[lovemywife]

My wife has been on for 3 years and due to the common side effects and beginning new insurance she decided to try and take her life back. she is so strong.. and i didnt know how bad off she really was. im trying and i have a good support system but holy crap this is tough. any little comment can make her snap, and ruin any time we may be having. im trying to hold my tongue about everything but its really tough not being able to act the way i have toward her for the last 15 years. we are HS sweetys and she got on this due to complications from possibly post partom and MS. please please tell me that it gets better soon. and any suggestions? she is cold turky...

[MaureenV]

Hiya,


cold turkey is really, really, REALLy tough. I'm not tough enough to try it and I've had my fair share of health issues over the years.

Full marks to you for trying so hard and being so supportive - you're a star!

Do you think your wife understands all that is happening to her? As in does she know she's being unreasonable.

I did, but only from some far off place: the way I was (and sometimes still do) react seems perfectly reasonable at the time. That's the problem with withdrawal from this drug. I've noticed too, that sometimes it's not what someone says, it's merely the fact that they've actually spoken to me that's a problem - I seem to be extra sensitive to noise, and I'm only tapering down slowly, not doing what your wife is doing.


Have to say going cold turkey is not recommended at all; if her problems continue, recommencing (aarrrghh) the drug at a much lower dose and tapering down slowly may be more beneficial (all round!).

Just try to imagine that the drug altered (temporarily presumably) the way her body operated; sudden withdrawal of the drug has left her body struggling to adapt to the absence of the drug. It's not the real her which is snapping at you, if that's any help. Probably not much, because I know how revolting I was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSRI_disco ... n_syndrome

This is a long article, but you may find it useful.

keep in touch, Maureen.

[SarahT]

Well I understand what you are going through. But my hubby did it a bit different. My hubby went from 120 to60 overnight then after a week down to 30mg and after a week was done with it it was so bad we went to go get some help and all they did was give him a different med and that has made things worse.

I walk on egg shells around him. And if I say something that sets him off instead of fight I walk away for a while and let him think about why I walked away. He comes to me and says sorry.

I am here for you if you need to talk