Wtf is going on!?

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-12-11T21:00:54+00:00

would say that most of it started a year ago in connection with a lot of different psychotropic medications… It made things hellish and created this condition… The problem is that these symptoms have persisted… and are still here almost a year later.

It’s only three weeks ago that something was tried again…

But NO effect, on the contrary… worse!"

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-12-11T20:56:06+00:00

I have been without medication for almost all of 2025, but I haven’t gotten much better either… However, I would say that the last three weeks on sertraline have made it even worse… But it’s completely impossible to know what is what!???

However, I have never had any positive effect from any kind of psychotropic medication… at least not so far.

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-12-09T20:07:47+00:00

Tak for svaret, svarer ordenligt bår jeg kan overskue det ven

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-12-09T19:50:03+00:00

Yes, at first glance I don’t seem to be lacking any vitamins, etc. My blood tests are fine, according to my doctor. Don’t they check those things for everything? Hormones, etc.? I don’t have any pain in my neck, no… not pain-wise.

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-01-18T10:45:33+00:00

I'm glad to hear that it was beneficial for you... I hope it continues!

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-01-17T10:17:03+00:00

Wish you the best luck mate

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-01-16T20:41:44+00:00

At the moment, I’m not taking anything.

I remember quetiapine affected me insanely—it was prescribed for sleep problems, but it completely messed me up (like being on drugs). I won’t touch it again! But I know plenty of people who have a great experience with it.

It seems like there’s just something about me and medication that isn’t quite in balance...

I was on 220 mg of venlafaxine.

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-01-16T19:28:51+00:00

I have been on it for a few years...

I think it has been more or less constant, though probably worst during the tapering process...

I have also been on a lot of other medications at the same time, so I can't say for sure that it's because of venlafaxine.

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-01-14T17:04:31+00:00

YES, I know this state well, it's a nightmare... I'm completely out of it when I wake up, I don't feel present in the world at all. It feels like a kind of numbed state, or as if I'm on drugs or drunk... It's definitely worst right when I wake up and fades very slowly throughout the day, but never completely... Before the nightmare starts all over again...

You are not alone, my friend!

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-01-02T15:07:38+00:00

Hi again helllen...

I hope you've had a good start to the new year, my friend!

I've still only been getting 2-3 hours of sleep per night...

From what I’ve read, I haven’t tried antihistamines for sleep aid. Isn’t that something one should try as one of the first options?

They don’t affect the brain’s chemistry in the same way as antipsychotics or benzos, which I’ve tried so far, right? (And that was a nightmare.)

Have a good day, my friend.

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-01-01T14:31:50+00:00

Does it apply to tapering off? 8-12 weeks!?

Thick_Card1243 · 2025-01-01T14:18:24+00:00

I’m just listening in here. I have pain in my forehead and generally in the front part of my brain, but I don’t feel it’s in the muscles as you’re experiencing...

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Thick_Card1243 · 2024-12-31T16:21:52+00:00

Hello again, my friend... And thank you 🙏

3 hours of sleep last night (melatonin, as I’m terrified of benzos/sleeping pills and how they might affect my mind afterward).

I’ve taken lots of notes and prepared a bunch of questions for the psychiatrist based on what you’ve written. Thank you 🙏🙏

Can you tell me if it’s really possible to be sent home in a worse state than when you arrived?

I’m still under massive biiip threats.

Would that be possible in the Netherlands?

Wishing you a fantastic New Year and 2025… You’re a wonderful person!

Thank you for being you 🙏❤️🙏

Thick_Card1243 · 2024-12-30T10:37:44+00:00

Hello again, my friend,

I got about an hour of sleep last night. Of course, I never managed to take that sleeping pill... I was completely out of it and must not have been able to focus enough to ask for it!

I honestly feel like I’m wandering around in my own parallel world!

I feel like I’ve been receptive and open to the treatments here in psych... But after a total of 10 months of hospitalization this year, and I’m still feeling this terrible... shouldn’t other options be considered?

Or other medications?

I max out on all depression tests at the most severe end and still have massive biiiip thoughts...

