zma1 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 @brassmonkey, thank you. i still don’t get the math. I’m at .14ml right now so does that mean I’m at a little less than 3 mg dose? and going from .15ml to .14ml was very difficult. I’m wondering if I’m reducing too quickly or if the combination of withdrawal and perimenopause is making this close to impossible to reduce. Am I going more than 10% reductions? ( I’m making reductions no more often than 2-3 months because they are so tough and I want to be very stable before I make a new reduction.) SERTRALINE current taper Oct 10, 2021: 18.75 mg dose/ 60mg weight; Nov 7, 2021: 15.6 mg dose/50mg weight; Nov 21, 2021: 12.5mg dose/40mg weight Dec 26, 2021: 9.4 mg dose/30mg weight; Jan 23, 2022: 6.25mg dose/20mg weight; Feb 13, 2022: crossover from 6.25mg dose tablet to 6.25mg dose/.31ml liquid; Mar 13 2022: 0.28 ml; Mar 27, 2022: 0.25ml (5 mg dose if my math is correct); Apr 3, 2022: 0.23ml; Apr 10, 2022: 0.22ml; Apr 16,2022: 0.20ml; Jun 5, 2022: 0.19 ml; June 19, 2022: 0.18ml; Sep 25, 2022: 0.17ml; Oct 23, 2022: 0.16ml; Nov 20, 2022: 0.15 ml; Jan 22, 2023: 0.14ml; slowly decreased over last year to Feb 1, 2024: 0.10ml; Apr 28, 2024: 0.09ml; SUPPLEMENTS Daily: Fish Oil, Magnesium, micronized Progesterone 100mg Periodically or as needed: Allegra, Ibuprofen, Vitamin C, B-Complex, probiotics, Quercetin, Nasalcrom, Stinging Nettle, Vit D Sertaline Up and down mess: 2021, July 14: 25 mg, 2021, Mar 17: 18.75 mg, 2021, Mar 9: 12.5 mg, 2021, Mar 1: 25 mg, 2020, May 29: 37.5 mg, 2020, Feb 19: 25 mg, 2020, Feb 1: 18.75 mg, 2019, Nov 2: 12.5 mg, 2019, Oct 18: 6.25 mg ESCITALOPRAM (generic Lexapro) Sep 2017-June 2019 from 0-5 mg Final taper: 5 mg > 2.5mg, then 2.5 every other day, then stop) Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted February 22, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2023 0.14mL will have a dose strength of 2.8mgai. So, your dose would be 2.8mg. Going from 0.15mL to 0.14mL is a 7% reduction. After you get to 0.10mL you will start to be making reductions that are too large. We can adjust for this by changing the dilution ratio of your liquid and using a different syringe to control the dose at a finer rate. We can work through that when you get there. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
zma1 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 @brassmonkey Thank you so so much🥲 SERTRALINE current taper Oct 10, 2021: 18.75 mg dose/ 60mg weight; Nov 7, 2021: 15.6 mg dose/50mg weight; Nov 21, 2021: 12.5mg dose/40mg weight Dec 26, 2021: 9.4 mg dose/30mg weight; Jan 23, 2022: 6.25mg dose/20mg weight; Feb 13, 2022: crossover from 6.25mg dose tablet to 6.25mg dose/.31ml liquid; Mar 13 2022: 0.28 ml; Mar 27, 2022: 0.25ml (5 mg dose if my math is correct); Apr 3, 2022: 0.23ml; Apr 10, 2022: 0.22ml; Apr 16,2022: 0.20ml; Jun 5, 2022: 0.19 ml; June 19, 2022: 0.18ml; Sep 25, 2022: 0.17ml; Oct 23, 2022: 0.16ml; Nov 20, 2022: 0.15 ml; Jan 22, 2023: 0.14ml; slowly decreased over last year to Feb 1, 2024: 0.10ml; Apr 28, 2024: 0.09ml; SUPPLEMENTS Daily: Fish Oil, Magnesium, micronized Progesterone 100mg Periodically or as needed: Allegra, Ibuprofen, Vitamin C, B-Complex, probiotics, Quercetin, Nasalcrom, Stinging Nettle, Vit D Sertaline Up and down mess: 2021, July 14: 25 mg, 2021, Mar 17: 18.75 mg, 2021, Mar 9: 12.5 mg, 2021, Mar 1: 25 mg, 2020, May 29: 37.5 mg, 2020, Feb 19: 25 mg, 2020, Feb 1: 18.75 mg, 2019, Nov 2: 12.5 mg, 2019, Oct 18: 6.25 mg ESCITALOPRAM (generic Lexapro) Sep 2017-June 2019 from 0-5 mg Final taper: 5 mg > 2.5mg, then 2.5 every other day, then stop) Link to comment
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