God Is Showing Me The Light

Petrucci · 09-28-2007, 07:54 PM

today i finally seem to see some good improvement with my head. it seemed to soften up and i am seeing the light. this is great, i thought i was stuck in misery forever but its improving. i still feel a tiny bit tight in my head but slowly its thawing out. i feel very foggy headed and disoriented but i'm sure in time it will clear up. thank you god for helping me out and thank you guys for giving me strength. you guys will make it too guaranteed. hang in there. god bless.

mapleleafgirl25 · 09-28-2007, 07:57 PM

see we told you ..LOL..you would start to see improvement...and that it was not permanent..I am sooooooooooo Happy to hear that you are doing better...

Michele

Petrucci · 09-28-2007, 08:01 PM

thank you michele. man this is a great sign i now feel there is hope! thank god. man what a nightmare this was. i feel like i been thrown down a mountain or mangled under a train. man do i feel better today. holy geez, 8 months of pure hell and agony.

LCrawford67 · 09-28-2007, 08:24 PM

Praise God! Petrucci, I can't even tell you how happy your post just made me!

Now, you hold on to this feeling and re read this post if you hit another bump. But, this is definitely a good sign and I couldn't be happier! You've been in my prayers.

scotty · 09-28-2007, 08:29 PM

Ah, the improvement that keeps you moving forward!! Good for you!

LinLou · 09-28-2007, 08:48 PM

Good job, Petrucci, for hanging in there. I know how tough it's been for you.

Just makin' sure, though, you aren't taking any muscle relaxers are you??? Just wondering since you asked about them recently.

But I am so happy you are getting some relief. Praise God!!!!!

Petrucci · 09-28-2007, 09:04 PM

thank you guys i appreciate it. i am so emotional i feel like crying. i want to feel and express and be human again. i can feel my emotions coming back. i am getting there slowly. all you guys will get there no matter how many years you took these drugs. it can be won.

Paxilalmostkilledme · 09-28-2007, 09:08 PM

glad to see you are starting to have good days Petrucci - I remember when I started to have good days - there just becomes more of them

rdjanis · 09-28-2007, 09:09 PM

Wonderful news Petrucci!!

Dawn B. · 09-28-2007, 10:18 PM

Petrucci,
This is just fantasit!! God is wonderful. I am so glad for you. Haven't known you long, but I'm gonna keep praying for you and everyone here. God does answer prayer. Sometimes it seems like it takes forever for that answer to come, but it does come. I have to keep reminding myself of the battles I have been through, and it seemed like God was not answering my prayers, but then the answer did come. Praise God!

Paxilalmostkilledme:
Did you CT?

Dawn <><

TryingtoGetWell · 09-29-2007, 03:21 AM

Petrucci, this is so exciting! This news made my day!

LC's right - don't worry if you hit some bumps. You've seen now that you can feel better, and that means everything. Feeling better is in you! So this nightmare isn't permanent!

I'm overjoyed at this wonderful development!

BlueEyes · 09-29-2007, 01:44 PM

Petrucci: I am sooo happy for you! Those good days are so wonderful and precious, and I hope and pray you start having more and more of them!!!

Terri

Petrucci · 09-29-2007, 04:25 PM

thanks guys, i am feeling better. this just takes alot of patience. i know how hard it is and how much suffering it is, but the end result is worth it. I really thought i was over and that my life was going to be stuck in a permanent state of mind. But this gets better, alot of time is needed, and once you understand what all this withdrawal is about and where it comes from and how to wait and have patience, you will feel more in control. the key is self control so that you don't lose it. all it is is withdrawal from a chemical that has been withdrawn from the body which affects the CNS. this takes alot of time to repair and get back to normal and there will be many changes physically and emotionally. but you will make it just like i made it.

angels · 09-29-2007, 07:45 PM

Petrucci,
Good to hear. Very happy for you.

Dawn B. · 09-30-2007, 01:39 PM

I need God to show me the light. Thank you Petrucci for your testimony. It helps.
Dawn <><

MeganK · 10-01-2007, 11:04 AM

It is good to hear that you are doing better. I just began my tapering, so I know that its not gonna be fun. But hearing what you have to say makes me even more determined to get off this awful drug! Thank you Petrucci.

Dawn B. · 10-01-2007, 04:52 PM

Petrucci,
How are you doing today?
Dawn <><

Fleet86 · 10-01-2007, 05:37 PM

This is wonderful, wonderful news Petrucci!

nicci x

eileen · 10-01-2007, 05:47 PM

Petrucci, I couldn't be more delighted! I'm so happy for you and I know you've suffered greatly. You are on your way now!

Eileen

Songbird · 10-01-2007, 06:48 PM

I'm so glad to hear this great news, Petrucci! Healing is happening.

