Success stories: Recovery from psychiatric drug withdrawal

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1. Antipsychotic survivors? Interested in your stories 1 2 3 4

   By Wowzers, April 5, 2016   

   • antipsychotic recovery
   • 136 replies
   • 34.2k views
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   • RedPanda20
   • February 20

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

   By ChessieCat, June 21, 2020
   • 4 replies
   • 6.4k views
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   • GGGG
   • February 20

3. PGAD success stories?

   By Rbvdk, June 10, 2018
   • 15 replies
   • 6.8k views
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   • GGGG
   • February 20

4. Recovery Success Stories from Around the Web 1 2 3 4 6

   By squirrel, September 18, 2011
   • 214 replies
   • 85.6k views
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   • DazzlingCold
   • August 27, 2022

5. How to write your success story

   By Altostrata, November 16, 2012
   • 7 replies
   • 7.8k views
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   • JackieDecides
   • July 22, 2019

6. Ewa: She saved my life 1 2 3

   By Ewa, December 15, 2022
   • 73 replies
   • 4.1k views
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   • Phoenixmama
   • 1 hour ago

7. Armorall: Got my dancing shoes back on! 1 2

   By Armorall, January 16, 2022   

   • buproprion
   • risperidone
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • buproprion
     • risperidone
     • latuda
     • wellbutrin
     • risperdal
     • abilify
     • aripiprazole
   • 45 replies
   • 4.7k views
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   • Armorall
   • Sunday at 06:40 PM

8. JanCarol - undiagnosed! Off all "bipolar" drugs! 1 2 3 4 8

   By JanCarol, August 17, 2017   

   • lithium
   • recovery
   • (and 6 more)

     Tagged with:

     • lithium
     • recovery
     • undiagnosed
     • slow taper
     • lithium taper
     • euthymic
     • seroquel
     • reboxitine
   • 271 replies
   • 29.1k views
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   • JanCarol
   • Saturday at 01:39 AM

9. cristal27: Success from almost 10 years of psych drugs

   By cristal27, March 4   

   • youth
   • 5 replies
   • 558 views
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   • peaceandlove
   • Friday at 11:41 PM

10. CharlieBrown's Long Road To Success!

    By CharlieBrown, July 4, 2016   

    • fluoxetine
    • venlafaxine
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • fluoxetine
      • venlafaxine
      • sertraline
      • risperidone
      • success-story
      • anti-psychotic
    • 35 replies
    • 12.8k views
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    • CharlieBrown
    • Friday at 03:29 AM

11. Rhi: Incremental success 1 2 3

    By Rhiannon, October 8, 2012   

    • celexa
    • citalopram
    • (and 10 more)

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      • celexa
      • citalopram
      • neurontin
      • gabapentin
      • lamictal
      • lamotrigine
      • xanax
      • valium
      • ambien
      • alprazolam
      • diazepam
      • zolpidem
    • 89 replies
    • 17k views
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    • DazzlingCold
    • Friday at 12:45 AM

12. Judith: Healing will happen! 1 2 3 4

    By Judith, December 20, 2019   

    • effexor
    • venlafaxine
    • 140 replies
    • 25.5k views
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    • Judith
    • March 15

13. Siderale : One year off meds, two months symptoms-free although I thought I'd never feel like myself again: I overcame Escitalopram withdrawal 1 2

    By siderale, March 13, 2022   

    • lexapro
    • escitalopram
    • 38 replies
    • 7.7k views
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    • Margot80
    • March 13

14. altostratafan: It can be done! (Abilify survivor)

    By altostratafan, February 3   

    • abilify
    • aripiprazole
    • 3 replies
    • 655 views
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    • thereishope33
    • March 11

15. Tao of the Brassmonkey 1 2 3 4 14

    By brassmonkey, April 17, 2018   

    • paxil
    • paroxetine
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • paxil
      • paroxetine
      • sober
      • microtaper
      • micro taper
    • 472 replies
    • 44.4k views
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    • Rabe
    • March 6

16. servadei: 5 years off - my advice

    By servadei, July 25, 2020   

    • dpdr
    • dp/dr
    • (and 10 more)

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      • dpdr
      • dp/dr
      • insomnia
      • anxiety
      • apathy
      • loneliness
      • depression
      • fear
      • desperation
      • suicidal
      • lexapro
      • escitalopram
    • 22 replies
    • 7.6k views
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    • Phoenixmama
    • March 6

17. Dan998: Learning to fly

    By Dan998, May 30, 2022   

    • citalopram
    • celexa
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • citalopram
      • celexa
      • paroxetine
      • escitalopram
      • paxil
      • lexapro
    • 16 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • Mutfael
    • March 6

