So Much Guilt
It's been a little over a month since my mom passed away.
She was given terrible medical advice and quit her paxil cold turkey to take some other b.s ssri that didn't work. Long story short the next several months of her life were hell as akathisia gripped her every day until she finally decided to end her suffering.
I was so confused about what was going on, I thought it was as simple as her taking the drugs the psychiatrist prescribed and she'd get better, I had no idea the withdrawal symptoms were hurting her and making it practically impossible to take other meds.
I reviewed our last text messages and break down in tears. She was just scared and I had lost all compassion for her struggle, often blaming her for not doing what she needed to do to get better. All she needed was someone that believed her and would help her keep the faith but now she's gone, if only I had known this condition was possible I would have saved her
Long live mom
It's been a little over a month since my mom passed away.
She was given terrible medical advice and quit her paxil cold turkey to take some other b.s ssri that didn't work. Long story short the next several months of her life were hell as akathisia gripped her every day until she finally decided to end her suffering.
I was so confused about what was going on, I thought it was as simple as her taking the drugs the psychiatrist prescribed and she'd get better, I had no idea the withdrawal symptoms were hurting her and making it practically impossible to take other meds.
I reviewed our last text messages and break down in tears. She was just scared and I had lost all compassion for her struggle, often blaming her for not doing what she needed to do to get better. All she needed was someone that believed her and would help her keep the faith but now she's gone, if only I had known this condition was possible I would have saved her
Long live mom