Withdrawal Part 2

I have been working my way through the list of withdrawal symptoms listed in the Healy Report mentioned yesterday.

During Tuesday and Wednesday I worked through:

• Agitation


• Depression


• Lability of Mood


• Irritability


• Confusion


• Insomnia or Drowsiness


• Mood Swings


• Feelings of Unreality

Today I woke up to:

• Dizziness


• Headache


• Fatigue/Malaise


• Flu-like Feelings


• Nausea, Diarrhoea, Flatulence (Not the second, fortunately)

Which may sound bad, but they're a lot better than the emotions of the previous days. I did struggle to get up, repeatedly pressing the snooze button on the alarm clock for an hour. I finally dragged myself into work and I'm glad I did, as I'm feeling a little better for it.

Fortunately, I haven't had any of the following, yet:

• Muscle Spasms


• Tremor


• Electric Shock-like Sensations


• Other Strange Tingling or Painful Sensations


• Dreams, including Vivid Dreams


• Sweating


• Feelings of being Hot or Cold

I printed off the report yesterday so that H could read it, which turned out to be a pretty good idea, as at least she has a bit more understanding of what I'm going through now.

It is a little concerning that I am going through all this dropping from 40mg to 30mg, and could well have to go through it, or worse, for another 3 steps.

One day at a time though, eh?