brain zap and energyless for antidepressant withdrawal problem

[sumonglobe]

i used revotril .5 mg and amytryoline for 6 month for withdrawal of illicit drug for one night and after that i was scared,social phobia,dizziness...my tapper of amytriptiline 1/2 for 1 weak and then 1/4 for another week...then revotril 1/2 for 1 week then a/4 another week....i quit those medic 1 and half month ago....my withdrawal symptom headache,migrane type pain,insomnia has gone.... i can sleep 8 hours now... i just facing problem of brain zap at morning from 8 am to 6 pm daily....and i am energy less....i have lost my memory power as well as my personality...i have knee pain also....i can't see at day time...everything is obscure to me....so how i will remove this problem...?

[sumonglobe]

i quit those medic coz i have to work...and i need to collect a job as soon as possible....and i had to leave my existing job because of those medication... coz i coudnt concentrate,and i m facing memory problem....i went to a medicine specialist....though he suggested to meet with him b4 quit but i hardly went there for his higher fees...i m from a poor family.... and i tapper it very slowly.... 1/4 th for 7 to 10 days.....now what i will do...?

[remar]

I'm sorry to hear that you can't see a Dr right now. It does seem to me like you tapered off your meds too fast and that's why your having the brain zaps, feeling nervous and having headaches. I wish I could tell you what to do, but I am not a Dr. Just a member here at Medhelp trying to help out. Can I ask why you decided to quit your meds, and what kind of Dr prescribed them for you? So there is no way you can see this same Dr to find out what you should do? The withdrawal will eventually stop, but it could take more time. An option would be to start it again and taper much more slowly. I am only giving my advice and you really have to ask your Dr before doing this.

[sumonglobe]

no i did it personally.....coz i lived in a village and from a poor family....moreover i live in a village from where medical is far to me....i covered most of my withdrawal problem such as anxiety,bad headache,improve a little bit of nervous problem....but i am facing brain zap from 9 am to 4 pm...this is because i took my antidep at night...but how i gain my strength again...? and how i used to work with memory again...? i cant go out at sun light also....how many times does it take to cure myself fullyyy...? should i take ant medicine for that....?

[remar]

Did you do the taper under a Drs care? It sounds like you may have tapered too fast if your still having some withdrawal symptoms. Talk to your Dr about what's going on. I would think after 1 and half months the withdrawal would be over, but with some of these meds it can take a long time. It took me two months to fully get over the withdrawal of one of the antidepressants I was on.