123Jakester: Cold turkey off Epival, Wellbutrin, Quetiapine, Venlafaxine, and Abilify

[123Jakester]

July 7, I realized that I had missed 6 days of meds. I have developed some bad allergies (lactose, gluten) and I just couldn’t bring myself to put any medication back in my body. I am currently dealing with withdrawal and  meet my psychiatrist to tell him on July 20. I am concerned I will be committed for going off my meds and I am looking for suggestions about dealing with withdrawal symptoms and other people’s experiences.

 

 

Edited July 12, 2023 by manymoretodays
name to topic title

[manymoretodays]

Hi there Jakester and welcome,

We don't advise CT(cold turkey) off multiple medications at once. 

Harm reduction is how we like to go:

Why taper by 10% of my dosage

 

We do need you to complete a drug signature.  See:

How to Summarize Your Drug History in Your Signature

 

Once that is done, please do tell us what you are experiencing now in the way of WD(withdrawal) symptoms.

Using Dr. Glenmullen's checklist may help you identify.

 

My own experiences with CT were not great, and did result in remedication ,as I did not know about WD and tapering when they were done.

 

Also take a look at:

Taking multiple psych drugs? Which drug to taper first?

About reinstating and stabilizing to reduce withdrawal symptoms

 

I look forward to hearing more from you.  Please attend to doing your drug signature, so we have a better idea of what you are dealing with- time frames, all drugs and dosages, etc.  Thank you.  And ooof, it looks like a crazy combination of medications in your topic title.  We are a site, devoted to safer and harm reduction practices of tapering off psychiatric drugs.

 

Love, peace, healing, and growth,

manymoretodays(mmt)

 

 

 

Edited July 12, 2023 by manymoretodays
bolding, re-do on link to Glenmullen's symptom list