09-28-2007, 07:54 PM	#1
Petrucci Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,118	God Is Showing Me The Light today i finally seem to see some good improvement with my head. it seemed to soften up and i am seeing the light. this is great, i thought i was stuck in misery forever but its improving. i still feel a tiny bit tight in my head but slowly its thawing out. i feel very foggy headed and disoriented but i'm sure in time it will clear up. thank you god for helping me out and thank you guys for giving me strength. you guys will make it too guaranteed. hang in there. god bless.

09-28-2007, 07:57 PM	#2
mapleleafgirl25 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 2,132	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light see we told you ..LOL..you would start to see improvement...and that it was not permanent..I am sooooooooooo Happy to hear that you are doing better... Michele __________________ aka MICHELE My history with paxil is too long to write here..lol..but you can look at my old posts to see!

09-28-2007, 08:01 PM	#3
Petrucci Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,118	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light thank you michele. man this is a great sign i now feel there is hope! thank god. man what a nightmare this was. i feel like i been thrown down a mountain or mangled under a train. man do i feel better today. holy geez, 8 months of pure hell and agony.

09-28-2007, 08:24 PM	#4
LCrawford67 Moderator "Everybody poops" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 26,493	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Praise God! Petrucci, I can't even tell you how happy your post just made me! Now, you hold on to this feeling and re read this post if you hit another bump. But, this is definitely a good sign and I couldn't be happier! You've been in my prayers. __________________ aka LC aka Laurie C. Paxil, 20 mg since 1997, for IBS Two unsuccessful attempts to quit. Started tapering 11/27/06 PAXIL FREE 12/29/07 If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~Kevin James

09-28-2007, 08:29 PM	#5
scotty Administrator & Advocate Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: new jersey Posts: 38,590	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Ah, the improvement that keeps you moving forward!! Good for you! __________________ AKA Laurie "If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." ~Frank A. Clark

09-28-2007, 08:48 PM	#6
LinLou Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,418	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Good job, Petrucci, for hanging in there. I know how tough it's been for you. Just makin' sure, though, you aren't taking any muscle relaxers are you??? Just wondering since you asked about them recently. But I am so happy you are getting some relief. Praise God!!!!! __________________ Drug free 45 months

09-28-2007, 09:04 PM	#7
Petrucci Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,118	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light thank you guys i appreciate it. i am so emotional i feel like crying. i want to feel and express and be human again. i can feel my emotions coming back. i am getting there slowly. all you guys will get there no matter how many years you took these drugs. it can be won.

09-28-2007, 09:08 PM	#8
Paxilalmostkilledme Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montreal, QC Vancouver, BC Posts: 625	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light glad to see you are starting to have good days Petrucci - I remember when I started to have good days - there just becomes more of them __________________ Paxil - 2000-2006 40mgs, weight gain of 50 pounds tapered for one month as I had to get off due to behavior issues. late Dec 2006....last paxil 3 months of major w/d. supplements: b-complex, mags, fish oil "Your Mileage WILL Vary" should be stamped across every drug dispensed. Your doc shouldn't poo-poo your reaction. You live inside your body. You know what's happening in there.

09-28-2007, 09:09 PM	#9
rdjanis "has a lavender scented keyboard" Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario Posts: 22,238	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Wonderful news Petrucci!! __________________ Rita

09-28-2007, 10:18 PM	#10
Dawn B. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ramona, CA. Posts: 1,322	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Petrucci, This is just fantasit!! God is wonderful. I am so glad for you. Haven't known you long, but I'm gonna keep praying for you and everyone here. God does answer prayer. Sometimes it seems like it takes forever for that answer to come, but it does come. I have to keep reminding myself of the battles I have been through, and it seemed like God was not answering my prayers, but then the answer did come. Praise God! Paxilalmostkilledme: Did you CT? Dawn <>< __________________ Mt 19:26 'With God, all things are possible' Started Paxil 2000 for post partem anxiety Happily on it until it pooped out 2/07 Started cutting down way too fast 7/07 from 20 mg. to 10 mg. and got very sick. Found PP, went back to 13 mg. Waited and waited and never stablized. Began slow wean, down to 7 mg. over a year. Never felt well. Trashed the paxil at 7 mg. in Aug. '08.

09-29-2007, 03:21 AM	#11
TryingtoGetWell Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,008	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Petrucci, this is so exciting! This news made my day! LC's right - don't worry if you hit some bumps. You've seen now that you can feel better, and that means everything. Feeling better is in you! So this nightmare isn't permanent! I'm overjoyed at this wonderful development! __________________ 5/93 - Started paxil after 6 years sensory distortions from benzo WD (+ chronic medical problems/pain) 20 mg/day; yrs later 15 mg 3/30/06 - 20 mg 4/21/06 - 15 mg 4/27/06 - 10 mg 5/17/06 - 5 mg (none taken 5/20) 5/21-24/06 - 2.5 mg (5/22 - none taken) 5/25/06 - d/c’d paroxetine Felt better than in years, then gradual WD symptoms 6/17/06 - Bolted awake in blind terror, started E-ticket ride to hell 9/08 - Varying degrees of improvement; still on the ride Still on 0.5 mg clonazepam

