Symptoms: Brain zaps, emotional blunting, insomnia, depersonalization/derealization, suicidal ideation, severe anxiety/panic, muscle/joint pain, GI disturbances
At 8 years old I took my daughter to see a therapist and seeing one for 2 years was told it would be best to put my child on medication. So 10 years old 5th grade she was put on 10mg the same dose as an adult. For the first year things seem better till they didn’t, it seem the depression was coming back. She started to see more depressed than before. Me like a dummy thought how can she be more depressed she’s on the medication. I started hearing podcast about people on medication making them worst. Then them having to be on more medication and how they started as teenagers and now they are 30. I said I can’t let that be my daughter I’m going to start tapering her now. Which so many people I talk to say that’s Great they wish their parents tapered them as a teen.
But my Lord it’s so hard. My heart goes out to my daughter the withdrawal systoms are terrible! Headaches, crying spells, dizzy light headed, anxiety depression and may kinds of pains, all worst then the initial issues. All while being a teenager and no one for her to relate to. Doctors never told us to it was a bad withdrawal like this torture and since she’s a minor no one wants to help us!