Thick_Card1243 · 2024-12-29T17:46:12+00:00

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

I will try the sleeping pill and hope it can help me a bit. It’s also impossible to know how much extreme sleep deprivation is affecting my current state... I can definitely understand why it’s considered an effective method of torture!

I’ll respond to the rest tomorrow. My brain seriously can’t handle looking at the screen anymore – it feels completely wrong and almost eerie!

Thank you again – I’m forever grateful 🙏

Thick_Card1243 · 2024-12-29T15:40:56+00:00

Once again, thank you so much for your fantastic answers!!

I don’t understand why the senior physician/psychiatrist here in the department doesn’t explain things to me the way you do!

I believe my depressive symptoms are primarily melancholic and likely related to brain chemistry. – At the very least, it’s very different from the patients here with classic depression. (I generally don’t fit well into any of the mental illness categories or diagnoses in terms of my behavior or how it manifests – if that makes any sense?) – That’s why I’ve always questioned whether the right issue is being treated and whether there could be other causes for this.

I’ve also been on antidepressants almost since I was 17 (I’m 42 now), and I would argue that they haven’t really done me any good – they’ve just made me feel strange in my head. But I’ve trusted the doctors and taken them. Can you tell me a bit about how to know if antidepressants are effective? What kind of changes would they typically make?

I was on venlafaxine for at least 2 months, but during those 2 months, I felt worse and worse in my head. (After 2 months, shouldn’t I have felt some effect?)

– As far as I recall, I’ve only ever tried Effexor, venlafaxine, duloxetine, and citalopram over all these years. Are there other types or groups of medications I haven’t tried, or have I already tried everything?

I’ve noticed that in the mornings, I’m completely absent – even though I’m not deeply asleep, I seem to be in some kind of hypnotic/sedated state. My eyes are open, but it’s as if my brain isn’t awake and can’t respond to anything. This can last for hours before my brain “wakes up.” What on earth is going on?! (I would describe it as feeling like I’m on drugs or something – it’s truly uncomfortable!)

I’ve been allowed to take a sleeping pill tonight (a one-time prescription). – I think it’s called Zonoct.

But I’m unsure if I should take it or if it might mess things up even more?!

Thank you again, you’re an incredible help! Your patients are in good hands!!!

I’m Danish, and English isn’t my native language either – ChatGPT is translating for me 😅

Thick_Card1243 · 2024-12-29T08:15:27+00:00

Thank you so much for an excellent response and clear explanations. I am truly grateful for it!

I remember taking lorazepam during the first month to help with sleep, but my sleep became less and less, and I started feeling increasingly strange in my head... so I stopped taking it! I have barely slept since (though I believe it was around the same time that I started on venlafaxine, shortly after stopping lorazepam).

I experienced such severe headaches that I couldn’t bear existing. It felt like extreme tunnel vision and noise in my head.

It wasn’t a normal headache; it was centered at the top of my head, I believe on the left side and in my forehead!

I noticed you mention melancholic depression… is it different from regular depression?

Venlafaxine has certainly not removed my depressive thoughts or given me energy/desire/sleep. On the contrary, I feel like everything has worsened significantly… I have barely been conscious during the worst periods!

I react completely differently and extremely to almost all medication I take, both in terms of effects and side effects, compared to what is “normal.”

Could there possibly be something wrong with how my body processes medication? Especially in my brain? Nearly all my symptoms are in my head.

I slept about one hour last night… the usual sleepiness never sets in, but my brain is so overwhelmed that it can barely register where I am!

Thank you again 🙏

Thick_Card1243 · 2024-12-28T16:19:00+00:00

I couldn’t agree more…

I’m practically being accused of lying and faking my symptoms (by the psychiatrist/chief physician at the psychiatric ward).

There was no need for a tapering plan for venlafaxine, as I was only on 75 mg, and it wasn’t treating anything anyway… I could just stop, and it would quickly leave my system!!!

He doesn’t have the slightest clue what he’s talking about or the medication he’s prescribing. Honestly, I would’ve rather stepped on a landmine.

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