Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes

Bilo76 · 04-25-2012, 11:30 AM

Anyone else has this? I had it before but never this bad. I am just walking or at home in my "normal" WD and all of a sudden i feel so incredibly tired. Like i got a shot with a flu or something. Every muscle feels tired,...my eyelids even start to lower. I feel so shaky. It really hits me like a wall. Most of the time when i ly a bit and drink water it turns away after 45 mins.
Is this because of the hormons/adrenaline that have problems with being tensed all the time? or is it because stress is being relieved?
Man i have it now and can barely type or lift a glass. Scary and weird

does ring a bell for anyone?

miriza · 04-25-2012, 12:13 PM

Yeap, comes and goes for me...Last time I had it for about a week and it would start every night at about 7-7:30 PM and last until bedtime.

Bilo76 · 04-25-2012, 12:19 PM

Any idea how or what? Now is "tired" a subjective and general term. But i am talking about 30-45 mins not being able to do simple tasks. So incredibly tired.
Is this perhaps cause my body needs to rebuild adrenaline or something?

miriza · 04-25-2012, 12:59 PM

Yeap, the "tired" in withdrawal is unlike any tired I've ever felt before...I'd collapse on the floor sometimes...it's that bad!

Backtopaxil · 04-25-2012, 01:31 PM

Yes the achey feeling and muscle pain. All WD related. There is this so called Paxil flu, not sure if Laxapro has one too.

Brassmonkey · 04-25-2012, 01:42 PM

Thats me when I get home from work. I start to let down and wamm I crash hard for an hour or so then start to come back up. I wish it didn't happen, but it does get it all out of my system in one shot so I can enjoy the rest of the evening.

Bilo76 · 04-25-2012, 03:01 PM

I really think it has something to do with adrenaline. The way it comes and goes. And the intensity of it;..can barely walk for 30 mins.
I dont have muscle pain or twitches.

chiropteran · 04-25-2012, 03:16 PM

Yes, yes and yes. Have experienced this often during withdrawal - all that seems to help is lying down and sleeping it off, if you can.

Norma · 04-25-2012, 03:49 PM

I hate being so tired I can't do even basic tasks...

There is an event coming up in less than two weeks that I seriously want to go to that is income related. I may not get to go because I get tired too easily...

This is sooooo frustrating!

aberdeen · 04-25-2012, 04:14 PM

If I'm going through that stage where I wake at 4am with intense anxiety, I crash around 10-11am, and I could fall asleep driving my car when it comes over me, I feel weak and I have to work at keeping my eyes open, I lie down and fall asleep in seconds and an hour later it's gone. Probably a crash after being full of adrenaline. Also when I lay down with the kids at bedtime I would be alsep for the night by 8pm. Normally I'm up until 11-12pm.

axis74 · 04-26-2012, 07:52 AM

Hi Bilo yeah I used to get the same thing haven't gotten it in a while, now I just get excrusuatingly tired out of blue it feels like im drifting off to sleep its that bad. Then it goes away within 30 min.

04-25-2012, 11:30 AM	#1
Bilo76 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Holland Posts: 1,641	Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes Anyone else has this? I had it before but never this bad. I am just walking or at home in my "normal" WD and all of a sudden i feel so incredibly tired. Like i got a shot with a flu or something. Every muscle feels tired,...my eyelids even start to lower. I feel so shaky. It really hits me like a wall. Most of the time when i ly a bit and drink water it turns away after 45 mins. Is this because of the hormons/adrenaline that have problems with being tensed all the time? or is it because stress is being relieved? Man i have it now and can barely type or lift a glass. Scary and weird does ring a bell for anyone? __________________ Bilo aka Remco 14 years on Paxil 20 mg cause of a bad anxiety disorder (social anxiety, agoraphobia) 2011 Oct 16th: Cold turkey stop Paxil cause of poopout and switch to lexapro 15 mg. Hell started. Tapered lexapro. Tapered oxazepam. Med-free since may 18th 2012 "....We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It can not command, only serve..." Albert Einstein.

04-25-2012, 12:13 PM	#2
miriza Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,566	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes Yeap, comes and goes for me...Last time I had it for about a week and it would start every night at about 7-7:30 PM and last until bedtime. __________________ Poly-drugged since May 2011 (14 meds in 4 months-paradox. reactions to all). From mild anxiety to almost psychosis on meds. IT IS THE MEDS, NOT ME! Elavil: 75 mg -> 37.5 (12d) Imipramine: 37.5 mg -> 0 (1 mo,10/08/11): akathisia! 5 mg -> 0 (1 mo,11/29/11) Now in w/d hell and missing my old self. Please go to http://www.askapatient.com and leave a review of your med(s) and w/d experience.

04-25-2012, 12:19 PM	#3
Bilo76 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Holland Posts: 1,641	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes Any idea how or what? Now is "tired" a subjective and general term. But i am talking about 30-45 mins not being able to do simple tasks. So incredibly tired. Is this perhaps cause my body needs to rebuild adrenaline or something? __________________ Bilo aka Remco 14 years on Paxil 20 mg cause of a bad anxiety disorder (social anxiety, agoraphobia) 2011 Oct 16th: Cold turkey stop Paxil cause of poopout and switch to lexapro 15 mg. Hell started. Tapered lexapro. Tapered oxazepam. Med-free since may 18th 2012 "....We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It can not command, only serve..." Albert Einstein.

