DAWS Syndrome--who gets it?

Chloechloe1

I have been on geodon, an antipsychotic, for around ten years. I just went through a temporary taper, I found I was in withdrawal and had massive headache and flu-like symptoms and had to go back up. Subsequently, I did research on this and discovered that if I stopped taking geodon, I most likely would get Dopamine Agonist Withdrawal Syndrome (DAWS) and want to know if I'd be likely to get this were I to stop taking geodon because it wasn't effective in stopping drawn out acute mania.

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purple1234567

Are you tapering with a doctors supervision?

It's important to make sure you have a doctors supervision when adjusting any medications/drugs that are taken.

I hope that you are feeling better- let us know how you are doing!

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