UserMan1775 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Table about halfway down the page: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/teen-depression/in-depth/antidepressants/art-20047502 Klonopin Mar 2013 - Feb 2021 - used .000 gram scale to cut pills did very slowly from 2017-2021, had no issues stopping after final dose that was sub .5mg diazepam equivalent (If anyone wants advice for tapering Klonopin with a gram scale, feel free to ask!) tapered off zyprexa twice over 2 weeks in my 20's, had little issue with that after about 3-4 years of use both times. Prozac 40MG for 5 years - 2016 - 2021 (Total of 13 years of consecutive use) (Most recent after last break, been on cumulatively in my life 14 years all times combined, 3 separate on/off occasions, all successful except most recent 3/4) Recent Issue: Tapered gradually from 40MG down to 0MG from May 7th - Aug 18th Felt fine through Oct 5th, slowly started getting depression, panic, and anxiety (Was original thing I was treated for) Decided to go back on SSRI Nov 1st, reacted very bad to 20mg reinstatement, day 1 was fine, day 2 had ADR. Doctor said to drop dosage. Took 5mg for 2 weeks, 10mg for 2 weeks, still felt physically sick, could not take 20mg for more than 3 days, looking for advice going forward (ADR) Not happy about it, but on 1.5mg 3x ativan and temazepam 15mg for sleep (Was sleeping 2-3 hrs nightly prior to temazepam, was first thing that broke 2-3 hr then wide awake sleep cycle) Main symptoms: headaches from certain foods and meds, sleep is broken, anxiety and agitation is extremely high, cortisol spike sensitive, bad in morning better at night, panic attacks, concentration is awful, focus is awful, anhedonia is awful, sensitive to light and noise, especially noise, extreme depression, intense bouts of fear, every looks and feels 'scary' at times, stress tolerance extremely low, have bouts of extreme anxiety, and bouts akathesia, and bouts extreme anticipatory anxiety over basic events/tasks. Nervous system is clearly crashed. No Prozac for 249 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theopold Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 This is an older post, obviously, but... Because of my current circumstances, I'm obviously a little more "focused" on the topic of AD's at the moment...no, "duh", right? Point being...not a day goes by lately where I don't read about the personal experience of a CHILD who has just begun being medicated on one of these horrible drugs. Or, similarly, a young adult talking about being on these drugs for YEARS already! If nothing else, we have no idea what the long-term effects will be of years of AD drug use by...children, essentially. Or worse yet...maybe we already do, and it's still happening anyway? And, yes, I know, lol. I've got enough on my own plate already, yes? That is absolutely true, of course, and I really AM properly focused on my own self-care for the most part. It's just...sometimes even in the midst of my own struggles right now, it's still very hard to just look away. Xanax, .50mg, 21 November 23 - 24 December 23; taper from .50mg to .125mg, 25 December 23 - 19 January 24 Clonazepam, .50mg, 22 January 24 - 5 February 24; taper from .50mg to .125mg 6 February 24 - 29 February 24 Tranmed, 5mg, 22 January 24 - 29 January 24 Zoloft, 25mg 22 January 24 - 5 February 24; 50mg 6 February 24 - 20 February 24; taper from 50mg to 6.25mg 21 February 24 - 28 March 24 Melatonin, 1mg, 1 April 24 - 14 May 24, 2mg, 15 May 24 - present Magnesium - 25mg, 31 May 24 - 7 June 24. Now discontinued. Diphenhydramine - 25mg, 10 July 24 - 29 July 24. Occasional use, now discontinued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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