[thowaway91234]

I tried this once, Family Doctor actually ended up giving me a dose that was twice the maximum anyone is ever supposed to take. Thankfully the Pharmacist told me that was an extremely bad idea and he just gave me my normal dose and I continued on for a bit.

After that was when I ended up cold turkey because I lost my doctor and psychiatrists during a big move and couldn't get a refill at any clinic in the new town.

It ended up working out, but it took about a year of absolute torture and probably about another year of just "weirdness". But these days I'm "normal" and off the drugs and never been happier.

[t0bia_s]

Those drugs you used contains benzodiazepine [1]. It's addictive and if used long, do more harm than helping. I'm glad you get rid of it.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzodiazepine

[PawgerZ]

Why would you think they're taking benzos on a thread about SSRIs?

[tnecniv]

Benzos and SSRIs are different things. The former is a CNS depressant that acts instantly. The latter builds up in your system over a month to increase the seretonin levels in your brain. They’re not really related except that someone with, e.g., anxiety might be prescribed both

[thowaway91234]

Thankfully I wasn’t on Benzos, but my mother has been and they definitey can do a lot more harm than good.

[PH95VuimJjqBqy]

2 years of recovery just sounds scary

[thowaway91234]

At the time, very. In hindsight, nearly 10 years of being numb to the world was worse.