LeslieV.Barns
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i was diagnosed with idiopathic parkinsonism in 2012 - by a neurolologist/MDS at a major hospital. She will prescribe things without saying a word about the side effects or adverse effects etc. in 2014 she prescribed Citalopram (Celexa) an SSRI antidepressant to help me withdraw from Clonazepam, a benzodiazepine because it was giving nothing but side effects from day one. Not one word was said about adverse effects of SSRI's and the fact that some people can never get off them. with great determination and anguish, I tapered of it, but the adverse effects actually got worse after i was off the drug. Now i find out that neither of my doctors believes in protracted withdrawal, brain damage, or anything else bad can come from these things, and i am advised to go back on it. But it was awful when i was on it. there is reputed to be no cure - will anything help my brain/gut recover? I am developing food hypersensitivities (anaphyllaxis), pain, much worsened parkinsonism symptoms, neuropathy in my legs and toes on both sides, have lost half of body weight so am now skin and bones. I have to take levo-carb (generic sinemet) every 2 hrs. Anyone got any ideas?