oceana444 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Hi , *14 yrs old imipramine 1978 for a year or two (DEPRESSION)( EATING DISORDER) *Ritalin at 25 yrs old for 20 yrs 20 to 40mgs per day (ADHD) *Zoloft150 to 200 mg ,Effexor 100 ? and Lexapro 10 to 20 mg * ( each separately ) over the years ,per day, for 25 years ,average dosage (DEPRESSION) *Seroquel 1200mg .05 Ativan, 10 mg ,ambien 9 years for (INSOMNIA) *100mgs Zyprexa 50 Lamictal AND 4 mg of Clonopin for 18 months for (INSOMNIA) *SEPTEMBER 29 , 2017 , Cold turkeyed off Lexapro 10 mgs , short crossover to 50 mg Zoloft , a month taper off 1200 mg Seroquel .05 Ativan , 4 mg Clonopin ,100 Zyprexa ,50 mg Lamictal ,10 mg Ambien ZOLOFT, 150mg , 1985-1990, switched to EFFEXOR to 1992, then LEXAPRO until Sept. 29, 2016 SEROQUEL, 1200mg, 2008-2016 ATIVAN, .5mg, 2008- Sept. 29, 2016 LAMICTIL, 50mg, Sept. 2015-Aug. 2016 ZYPREXA, Dec. 2015- April 2016 CLONOPIN, 4mg, Sept. 2015, fast taper and crossover to liquid VALIUM equalling 1mg Clonopin by Sept. 29, 2016 Cold turkey from VALUIM & LEXAPRO with the NAD IV PROTOCOL Sept. 29, 2016 As I write this, that was one year ago, I'm still here and healing! Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Gridley Posted October 23, 2017 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) Hi, Oceana, and welcome to SurvivingAntidepressants. I'm glad you found your way here. We ask all of our members to fill out a signature so that all of your information can be read at a glance without having to go to this original post each time. Your signature will appear at the bottom of each of your posts. This helps moderators understand your situation. When you do your signature, could you please clarify a few things from your post? Before you cold-turkeyed off the Lexapro 10 mg, how long had you been on it? Are you still on Seroquel 1200 mg.? Is your Ativan dose .05 mg or .5 mg? Are you still on 4 mg Clonopin, 100 mg Zyprexa, 50 mg Lamictal and 10 mg Ambien? Here's how to create your signature. Again, welcome to SA. Account Settings – Create or Edit a signature • Please leave out symptoms and diagnoses. • A list is easier to understand than one or multiple paragraphs. • Any drugs prior to 24 months ago can just be listed with start and stop years. • Please use actual dates or approximate dates (mid-June, Late October) rather than relative time frames (last week, 3 months ago) • Spell out months, e.g. "October" or "Oct."; 9/1/2016 can be interpreted as Jan. 9, 2016 or Sept. 1, 2016. To get you started, and familiarized with the protocols followed by SA, I am linking a few topics so that you have a better understanding of what is recommended here and the steps that you can take to minimize your withdrawal. What is Withdrawal Syndrome? Why taper by 10% of my dosage? Edited October 23, 2017 by Gridley Gridley Introduction Lexapro 20 mg since 2004. Begin Brassmonkey Slide Taper Jan. 2017. End 2017 year 1 of taper at 9.25mg End 2018 year 2 of taper at 4.1mg End 2019 year 3 of taper at 1.0mg Oct. 30, 2020 Jump to zero from 0.025mg. Current dose: 0.000mg 3 year, 10 month taper is 100% complete. Ativan 1 mg to 1.875mg 1986-2020, two CT's and reinstatements Nov. 2020, 7-week Ativan-Valium crossover to 18.75mg Valium Feb. 2021, begin 10%/4 week taper of 18.75mg Valium End 2021 year 1 of Valium taper at 6mg End 2022 year 2 of Valium taper at 2.75mg End 2023 year 3 of Valium taper at 1mg Jan. 24, 2024: Hold at 1mg and shift to Imipramine taper. Taper is 95% complete. Imipramine 75 mg daily since 1986. Jan.-Sept. 2016 tapered to 14.4mg March 22, 2022: Begin 10%/4 week taper Aug. 5, 2022: hold at 9.5mg and shift to Valium taper Jan. 24, 2024: Resume Imipramine taper. Current dose as of Sept 25: 3.6mg Taper is 95% complete. Supplements: multiple, quercetin, omega-3, vitamins C, E and D3, magnesium glycinate, probiotic, zinc, melatonin .3mg, iron, serrapeptase, nattokinase, L-Glutamine, milk thistle, choline I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice. It is information based on my own experience as well as that of other members who have survived these drugs. Link to comment
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