Comments on: My head is a buzz of electricity. http://jacquiboydalden.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/my-head-is-a-buzz-of-electricity/ sometimes I vent, sometimes I don't. Just an ordinary person trying to do the best for her family Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:08:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Middle Child http://jacquiboydalden.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/my-head-is-a-buzz-of-electricity/#comment-5 Middle Child Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:13:00 +0000 http://jacquiboydalden.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-5 There is a book bt Dr Peter Breggin called "Toxic Psychiatry" which is an excellent resource...if coming of anti depressants he reccommends coming off in small increments like a quarter tab for a few weeks and then another quarter etc... otherwise we have all the symptoms which had us taking them in the first place, but what is really going on is we are havinf physical and psychological withdrawals...and in some cases people go back on because they think they need them becauase they don't recognise the withdrawals as what they are... When I first hit menopause some years back I wouls get the night terrors/horrors/ think I was dying etc...I found sleeping almosy sitting up helped a bit...with pillow support, or getting up and writing or something for an hour or two... I have awful anxieties these days...mainly like post traumatic stress stuff as like my daughters we are all having horrific flashbacks into Don's abuse and torture..which is what happened...I went to the health food store and got a natural calimtive which I can take again at 2am if I can't sleep again. Some nights I do but most nights are about 3 4 hours...I seem to cope on this but feel wired and tired at the same time...as do my girls. Then I will sleep through... the natural stuff is not assured to work and is expensive... unsure of the position in the US take care Jacqui... There is a book bt Dr Peter Breggin called “Toxic Psychiatry” which is an excellent resource…if coming of anti depressants he reccommends coming off in small increments like a quarter tab for a few weeks and then another quarter etc… otherwise we have all the symptoms which had us taking them in the first place, but what is really going on is we are havinf physical and psychological withdrawals…and in some cases people go back on because they think they need them becauase they don’t recognise the withdrawals as what they are…

When I first hit menopause some years back I wouls get the night terrors/horrors/ think I was dying etc…I found sleeping almosy sitting up helped a bit…with pillow support, or getting up and writing or something for an hour or two…

I have awful anxieties these days…mainly like post traumatic stress stuff as like my daughters we are all having horrific flashbacks into Don’s abuse and torture..which is what happened…I went to the health food store and got a natural calimtive which I can take again at 2am if I can’t sleep again. Some nights I do but most nights are about 3 4 hours…I seem to cope on this but feel wired and tired at the same time…as do my girls. Then I will sleep through…

the natural stuff is not assured to work and is expensive… unsure of the position in the US

take care Jacqui…

]]> By: Heather http://jacquiboydalden.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/my-head-is-a-buzz-of-electricity/#comment-4 Heather Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:27:07 +0000 http://jacquiboydalden.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-4 Sorry to read about your sleeplessness. It's horrible when that happens. Anyway I'm posting this comment just to say how much I like the photograph at the top of the blog. I assume you took it so where was it taken? Hope you sleep better tonight. Sorry to read about your sleeplessness. It’s horrible when that happens. Anyway I’m posting this comment just to say how much I like the photograph at the top of the blog.

I assume you took it so where was it taken?

Hope you sleep better tonight.

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