18. Aeroman - I have recovered from Lexapro and Cipro 1 2 3 4 17

    By Aeroman, March 9, 2017   

    • lexapro
    • escitalopram
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • lexapro
      • escitalopram
      • cipro
    • 608 replies
    • 81.9k views
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    • Rchicken
    • March 6

19. Violets: Fully recovered from severe form of PSSD after two years

    By Violets, March 23, 2022   

    • lexapro
    • pssd
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • lexapro
      • pssd
      • recovery
      • recovery story
      • escitalopram
    • 19 replies
    • 6.2k views
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    • Whit22
    • March 3

20. Asjf I’m finally whole again (After 22years On Zoloft and then 5 years off)

    By Asjf, June 5, 2019
    • 23 replies
    • 5.9k views
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    • Experiment1996
    • March 2

21. Shep's Success: "Leaving Plato's Cave" 1 2 3 4 8

    By Shep, May 25, 2020   

    • seroquel
    • viibryd
    • (and 10 more)

      Tagged with:

      • seroquel
      • viibryd
      • klonopin
      • sonata
      • dexedrine
      • halcion
      • quetiapine
      • vilazodone
      • clonazepam
      • zaleplon
      • dextroamphetamine
      • traizolam
    • 270 replies
    • 27k views
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    • Shep
    • March 1

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

    By WiggleIt, January 11, 2015
    • 139 replies
    • 42.3k views
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    • arbor
    • February 24

23. coldturkmama Recovered after Paxil cold turkey 1 2 3 4

    By coldturkmama, December 19, 2019   

    • paxil
    • paroxetine
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • paxil
      • paroxetine
      • cold turkey
    • 140 replies
    • 21.3k views
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    • GGGG
    • February 24

24. SunPrism's Recovery Story - There is Hope!

    By SunPrism, February 16   

    • lexapro
    • escitalopram
    • 3 replies
    • 708 views
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    • eileen1111
    • February 21

25. pug Your miracle is coming, hang on! 1 2 3 4 14

    By pug, May 29, 2017   

    • zoloft
    • sertraline
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • zoloft
      • sertraline
      • success_story
      • cold turkey
      • prozac
      • fluoxetine
    • 484 replies
    • 98k views
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    • GGGG
    • February 20

26. Glosmom's Glo is Going to Make It! – A Survival Success Story

    By Glosmom, February 10
    • 12 replies
    • 870 views
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    • Armorall
    • February 19

27. Mogfish: successful taper directly off Pristiq using cutting up method 1 2

    By mogfish, July 10, 2014   

    • pristiq
    • 39 replies
    • 10.2k views
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    • littlebird
    • February 12

28. DaBro 2 years, not 2 weeks Pfizer, but finally healed 1 2 3

    By DaBro, May 3, 2021   

    • sertraline
    • zoloft
    • 72 replies
    • 10.8k views
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    • angela9985
    • February 9

29. Jaywill My Success story

    By Jaywill, February 25, 2018
    • 10 replies
    • 4.7k views
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    • Experiment1996
    • February 1

30. DizzyGirl More than 4 years off 1 2 3

    By DizzyGirl, August 24, 2016
    • 75 replies
    • 16.4k views
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    • Experiment1996
    • February 1

31. Marsha's Success Story

    By Marsha, January 2
    • 17 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Pina
    • January 29

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

    By Athosverona, January 11, 2019   

    • lexapro
    • escitalopram
    • 32 replies
    • 5.8k views
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    • Athosverona
    • January 27

33. Cocopuffz - 11 years on paroxetine. It's nothing but a bad memory now. I am now free!! 1 2 3 4 5

    By Cocopuffz17, July 17, 2020   

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

      Tagged with:

      • paroxetine
      • paxil-free
      • paxil
    • 149 replies
    • 21.5k views
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    • Gussy
    • January 27

34. Gussy: fast effexor taper, The Darkness has faded, the light is back. Almost 3 years at 0.

    By Gussy, February 14, 2020   

    • recovery
    • effexor
    • 35 replies
    • 4.8k views
    • 
    • Gussy
    • January 27

35. Santino made it and stayed sane!!! 1 2

    By Santino, October 25, 2018   

    • xanax
    • bromazepam
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • xanax
      • bromazepam
      • alprazolam
      • remeron
      • mirtazapine
    • 68 replies
    • 11.1k views
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    • Hibari
    • January 18

36. MrAnxious: Update - Years later ...

    By MrAnxious, July 20, 2020   

    • success
    • successful
    • (and 10 more)

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      • success
      • successful
      • effexor
      • recovery story
      • recovery
      • protracted
      • withdrawl
      • venlafaxine
      • zoloft
      • sertraline
      • buspar
      • buspirone
    • 27 replies
    • 6.1k views
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    • MrAnxious
    • January 14