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Jan 08, 2017, 05:08 PM
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Do you get withdrawal symptoms from missing a dose? What are your symptoms like?
--- I'm trying to figure out my withdrawal symptoms because I think it's useful to know which meds I've missed. To make a long story short, I forgot to take my meds at my normal time today. (In general, I keep losing my phone and forgetting about the alarms I set to remind me to take my meds.) So I've decided I'll put an alarm on my Fitbit... and I hope to god I don't forget to charge the damn thing. lol. But anyway, I started getting a massive headache, dizziness, and brain zaps on top of it all. I think the headache is from lamictal, dizziness from abilify, and zaps from lexapro. And in all honesty, I think it's good I get withdrawal symptoms; otherwise, I would totally forget that I missed a dose. |
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Jan 08, 2017, 05:12 PM
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The withdrawal is about the only way I know if I miss a day too. Mainly I get a headache and a bit of anxiety.
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#3
Jan 08, 2017, 05:43 PM
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Headache, lightheadedness, brain zaps, and I get panicky. Missing Lamictal when I was on it was the worst.
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Jan 08, 2017, 06:09 PM
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If I'm late on a dose of my daytime meds (Lithium and Trileptal), I will either get anxious or hypomanic. If I'm late taking my Xanax, I will start to worry excessively or have an anxiety attack. If I forget my nighttime meds, I notice because I can't sleep.
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#5
Jan 08, 2017, 08:21 PM
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If I miss a dose of effexor its pretty bad.
I get a headache, anxiety and feel physically sick.
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Jan 08, 2017, 09:29 PM
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I keep a daily med box on my night stand on the open side of my cell wallet. Lol I I have no choice but to pick it up so I can get my phone. I take my vitamins then but I do have a twice daily psoriasis pill.
I read on here years ago about a woman who filled her am weekly box of am meds and taped it sideways to the mirror , she had no choice but to see it lol , she taped it so she opened it and pulls went right into her hand. Brilliant idea
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Jan 09, 2017, 01:38 AM
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If I miss my lamictal, which I take at night, I feel awful - headache, dizzy, cranky. The few times I have missed it, I haven't realized it until it was too late in the day to take a dose.
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