I was on 450 mgs for about 16 years but couldn't always aford the pills. I have recently been hospitalized for anxiety attacks and was just drugged up again. I went into mania and decided to quit cold turkey. It has been 2 months and I still feel this incredibly hard shooting pain down my spine and have these reoccuring body tremors from h***, it comes and goes but is very intense still and the anxiety attacks that go with them make the attacks worse. I feel as if I may be permanently disabled because it has been so long and the pain is still intense around the spine area. I finally have much better concentration but the anxiety that goes with the pain is just torturous. I realize that 450 mgs for 16 years is way too much but does anyone have any idea if this is normal to have this intense spinal pain this far into a cold turkey quit? I also have a throbbing feeling in my head that feels as if their is to much blood being pumped into my brain. I would like to give these doctors a taste of their own medicine literally!

Robb

PS - has anyone ever heard of ssri's causing fibromyalgia?