by smilehappy » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:32 am
Morning all, just registered to this site, I too have been on cipralex since 2001, started on 20mg and now down to 5mg, I had a really rough time at 35 going through the menopause and was living abroad at the time, they prescribed this to help with the very unpleasant symptoms I was experiencing. 6 Years on feel ready to come off them, I have tappered down before with deverstating withdrawals, so this time even with only 5mg taking things very slow, I dont know if anybody else has experienced this but I get awful, what I can only describe as brain shake, usually first thing in the morning and lasts for an hr or so, apart from the regular flu like symptons so far thats it, when you come off these drugs they have a 2 week shelf period, whereby , its usually after this period when most of the withdrawals kick in because the drug is pretty much out of your system. I would say the tappering is the key and whatever the GP's say double it in terms of coming off them, they are just too quick and make you feel like crap way to soon. xx