Success stories: Recovery from psychiatric drug withdrawal

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1. How to find SA Members who are in the process of recovering

   By ChessieCat, June 20, 2020
   • 3 replies
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   • Jadenatalie
   • June 10

2. How to write your success story

   By Altostrata, November 16, 2012
   • 7 replies
   • 6.6k views
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   • JackieDecides
   • July 22, 2019

3. FarmGirlWorks Recovery Appeared as a Pickle-and-Cheese Sandwich 1 2 3 4

   By FarmGirlWorks, February 6, 2020
   • 132 replies
   • 9.9k views
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   • RachelSusan
   • Monday at 05:03 PM

4. SchrodingerAlive Recovered from Fluoxetine after 1 year of fight !

   By SchrodingerAlive, July 15   

   • fluoxetine
   • success_story
   • 27 replies
   • 649 views
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   • Fromthenetherlands
   • Sunday at 03:18 PM

5. Tweet Success

   By Tweet, July 9
   • 11 replies
   • 621 views
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   • Tweet
   • Saturday at 07:59 PM

6. Maybe Lexapro adverse reaction recovery

   By Maybe, June 4
   • 10 replies
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   • hehero
   • Friday at 12:48 PM

7. Athosverona: Recovery from short term usage of Lexapro and what helped

   By Athosverona, January 10, 2019   

   • lexapro
   • escitalopram
   • 12 replies
   • 1.7k views
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   • manymoretodays
   • Friday at 04:47 AM

8. kirby: my story 1.2 years and getting better

   By kirby, December 30, 2018
   • 24 replies
   • 5.3k views
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   • Bee5
   • July 17

9. Success: Jemima Survives Lexapro and Doctor, Too 1 2 3

   By Jemima, April 30, 2014   

   • quacks
   • 88 replies
   • 20.3k views
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   • Phoenixmama
   • July 16

10. JanCarol - undiagnosed! Off all "bipolar" drugs! 1 2 3 4 7

    By JanCarol, August 17, 2017   

    • lithium
    • recovery
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • lithium
      • recovery
      • undiagnosed
      • slow taper
      • lithium taper
      • euthymic
    • 241 replies
    • 21.3k views
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    • Shep
    • July 15

11. DaBro 2 years, not 2 weeks Pfizer, but finally healed

    By DaBro, May 3
    • 29 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • DaBro
    • July 13

12. Happy2Heal my Victory statement 1 2 3 4 15

    By Happy2Heal, November 2, 2018
    • 531 replies
    • 27.2k views
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    • JackieDecides
    • July 10

13. SupahSet: I can finally say, I've made it!

    By SupahSet, April 13, 2019
    • 25 replies
    • 5.5k views
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    • Phoenixmama
    • July 7

14. Cocopuffz - 11 years on paroxetine. It's nothing but a bad memory now. I am now free!! 1 2 3 4

    By Cocopuffz17, July 17, 2020   

    • paroxetine
    • paxil-free
    • (and 1 more)

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      • paroxetine
      • paxil-free
      • paxil
    • 119 replies
    • 10.2k views
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    • SCHope
    • July 4

15. MrAnxious: Update - Years later ...

    By MrAnxious, July 20, 2020   

    • success
    • successful
    • (and 6 more)

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      • success
      • successful
      • effexor
      • recovery story
      • recovery
      • recovery from antispychotics
      • protracted
      • withdrawl
    • 19 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • Greatful
    • June 28

16. PristiqMystique Age 22 / Male/ Off everything for ≈2 years / Began “treatment” at age 10

    By PristiqMystique, June 15
    • 5 replies
    • 749 views
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    • Greatful
    • June 28

17. From Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry: Paul and Effexor cold turkey

    By Altostrata, October 14, 2014
    • 16 replies
    • 4.8k views
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    • Armorall
    • June 26

18. coldturkmama Recovered after Paxil cold turkey 1 2 3

    By coldturkmama, December 19, 2019
    • 90 replies
    • 9.3k views
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    • Phoenixmama
    • June 24