09-29-2007, 01:44 PM	#12
BlueEyes Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 715	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Petrucci: I am sooo happy for you! Those good days are so wonderful and precious, and I hope and pray you start having more and more of them!!! Terri __________________ On Prozac/Trazodone since 1991 Tried unsuccessfully to come off it "the doctor's way" 3 separate time. Weaned myself off Trazodone 2006 Started off at 25 mg of Prozac in 2006 Slow my own slow wean of 1 mg every 4-6 weeks From 2008 - Dec 21, 2008 - 3.5 mg Jan 27, 2009 - 3 mg; Feb 23, 2009 - 2.5 mg March 25, 2009 - 2 mg; April 21, 2009 - 1.5 mg June 6, 2009 - 1 mg; July 14, 2009 - 0.5 mg LAST DAY OF PROZAC - August 13, 2009!!!!

09-29-2007, 04:25 PM	#13
Petrucci Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,118	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light thanks guys, i am feeling better. this just takes alot of patience. i know how hard it is and how much suffering it is, but the end result is worth it. I really thought i was over and that my life was going to be stuck in a permanent state of mind. But this gets better, alot of time is needed, and once you understand what all this withdrawal is about and where it comes from and how to wait and have patience, you will feel more in control. the key is self control so that you don't lose it. all it is is withdrawal from a chemical that has been withdrawn from the body which affects the CNS. this takes alot of time to repair and get back to normal and there will be many changes physically and emotionally. but you will make it just like i made it.

09-29-2007, 07:45 PM	#14
angels Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,058	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Petrucci, Good to hear. Very happy for you. __________________ Are we anti-med? I thought we were pro-heal? There's no SSRI on the market that cures anything. Therefore, SSRIs are anti-heal.. Darcy Baston There is more than lies within those shiny brochures in the a pharma reps' trunk.Sometimes you have to look beyond the marketing machine to get the facts. Laurie Yorke

09-30-2007, 01:39 PM	#15
Dawn B. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ramona, CA. Posts: 1,322	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light I need God to show me the light. Thank you Petrucci for your testimony. It helps. Dawn <>< __________________ Mt 19:26 'With God, all things are possible' Started Paxil 2000 for post partem anxiety Happily on it until it pooped out 2/07 Started cutting down way too fast 7/07 from 20 mg. to 10 mg. and got very sick. Found PP, went back to 13 mg. Waited and waited and never stablized. Began slow wean, down to 7 mg. over a year. Never felt well. Trashed the paxil at 7 mg. in Aug. '08.

10-01-2007, 11:04 AM	#16
MeganK Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 330	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light It is good to hear that you are doing better. I just began my tapering, so I know that its not gonna be fun. But hearing what you have to say makes me even more determined to get off this awful drug! Thank you Petrucci.

10-01-2007, 04:52 PM	#17
Dawn B. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ramona, CA. Posts: 1,322	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Petrucci, How are you doing today? Dawn <>< __________________ Mt 19:26 'With God, all things are possible' Started Paxil 2000 for post partem anxiety Happily on it until it pooped out 2/07 Started cutting down way too fast 7/07 from 20 mg. to 10 mg. and got very sick. Found PP, went back to 13 mg. Waited and waited and never stablized. Began slow wean, down to 7 mg. over a year. Never felt well. Trashed the paxil at 7 mg. in Aug. '08.

10-01-2007, 05:37 PM	#18
Fleet86 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,713	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light This is wonderful, wonderful news Petrucci! nicci x

10-01-2007, 05:47 PM	#19
eileen Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 9,272	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light Petrucci, I couldn't be more delighted! I'm so happy for you and I know you've suffered greatly. You are on your way now! Eileen __________________ June 13/07-reducing by .05mg. every four weeks to present. October 29/08-Paxil Free 2006-Cut Trazodone from 150mg to 100mg. Sept 07/09- Trazodone 75mg. Started this journey of horror with AD's in 1994, Put on Paxil 30 mg in Feb/1995 I will survive!

10-01-2007, 06:48 PM	#20
Songbird Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 7,046	Re: God Is Showing Me The Light I'm so glad to hear this great news, Petrucci! Healing is happening. __________________ Jul 01-Feb 02 Aropax Feb - Dec 03 Citalopram Jul 04 Aropax Jan 07 - Feb 08 20mg - 5mg Apr 4.5mg 5mg Jun 10mg zopiclone > seroquel Jul 20mg Aug + methionine Oct aropax > loxamine Dec off seroquel 7 Dec 17.5mg 30 Dec 15mg 24 Jan 12.5mg 16 Feb 10mg 10 May 9mg 30 May 8mg 5 July 7.5mg 2 Aug 7.25mg 1 Sep 7mg 9 Oct 6.75mg 8 Nov 6.5mg Appreciation is the antidote to stress - Trust is the antidote to fear

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)