Hello, this is the first time I’m posting here and I’m asking for help/ opinions because I just can’t think straight anymore.
I’ve been taking antidepressants due to depression and anxiety for three years and stopped taking them one and a half months ago. The first few days were the usual withdrawal symptoms and then everything went back to normal.
Approximately a month ago my problems started :
One day I suddenly started to experience this weird burning sensation in my head, stomach and chest and I was shivering on my whole body. One time I even woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn’t stop shaking for an hour. And I don’t know why this is happening, they feel like some anxiety symptoms? But the thing is, at the beginning, I didn’t have any (intrusive) thoughts while experiencing these symptoms, they just came without particular reasons.
After a few days I started feeling worse, lack of motivation, feeling depressed came on top of these other symptoms. When I’m with people or generally in public I get overwhelmed and start to feel out of place, wanting to leave as fast as possible.
Recently, on top of all problems, I’m starting to feel this way with my partner (3 and a half years relationship). Like I get these thoughts: Is the relationship the right thing for me? Do I love him? Is he still attractive to me?
This gives me so much anxiety because I can’t answer these questions. I feel I don’t know anything anymore, it’s like I can’t form any answers or opinions in my head because everything is foggy. I don’t know why I even get these questions, like there weren’t almost aren’t any problems.
The only problem in our relationship is my loss of libido after taking my antidepressants, that’s one of the reasons I stopped taking them. And my libido problem felt like it was getting better in like the first two weeks, after that my symptoms were starting.
Now my question is, what could be happening to me? Am I having a relapse? Or is it still withdrawal symptoms?
Could I have these thoughts about my relationship due to my mental state? What can I do?
Please help me, I’m really desperate and I don’t know what to do anymore.
Greetings from raksturtle