19. LaylaJuneBug Four years later

    By LaylaJuneBug, August 15, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • freeaway
    • June 23

20. Shep's Success: "Leaving Plato's Cave" 1 2 3 4 6

    By Shep, May 25, 2020
    • 188 replies
    • 13.7k views
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    • Shep
    • June 21

21. Aria's recovery 1 2 3

    By Aria, February 8, 2014   

    • polypharmacy
    • lorazepam
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • polypharmacy
      • lorazepam
      • quetiapine
      • drug free
      • trazodone
      • citalopram
      • antipsychotic
    • 97 replies
    • 20.4k views
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    • Aria
    • June 20

22. Ang, 58, survivor

    By ang, April 13, 2017   

    • seroquel
    • quetiapine
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • seroquel
      • quetiapine
      • prozac
      • fluoxetine
      • antipsychotic recovery
    • 25 replies
    • 5.9k views
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    • angelaoffer
    • June 19

23. elbee: Free from Zoloft and Benzos After 25+ Years of Use 1 2

    By elbee, August 27, 2020   

    • zoloft
    • lorazepam
    • (and 11 more)

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      • zoloft
      • lorazepam
      • clonazepam
      • remeron
      • klonopin
      • ativan
      • benzodiazepine
      • ssri
      • trauma
      • recovery
      • healing
      • sertraline
      • mirtazapine
    • 61 replies
    • 6.2k views
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    • elbee
    • June 10

24. ashbrown former pp member (no_fear) 7 years off paxil - success! (long)

    By ashbrown, May 26, 2016
    • 10 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • Phoenixmama
    • June 4

25. Farout - fully recovered from adverse reaction and long withdrawal

    By Farout, February 16
    • 8 replies
    • 2.4k views
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    • Paxil3days
    • June 2

26. Aurorax: Severe protracted Paxil withdrawal - Finally free! 1 2 3 4

    By Aurorax, September 17, 2020   

    • paxil
    • protracted
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • paxil
      • protracted
      • hppd
    • 112 replies
    • 10.6k views
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    • MaggieSmalls
    • June 2

27. branyan PSSD success/challenges 1 2

    By branyan, February 21, 2016   

    • pssd
    • sexual dysfunction
    • 69 replies
    • 20.6k views
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    • branyan
    • June 1

28. LLiz: I don't think of myself as being in withdrawal anymore

    By LLiz, October 20, 2018   

    • remeron
    • mirtazapine
    • 30 replies
    • 2.9k views
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    • LLiz
    • May 31

29. Rhi: Incremental success 1 2 3

    By Rhiannon, October 8, 2012
    • 82 replies
    • 13.4k views
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    • Longroadhome
    • May 28

30. Aeroman - I have recovered from Lexapro and Cipro 1 2 3 4 15

    By Aeroman, March 9, 2017
    • 525 replies
    • 61.5k views
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    • Fightinghard
    • May 25

31. Myndfull's Success Story

    By myndfull, July 10, 2019
    • 13 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • cathnz
    • May 24

32. andy: Finally off zyprexa 1 2 3

    By andy, May 10, 2016   

    • zyprexa
    • olanzapine
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • zyprexa
      • olanzapine
      • antipsychotic recovery
    • 106 replies
    • 31k views
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    • Santhakumar
    • May 22

33. Razmuk - Done with Risperdal and all the other poison for good!

    By Razmuk, October 18, 2020
    • 10 replies
    • 2k views
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    • Kush
    • May 11

34. My longest road home from Lexapro

    By Thelongestroadhome, March 9
    • 21 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • Hanna72
    • May 4

35. Ten0275: I'm Dave and if I am capable of healing, each of you are - Please hang in there. 1 2 3

    By ten0275, January 10   

    • mirtazapine
    • benzodiazepines
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • mirtazapine
      • benzodiazepines
      • success stories
      • histamine intoleranc
    • 75 replies
    • 5.9k views
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    • Erell
    • April 27

36. Cold turkey or rapid taper success stories? 1 2 3 4

    By WiggleIt, January 11, 2015
    • 136 replies
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    • stevenb
    • April 24