I'm a trained counselor, and while it's not legal in my state to prescribe psychopharmaceuticals unless you're an MD, I know some basic stuff about them.
Oh good, so you know then My coworker buddy really freaked me out with his story, I postponed going off of my A/D's because of it. I was at 40 mg at the peak (only for about 2 weeks though), went back down to 20 for a couple of months, then 10 for about a month, then 5 for another month, then 5 every other day for a couple of weeks and finally quit taking them last week. So far I've had a few headaches, but emotionally I've been OK. The main reason I wanted to get off of them is because they elevated my blood pressure and pulse. Pulse went from 60 to over 80 for the duration I was on them. Doc said it wasn't the A/D's, she thought it was the stress from my sitch. She was wrong. My pulse dropped right back down to 60 when I stopped taking them.
Sorry to hear you're having some struggles, I hope you feel better soon!!
My coworker buddy really freaked me out with his story, I postponed going off of my A/D's because of it. I was at 40 mg at the peak (only for about 2 weeks though), went back down to 20 for a couple of months, then 10 for about a month, then 5 for another month, then 5 every other day for a couple of weeks and finally quit taking them last week. So far I've had a few headaches, but emotionally I've been OK. The main reason I wanted to get off of them is because they elevated my blood pressure and pulse. Pulse went from 60 to over 80 for the duration I was on them. Doc said it wasn't the A/D's, she thought it was the stress from my sitch. She was wrong. My pulse dropped right back down to 60 when I stopped taking them.