worse anhedonia.
So I started that therapy, I went with 150 mg promazine since I thought 200 mg was too much and with 10 mg of Lexapro.
First month was okay anhedonia from rivotril started getting weaker 5 days after I stopped taking it at all. After month of taking that therapy I noticed my intrusive thoughts got stronger so I went to that doctor and he told me to start taking 20 mg of Lexapro and to increase promazine ( I didn't thank God ) . After 3 days of 20 mg of Lexapro my life turned into hell . I got extreme restlessness and akathisia , total anhedonia , suicidal thoughts, insomnia the list goes on.
After 3 more days I called doctor and he told me that it wasn't from that therapy because Lexapro doesn't affect brain !
So I kept suffering 12 days on that therapy until I downloaded Gemini and told him my symptoms.
I lowered dose to 10 mg and restlessness and akathisia started to lower also but I still had total anhedonia and I got rectal muscle spasm ( I couldn't fully empty my bowels) . I kept suffering for 10 days , in the meantime I tried eglonyl ( sulpirid ) of 50 mg and my restlessness increased and my pulse even went to 140 seconds a minute . I stopped with eglonyl thinking it was a problem again .
I went to the other doctor because I didn't trust the old one , I asked him to replace me Lexapro because I was thinking it was still the problem. He gave me prozac and mirtzapin ( remirta ) for sleep and reduced promazine by 50 mg . For 14 days I was getting better . I could again play multiplayer games and new games but not old because of my anhedonia . I noticed that whenever I take my first promazine dose around 17 o'clock I got increased anxiety. Again because I was dumb I thought it was prozac cus I heard he can increase anxiety in the beginning.
My restlessness stopped but I got waves of derealization and insomnia .
I am now second day without that poison , today I had waves of happiness and enjoyment while I was listening to music because dopamine is not blocked anymore, rectal muscle spasm is still there but feels weaker. So that poison gave me extreme restlessness, akathisia, insomnia, anhedonia , spasm , increased heartbeat and list goes on . I was idiot I replaced 3 medicine without realizing the real problem ( I thought because it was sedative it wouldn't cause all that ) , I still have trouble sleeping. I was ready to take back Clonazepam because that idiot of doctor told me it was causing it . It was still better med ( lesser evil I guess ) .
I really hope no one goes though it or went though it .
Sorry if English is bad and if this was too long I wish this hell didn't last this long ( still does ) .
To start of , I was diagnosed with OCD and when I was 23 years old my doctor prescribed me Clonazepam of 2 mg ( rivotril ) . He kept me on it for 2 years . This January I started taper , it lasted four months. This April withdrawal was really bad , I got Anhedonia , I didn't really have will to live ( my ocd also got really bad ) . Anhedonia was hitting hard because I used video games to escape pain from withdrawal. My older brother suggested doctor from Belgrade ( we are in Serbia ) , said he could help me to get rid of Clonazepam. So I went there , the first things he said without hearing me was that he prescribes me promazine ( of 200 mg ! ) , it was weird but I was desperate, I thought Clonazepam withdrawal was worse thing I could feel ( boy was I wrong ) .He also prescribed me escitalopram ( Lexapro ) when he heard I had anhedonia which is weird since he gave me promazine and he causes even worse anhedonia.
So I started that therapy, I went with 150 mg promazine since I thought 200 mg was too much and with 10 mg of Lexapro.
First month was okay anhedonia from rivotril started getting weaker 5 days after I stopped taking it at all. After month of taking that therapy I noticed my intrusive thoughts got stronger so I went to that doctor and he told me to start taking 20 mg of Lexapro and to increase promazine ( I didn't thank God ) . After 3 days of 20 mg of Lexapro my life turned into hell . I got extreme restlessness and akathisia , total anhedonia , suicidal thoughts, insomnia the list goes on.
After 3 more days I called doctor and he told me that it wasn't from that therapy because Lexapro doesn't affect brain !
So I kept suffering 12 days on that therapy until I downloaded Gemini and told him my symptoms.
I lowered dose to 10 mg and restlessness and akathisia started to lower also but I still had total anhedonia and I got rectal muscle spasm ( I couldn't fully empty my bowels) . I kept suffering for 10 days , in the meantime I tried eglonyl ( sulpirid ) of 50 mg and my restlessness increased and my pulse even went to 140 seconds a minute . I stopped with eglonyl thinking it was a problem again .
