SpentGladiator2 Introduction

[spentgladiator2]

Hello!

You can call me Amy and I am 29. I live in an urban part of the Midwest, USA.
I have had a rotating cast of diagnosises, but the ones that are most important is treatment resistant depression, borderline personality disorder (no longer meet criteria), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and austism spectrum disorder. I started SSRIs in 2013/2014, and was put on Paxil (unknown dose). In 2016 I was taken off Paxil (not by choice) and given Prozac (unknown dose). In 2019 I was taken off Prozac and given Zoloft (50mg > 100mg >150mg in 2021) as well as Wellbutrin (150mg). In 2020 I was diagnosed with ADHD.

In 2021 two major things happened. One, I was hospitalized for the first (and hopefully only) time. Two, my therapist and I recognized I had treatment resistant depression and I began searching for alternative treatments. We decided on TMS Therapy. I completed TMS in October of 2021 and have been in remission since.

August 2022, after almost a year of remission, I began to taper down my Zoloft with the help of my dr. I was also tentatively diagnosed with ASD. Went to 100mg. In February 2023, I went to 50mg. On July 9 2023 I went to 0mg (with a week of 25mg beforehand).
This sent me into a terrible, terrible withdrawal and I am on Prozac 20mg until we can figure things out.

I work in a mental health type field (not a provider, absolutely not YOUR provider) and I have an interest in research and the social sciences, as well as technology.

[Altostrata]

Welcome, @spentgladiator2

 

We provide peer support for tapering psychiatric drugs. Are you interested in going off your drugs?