Like yours, mine appears to originate from drugs: 10 years of an increasingly potent antidepressant cocktail, and then abrupt withdrawal because of a hypertensive/serotonin syndrome crisis this past April.

For what it's worth, my dysautonomia specialist told me that neuropathies caused by toxicity are more likely to heal.

I am quite disabled now, for I have both sensory and autonomic neuropathies....but some of my symptoms (digestive and dry eye) are already much improved. Pain is still worsening though.

You seem very upset to me. I find psychological therapy essential. I also am doing light yoga and body work: I feel almost normal after a good session--gives me hope!. I am taking a baby dose of an old-school antidepressant --nortriptyline, which helps with anxiety, depression, and nerve pain.

Freaking out, which I do regularly --more in the sense of sadness and grief -- makes all my symptoms worse. Why I think a counselor schooled in chronic illness (and in your case, substance issues) may be a great first priority for you now...

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