I went to the other doctor because I didn't trust the old one , I asked him to replace me Lexapro because I was thinking it was still the problem. He gave me prozac and mirtzapin ( remirta ) for sleep and reduced promazine by 50 mg . For 14 days I was getting better . I could again play multiplayer games and new games but not old because of my anhedonia . I noticed that whenever I take my first promazine dose around 17 o'clock I got increased anxiety. Again because I was dumb I thought it was prozac cus I heard he can increase anxiety in the beginning.
My restlessness stopped but I got waves of derealization and insomnia .
I am now second day without that poison , today I had waves of happiness and enjoyment while I was listening to music because dopamine is not blocked anymore, rectal muscle spasm is still there but feels weaker. So that poison gave me extreme restlessness, akathisia, insomnia, anhedonia , spasm , increased heartbeat and list goes on . I was idiot I replaced 3 medicine without realizing the real problem ( I thought because it was sedative it wouldn't cause all that ) , I still have trouble sleeping. I was ready to take back Clonazepam because that idiot of doctor told me it was causing it . It was still better med ( lesser evil I guess ) .
I really hope no one goes though it or went though it .
Sorry if English is bad and if this was too long I wish this hell didn't last this long ( still does ) .
To start of , I was diagnosed with OCD and when I was 23 years old my doctor prescribed me Clonazepam of 2 mg ( rivotril ) . He kept me on it for 2 years . This January I started taper , it lasted four months. This April withdrawal was really bad , I got Anhedonia , I didn't really have will to live ( my ocd also got really bad ) . Anhedonia was hitting hard because I used video games to escape pain from withdrawal. My older brother suggested doctor from Belgrade ( we are in Serbia ) , said he could help me to get rid of Clonazepam. So I went there , the first things he said without hearing me was that he prescribes me promazine ( of 200 mg ! ) , it was weird but I was desperate, I thought Clonazepam withdrawal was worse thing I could feel ( boy was I wrong ) .He also prescribed me escitalopram ( Lexapro ) when he heard I had anhedonia which is weird since he gave me promazine and he causes even worse anhedonia.
So I started that therapy, I went with 150 mg promazine since I thought 200 mg was too much and with 10 mg of Lexapro.
First month was okay anhedonia from rivotril started getting weaker 5 days after I stopped taking it at all. After month of taking that therapy I noticed my intrusive thoughts got stronger so I went to that doctor and he told me to start taking 20 mg of Lexapro and to increase promazine ( I didn't thank God ) . After 3 days of 20 mg of Lexapro my life turned into hell . I got extreme restlessness and akathisia , total anhedonia , suicidal thoughts, insomnia the list goes on.
After 3 more days I called doctor and he told me that it wasn't from that therapy because Lexapro doesn't affect brain !
So I kept suffering 12 days on that therapy until I downloaded Gemini and told him my symptoms.
I lowered dose to 10 mg and restlessness and akathisia started to lower also but I still had total anhedonia and I got rectal muscle spasm ( I couldn't fully empty my bowels) . I kept suffering for 10 days , in the meantime I tried eglonyl ( sulpirid ) of 50 mg and my restlessness increased and my pulse even went to 140 seconds a minute . I stopped with eglonyl thinking it was a problem again .
I went to the other doctor because I didn't trust the old one , I asked him to replace me Lexapro because I was thinking it was still the problem. He gave me prozac and mirtzapin ( remirta ) for sleep and reduced promazine by 50 mg . For 14 days I was getting better . I could again play multiplayer games and new games but not old because of my anhedonia . I noticed that whenever I take my first promazine dose around 17 o'clock I got increased anxiety. Again because I was dumb I thought it was prozac cus I heard he can increase anxiety in the beginning.
My restlessness stopped but I got waves of derealization and insomnia .
I am now second day without that poison , today I had waves of happiness and enjoyment while I was listening to music because dopamine is not blocked anymore, rectal muscle spasm is still there but feels weaker. So that poison gave me extreme restlessness, akathisia, insomnia, anhedonia , spasm , increased heartbeat and list goes on . I was idiot I replaced 3 medicine without realizing the real problem ( I thought because it was sedative it wouldn't cause all that ) , I still have trouble sleeping. I was ready to take back Clonazepam because that idiot of doctor told me it was causing it . It was still better med ( lesser evil I guess ) .
I really hope no one goes though it or went though it .
Sorry if English is bad and if this was too long I wish this hell didn't last this long ( still does ) .