Moderator brassmonkey Posted September 16, 2017 Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2017 We each make our own hell out of WD, be it anhedonia, panic, anxiety, PGAD or what have you, and it's not up to us to judge how upsetting a particular set of symptoms is to another person. We must acknowledge that our suffering is not greater or any less than anyone else's. The rest of the world doesn't comprehend what we are going through. The only ones we have to rely on are our fellow travelers. When it comes to WD, anhedonia is natures way of protecting us from the excruciating experience of constant panic attacks, nonstop anxiety, adrenaline rushes, cortisol spikes, palpitations, suicidal ideation, intrusive thoughts and the like. Your mind decides that it is better to feel nothing at all than to be put through the ringer 24/7 with emotions and sensations that wrack the body and soul, and the slow healing/recover process to a snails pace. When the mind is allowed to feel nothing the body is then allowed to relax and direct it's energy to where it really needs to be used. This allows for faster more complete healing, less painful WD symptoms and a better quality of life. Yes, anhedonia is no fun. Primarily because we make it that way. We all want to regain our feelings as fast as possible. But we are in a healing situation where the body needs to be allowed to do what it needs to do, because it knows best how to put itself back together. Once we understand this, accept it and stop fighting it we will start to heal at a faster rate and life will be much more pleasant as we do so. Given a lifetime, the time spent in ADWD/recovery is insignificant. We have all had our "life" cruelly taken from us and want it back now. But to get it back fully we need to let the WD/recovery run its course, put on a brave face and accept what ever it throws at us, whether we can feel it or not. With time, the healing will happen and when it knows we are ready our minds will allow us to feel our full range of emotions again and life will be even better. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Zharul Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 hey bro. did u still feel weak? July 2017 - 3 shots = one of them haloperidol and only olanzapine 20mg for 2 weeks , weight gained August 2017- waiting recovery from haloperidol , drug tapper 10mg ,weight gained , weak muscle September 2017- drugs tapper 5mg weight gained , weak muscle October 2017 - drugs free , no improvment from haldol , weight gained , weak muscle November 2017 - waiting haldol recovery since , weight gained , weak muscle Link to comment
Deadpool Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 There are no more medicines for me. I have regained my human life. Back to full throttle. Now... Ladies, have we met before? 😈 1 Took RISPOND (RISPERIDONE) 1mg twice daily (morning and night) for 3 months along with Dayo OD 500 at night. Quit cold turkey of all meds in feb 29, 2016. Its been 4 months off the meds now!( as of 29 June, 2016) Intense withdrawal effect. Not able to focus on something completely. Some memory problems. Passion for everything has died. Everything has to be done forcefully. No enjoyment in listening to a song or watching a movie. Everything seems pointless. Zero libido. Lost the desire and ability to fall in love. Emotions are withdrawn.its been a while now, taking 2-3 meds in morning and evening. I'll update it tomorrow.28/03/2017 Link to comment
Regularjoe42 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hey luca, i alson took resperidone 1 mg involuntarily and my condition is the same as yours. I have also developed sexual dysfunction from this. How are you doing now? Did you recover completely? 20th aug 2020-5th sept2020 :1mg risperidone slipped in food. Link to comment
Kush Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 8:31 PM, Regularjoe42 said: Hey luca, i alson took resperidone 1 mg involuntarily and my condition is the same as yours. I have also developed sexual dysfunction from this. How are you doing now? Did you recover completely? Hey Regularjoe42 this condition of sexual dysfunction is temporary .... I am taking resperidone for last 4 years and i feel sexually arrousal often.....so dont worry stay relax and taper gradualky to get out of it. Started on august 2012 Until feb 2017 no data of prescribition available Feb 2017. Resperidone 2mg August 2018 1mg resperidone June 2019. 0.75 mg resperidone March 2020 0.5 mg resperidone August 2020 0.75mg resperidone December 2020 0.5 mg resperidone Currently may 2021 0.5mg resperidone Link to comment
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