Syntaxerror Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 10:30 PM, Gridley said: Maybe your body is happy to be on less and less of this poison. Maybe. Or maybe this is pure placebo from taking the decision to lower this drug. If quitting SSRI's is the right decision to feel like myself again, why is it so slow to be back ? And yet I'm saying this when lowering Prozac (from 40 to 10) made me more proactive. But I don't cry or laugh as I used to be. Sure, it was already the case when I was taking 40 mg, but I knew why : I was taking an SSRI ! 29 years old 2015 - 2018 : on lexapro 20 mg ; then tapered to 15, 10, 5, 0 during 2 months on jan-feb 2018. Feb 2018 : switched to paxil 30 mg. June 2018 - now : trying the bridge thing with fluoxetine (prozac), 30 mg. .Sep 2020 : went from 30 to 20 mg of Prozac. Link to comment
Syntaxerror Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 I know I'm asking questions no one has the answer to. But I needed to ask this question out loud and it was the only place to do so. Of all the psychiatrist I met in my country, none would take me seriously when I'd talk about long-term damage of antidepressants. 29 years old 2015 - 2018 : on lexapro 20 mg ; then tapered to 15, 10, 5, 0 during 2 months on jan-feb 2018. Feb 2018 : switched to paxil 30 mg. June 2018 - now : trying the bridge thing with fluoxetine (prozac), 30 mg. .Sep 2020 : went from 30 to 20 mg of Prozac. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Gridley Posted April 30, 2021 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, Syntaxerror said: If quitting SSRI's is the right decision to feel like myself again, why is it so slow to be back ? It takes quite a while for feelings and other aspects of your old self to come back to normal. It doesn't end at zero. It Doesn’t end at “0” Drugs are psychiatrists' raison d'etre. It they allowed themselves to admit that the drugs cause long-term problems, then they'd have to face the fact that their careers consist of handing out poison to the patients they're supposed to be helping. That's a moral reckoning that few would want to face. Much easier to disbelieve their patients. Edited April 30, 2021 by Gridley 2 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 April 1: 6.8mg Taper is 91% complete. Supplements: multiple, quercetin, omega-3, vitamins C, E and D3, magnesium glycinate, probiotics, zinc, melatonin .3mg, iron, serrapeptase, nattokinase I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice but simply information based on my own experience, as well as other members who have survived these drugs. Link to comment
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