Hartattack Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Hey all, Does anyone know of any video or voice recording stories of healing? I like to watch and hear people who have been through it as it really gives me so much hope. It helps to have that human connection and makes it seem so much more tangible to me. Thank you so much. Zoloft: 2013- 2015, 50mg; 2016- 2016, 100mg; 2017- 2017, 250mg Prozac: 2018- 2019, 40mg; 2019- Christmas 2020, 80mg tapered down to 0mg over the course of 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus getofflex Posted December 3, 2022 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) Yes. This is a great idea, as many of us are visual and auditory learners! Please be aware that many of these people did not taper correctly, and some recovered very quickly. This is not meant to be advice on how to taper, or suggest how long your recovery may take. The Lovely Grind Channel videos on Youtube owner of channel talks about his recovery from 15 years of Paxil and Xanax. Antidepressant Withdrawal and Recovery Story by Kackie Not fully recovered, but mostly recovered, and living a normal life now. Antidepressant Withdrawal Success Story by Gemma This woman did a fast taper, but she had only ever been on one drug for a year. Please don't do a fast taper, it is very risky. Amanda's Antidepressant and Withdrawal Experience This guy recovered from Celexa in just a month, but was on one drug for a rather short time. Read his comment, he is still doing well 10 years later. Angry Duck Recovery Story This guy also recovered quickly. Bill W Recovery This is the link to the CEPUK recovery videos: http://cepuk.org/recovery-stories/ Edited December 5, 2022 by getofflex 4 Please do not private message me. Only tag me for urgent questions about tapering and reinstating - thank you. ***Please note this is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a doctor who understands psych meds and how to withdraw from them, if you can find one. Lexapro Started Apr 15 2010 - 10 mg; started taper August 2017, recent taper info: Apr 2 '20 0.18 mg; Jul 16 0.17 mg, Aug 23 0.16 mg, Oct 7 0.15 mg, Nov 8 - 0.14, Jan 16 '21 - 0.13, Feb 7 - 0.12, Feb 22 - 0.11, Mar 26 - 0.10, May 21 - 0.09, June 15 - 0.08 Aug 16 - 0.07, Oct 6 - 0.06, Nov 21 0.05, Dec. 17 0.04, Jan 14 '22 0.03, Feb 19 0.02, Apr 18 0.01, May 15 0.005, Jul 8, 0.00. Psych Drug Free as of July 8, 2022!! Woohoo!!! other meds: Levothyroxine 75 mg magnesium in small amounts at 4 AM, before bed suppl AM: fish oil, flax oil, vit C, vit E, multivitamin, zinc suppl 8 PM: magnesium 350 mg, extended release vitamin C, melatonin 2 mg Paxil 2002 - 2010, switched to Lexapro 2010 Trazodone 50 mg. 2002 - 2019, fast tapered in 2019 Xanax 0.5 mg as needed 2002 - 2019, up to 3x weekly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus Erell Posted December 3, 2022 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Hartattack said: Hey all, Does anyone know of any video or voice recording stories of healing? I like to watch and hear people who have been through it as it really gives me so much hope. It helps to have that human connection and makes it seem so much more tangible to me. Thank you so much. Listening to this testimony really helps me these days (the podcast is called “Benzodiazepine Awareness”, but it is about healing from psychdrugs) : (listening to “real” voices helps me too, it makes healing more tnagible like you said: if you have links to share with our community, would you be ok to do so?) Edited December 3, 2022 by Erell 6 2006 : 20mg Paxil+Bromazepam. 2008 : cold turkey of both. 2010 : Reinstatement 20mg Paxil + Bromazepam. 2014-June2017 : Switch from Bromazepam to Prazepam, slow taper to 0mg. 2018 to August 2019 : Paxil 20mg taper (3% every 15 days). 22 Aug 2019 updose to 10mg (was at 8.4mg). 