After using cipralex 10 mg for almost 5 years, I tapered the medication and came down to cipralex 5 mg. I'm on the current dosage of 5 mg since the past two months. The problem is i'm having terrible withdrawal symptoms and a tough withdrawal phase. I thought to use a higher dosage and have been advised to transit to fluoxetine 20 mg as I was told it is really easy to come out of fluoxetine later.
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Withdrawal symptoms usually occur when an ssri antidepressant is suddenly stopped, called the discontinuation syndrome. You can check whether the symptoms you are experiencing match with that. It seems unlikely that you are experiencing withdrawal as you are gradually tapering the dose. More probable explanation is that your anxiety symptoms were effectively controlled on a higher dose and lower dose is not sufficient to take care of them. Advice would be to go back to 10 mg and start with various psychological and behavioral techniques to manage anxiety and then consider tapering gradually. It's true there is less risk of withdrawal with fluoxetine but the risk of relapse of anxiety after stopping it is same as any other antidepressant.
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Dear user I can understand your problem but leaving one medicine and depending on other one is not good. And according to your details its your withdrawal phase so counseling is a best option for you now, counseling will make you strong and you learn how to fight with your thoughts, how to strong your willpower and live positively, with medicine you need counseling as well so that you would be able to taper your medicines after sometime and learn how to manage or control your thoughts on your own. All I need is a complete case history of yours and want to guide you about your thoughts and worries so that without medicines you can enjoy your life in a better way, but without knowing everything I won't be able to help you. If you want to get rid of over thinking and negative thoughts medicines are not enough counseling will help you in a better way. If you quit medicines with counseling there are bright chances to get rid of medicines permanently. Change your routine and life style, add some more activities and exercise to your routine, spend time in your favorite activities, meet your friends and one most imp thing strong your will power and enhance your insight. I will help and support you so please call me and discuss all the details. My clinic no is mobile, thnx.
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