04-25-2012, 12:59 PM	#4
miriza Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,566	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes Yeap, the "tired" in withdrawal is unlike any tired I've ever felt before...I'd collapse on the floor sometimes...it's that bad! __________________ Poly-drugged since May 2011 (14 meds in 4 months-paradox. reactions to all). From mild anxiety to almost psychosis on meds. IT IS THE MEDS, NOT ME! Elavil: 75 mg -> 37.5 (12d) Imipramine: 37.5 mg -> 0 (1 mo,10/08/11): akathisia! 5 mg -> 0 (1 mo,11/29/11) Now in w/d hell and missing my old self. Please go to http://www.askapatient.com and leave a review of your med(s) and w/d experience.

04-25-2012, 01:31 PM	#5
Backtopaxil Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,322	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes Yes the achey feeling and muscle pain. All WD related. There is this so called Paxil flu, not sure if Laxapro has one too. __________________ Started April /03-Jul 30/11 10 mg Paxil 2nd Paxil Tapering Off as of May 28th, 12 "This will take time but it will happen!" "I've been shouting: it takes at LEAST a year " -- Ariella "If I am going to suffer, at least I will be Paxil free" -- me!

04-25-2012, 01:42 PM	#6
Brassmonkey Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: California Posts: 2,040	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes Thats me when I get home from work. I start to let down and wamm I crash hard for an hour or so then start to come back up. I wish it didn't happen, but it does get it all out of my system in one shot so I can enjoy the rest of the evening. __________________ AKA Tom 1994 started 20mg Paxil 1999 updosed to 30mg 2005 updosed to 40mg 2010 started not to work very well 09/2011 CTed from 15oz vodka a night 09/2011 dropped to 36mg 06/2012 dropped to 19mg (past halfway point) 08/2012 dropped to 17.1mg 09/2012 dropped to 15.2mg 11/2012 dropped to 13.8mg 12/2012 dropped to 12.4mg 01/2013 dropped to 11.1mg 03/2013 dropped to 10.0mg

04-25-2012, 03:01 PM	#7
Bilo76 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Holland Posts: 1,641	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes I really think it has something to do with adrenaline. The way it comes and goes. And the intensity of it;..can barely walk for 30 mins. I dont have muscle pain or twitches. __________________ Bilo aka Remco 14 years on Paxil 20 mg cause of a bad anxiety disorder (social anxiety, agoraphobia) 2011 Oct 16th: Cold turkey stop Paxil cause of poopout and switch to lexapro 15 mg. Hell started. Tapered lexapro. Tapered oxazepam. Med-free since may 18th 2012 "....We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. It can not command, only serve..." Albert Einstein.

04-25-2012, 03:16 PM	#8
chiropteran Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New Zealand Posts: 954	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes Yes, yes and yes. Have experienced this often during withdrawal - all that seems to help is lying down and sleeping it off, if you can. __________________ '83-90: Various tricyclics, anti-psychotics, tranqs. '90-02: Prozac - poopout 2002 '02-10: Paroxetine 40, 60, 80mg. ENOUGH! Jun10-Feb11: Slow taper 80-60mg, 5-12% Feb-Jul11: 60-50, 5% 6wkly Jul11-Mar12: 50-20, 10% 6wkly Hold at 20 for winter... Aug-Dec12: 18, 16.2, 14.6, 13.1, 10.6 (error), 9.5 Jan-Apr13: 8.6, 7.7, 6.9, 6.2, 5.6 1 May13: 5.0 !!!!!

04-25-2012, 03:49 PM	#9
Norma Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 421	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes I hate being so tired I can't do even basic tasks... There is an event coming up in less than two weeks that I seriously want to go to that is income related. I may not get to go because I get tired too easily... This is sooooo frustrating! __________________ Summer 1999 – stress overload, declining health December 1999 – Doctor diagnoses depression & anxiety, 20mg paxil. January 2000 to May 2009 – Paxil dosage rises to 40mg. Numerous failed attempts to quit. June to July 2009 – too fast taper, wind up in ER. Read paxilprogress and decide to stabilize at 30mg. Sept '09 through summer '11 slowly tapered to 9mg. Aug '11 Updosed to 14mg Continue taper at 5% each month As of June 2012 10mg.

04-25-2012, 04:14 PM	#10
aberdeen Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 2,929	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes If I'm going through that stage where I wake at 4am with intense anxiety, I crash around 10-11am, and I could fall asleep driving my car when it comes over me, I feel weak and I have to work at keeping my eyes open, I lie down and fall asleep in seconds and an hour later it's gone. Probably a crash after being full of adrenaline. Also when I lay down with the kids at bedtime I would be alsep for the night by 8pm. Normally I'm up until 11-12pm. __________________ *2 Timothy 1:7: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."* 2005-2010 Effexor XR 112.5mg-262.5mg for PPD Dec 2010 Poop-out and rapid 3 month wean. Off Effexor March 2011 Hell started 1 month later-tried 3 other meds to deal with w/d nothing worked. . Now tapering from 20mg Paxil (still recovering from Effexor w/d) Oct'11 to Nov '12 20mg-10mg Mar 5/13- 9mg Apr 12/13-8.1mg May 5/13-7.3mg

04-26-2012, 07:52 AM	#11
axis74 Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 151	Re: Suddenly feel so tired and flu-like for 45 minutes Hi Bilo yeah I used to get the same thing haven't gotten it in a while, now I just get excrusuatingly tired out of blue it feels like im drifting off to sleep its that bad. Then it goes away within 30 min. __________________ C/t'd off Prozac Dec. 2010 and counting. still in withdrawal hell.

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