Marlene, what you experienced in the third week is about right, because your body is removing the chemicals from your system. What you felt, is what you will get next time also, because that is what withdrawals are. The difference in your situation though, is that I don't know whether you have healed the majority of your trauma or not. People often come here saying they have, then they get poked a bit, suddenly they know they haven't. So I am unsure about your circumstances as such. But if you haven't, then coming off your medication is not a wise idea at this time. Heal first, then withdraw when your learning to manage PTSD. Coming off medications during the management stage, whilst withdrawals suck, it helps you learn your management skills better, because during that actual phase of your healing you now have no medications helping you, thus the information and techniques you learn, you must apply and learn well, otherwise your going to fall over harder than need be.

Veiled... you said it yourself though, your on the home straight as such, as you have healed a good majority of trauma, with only all the nasty little residual pieces lingering. Whilst they are disruptive and all, at this stage, your learning more by removing the meds and increasing your coping skills, as I stated above to Marlene, and hence the very nature of this thread.

Wildfire, I would approach with caution for your case at present, because you have not healed the majority of your trauma, and only cuts and changes you should be making are to stabilize your dosage IMHO. Weaning your meds will come as you heal.

Bec, I know what your saying. It often frustrates me with the sheer ignorance that physicians show towards patients health. Like isn't it the very reason we seek their help in the first place! Yet more often than not, we end up worse than we started in the long term.