25th Sept 2019 To April 2020 : found SA, holding at 10mg Paxil. April 2020 : Paxil 10mg to Prozac 7mg bridge. Details : topic/21457 Current Supplements : magnesium citrate + fish oil Current medication : * 7pm Diazepam : 0.85mg (15 Aug 2022) / 0.95 mg (24 April 2022) / 1mg Diazepam (since 29 Aug 2020) * 8am Prozac : 6.16mg (25 oct 2022, feel awful, slight updose) / 6.08 mg (9 oct 2022) / 6.24mg (11 July 22) / 6.44mg (22 May 22) / 6.64mg (4 Nov 21) / 6.72mg (8 oct 21) / 6.8 mg (15 Sept 21)/ 6.88mg (14 Aug 21)/ 6.92mg (23 Jun 21) I am not a professional, I don't give medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurkeyCold Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Hey there, at some point I really liked to listen to Antony's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ANT1714/featured Kindly Cornelius 3 Medical history: 11/2015 - Duloxetin 30mg, 12/2015 - Duloxetin 60mg, 4/2016 - CT 8/2016 - Duloxetin 60mg, 2/2017 - Duloxetin 30mg, 4/2017 - CT 7/2017 - Duloxetin 60mg, 9/2017 - Duloxetin 30mg, 11/2017 - CT 3.5.2018 - Milnacipran 25mg, 10.5.2018 - Milnacipran 50mg, 20.5.2018 - Milnacipran 25mg, 24.5.2018 - CT and protracted WD Supplements: none Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartattack Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 Thank you!!! Zoloft: 2013- 2015, 50mg; 2016- 2016, 100mg; 2017- 2017, 250mg Prozac: 2018- 2019, 40mg; 2019- Christmas 2020, 80mg tapered down to 0mg over the course of 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooBoo19 Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) Hello @Hartattack CEPUK has videos of survivors and withdrawal advisors you can watch, I have watched them and gives me hope in my darkest of times. Baylissa also has a website that you can join that has recorded interviews with those who have survived and is very inspirational. This is the link to the CEPUK recovery videos: http://cepuk.org/recovery-stories/ Edited December 5, 2022 by getofflex added link to CEPUK video 2 Started venlafaxine December 2016. Started to wean off Effexor over 16 months period and I had no issues at all. Stopped June 2020. Unfortunately, I was under chronic stress from 4 deaths (1 was my mother) in the family amongst other things and sunk back down in October 2020. Rather than accepting this was chronic stress and grief, I panicked and went to the GP. October 2020 prescribed Vortioxetine 10mg for 1 month and then increased to 15 mg ups advice from GP on for 7 weeks in total. Had suicidal thoughts and off the wall anxiety. Changed to Lexapro in mid December 2020, slow titration from 2.5mg up to 10mg. After 7 weeks again off the wall anxiety. I was advised to take 5mg for one week and stop as I want to go 'au natural'. Last SSRI was 30 January 2021. I was also prescribed diazepam and Zopiclone through the 4 months of taking SSRis to 'manage' the side effects and also for the withdrawal. I am probably withdrawing from all drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartattack Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 Thank you guys!!! I appreciate all of the healing videos, if anyone knows of anymore, please send. thanks! Zoloft: 2013- 2015, 50mg; 2016- 2016, 100mg; 2017- 2017, 250mg Prozac: 2018- 2019, 40mg; 2019- Christmas 2020, 80mg tapered down to 0mg over the course of 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persistente Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Google Laura Delano on Youtube. That was the first info about wd to me. https://youtube.com/@LauraDelano 1 3/2012 - sertralin 50 mg, no major side effects 1/2014 - ct sertralin 50 mg (tappered 3 weeks as doctor ordered) 7/2014 - back to sertalin 50 mg, no issues 4/2016 - ct sertralin 50 mg (tappered 3 weeks, my decision) 12/2016 - back to sertalin, major side effects from the first pill and the begginning of hell 2/2017 - mirtazepine 15 mg added for insomnia 6/2017 - stopped sertralin (2 months tapper) 9/2017 - stopped mirtazepine (3 weeks taper) waves and windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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