ck1111: Hi new here ck111

[Ck1111]

Note to self. My next action was to drop quetiapine by 10 percent. I weighed the 25 pill it said 73 so i scraped off  a bit so it weighs 65.

 

i started this on the 3 rd of dec. I will hold on the lex 2.5 and make no further changes and will review  again on the 2nd january. 
Where i will probably cut the lex to either 2.2 or 2mg depending on how im feeling.

 

so far reducing the quetiapine i have noticed dizziness as the main symptom. Also its taking me longer to fall asleep. 

 

[Ck1111]

My plan is to alternate tapering lex and quetiapine.

I aim to be off lex by April next year. And to be on half the quet (12.5) by june 2024 and hopefully off quet by December or the may 2025 depending on how it goes.

[Ck1111]

Ive got to add my logic and reasoning skills are much improved.

I couldnt concentrate before and the simple maths equations i couldnt get my head around and now it makes perfect sense. People around me say im calmer. And i handled the worst crisis losing my dog very well. I didnt fall apart even though im heartbroken. 
I know i am on the right path. Ive consulted with a naturopath who is going to do tests and gelp me support my adrenals and nervous  system and get to the bottom/ route cause of my mental and health issues.

This is the start to a better, happier, healthier future.

[Ck1111]

Its been a week since tapering quetiapine roughly by 10

percent.

My sleep was terrible last night. My health anxiety has increased again.

 I have noticed acid reflux too which staryed around the time i reduced the lexapro . Is acud reflux a symptom or an indication of sometjing else.

on a pisitive note im feeling more connected to the people around me. And less paranoid and fearful.

but the helath anxiety is a worry along with all of the symotoms wd brings/

[Ck1111]

So i am now using my own liquid lex by dissolving a 5 mg pill in water in the 10 ml syringe. And taking 2.2 ml.

 

Would i be better off dissolving the pill in fruitjuice or is water sufficient. 
Its only 2 days of me using this method. Im waiting about 1 hr for the pill to disintegrate and shaking it etc.Im still worried about the pill being evenly distributed and getting the correct amount in my system. 
Does the home made liquid effect people differently than the pill.

So far dizziness and insomnia are my main symptoms. And a bit of an increase in paranoid thinking. And my vision felt a bit. Blurry yesterday. I was finding it hard to concentrate when talking/ socialising. 

[Lenaf]

Search this site for the topic liquid preparation. You should find the article that describes this. I use an isotonic saline solution (2.5ml salt in 250ml filtered water) and from that solution, I use 10ml to make a 1:1 solution of Escitalopram. The solution is stable for a week or so and since I use 1.12mg per day, it keeps me about a week. This will depend on your dosage. Go slow, otherwise the withdrawal symptoms may overwhelm you. Good luck and inbox me if you need more info. 

[Ck1111]

Well hello to anyone that follows me. 
Its been 4 months now since i started  to taper. Im now on 1.8 mg

I feel my cognitive functions impoving, and im feeling a bit more ambitious. But boy am i angry.

I had mood swings and was labled with bpd before meds. 
But boy oh boy an i feeling resentful. Angry and easily irritated at present. 
I hope this passes or i learn how to control it. 
 

I think the pills sedated me a bit. Or maybe they didn’t as i still had rageful moments. Im not sure what the pills were/ are doing tbh.

I just had side effects that distracted me. 
 

Anyway im pushing forward on my journey regardless. I think im on the right track. 
I have just come back from

an epic holiday innthe Caribbean and back to the cold dull winter that is England.

i have some post holiday blues. Ugh i long for the better days ahead.

[Ck1111]

Note to self,

 

Now i am on such a low dose of the lexapro(1.8) i will hold for  2 months  and concentrate on reducing the quet

 

I cut the quetipqine from 25 to about 20 mg 2 months ago.

I will cut the quetiapine to 18.75 mg  on the  4th march.  I will not reduce the quetiapine again until July 

I will give an extra month to level out and go back to tapering the lex on the 4th may to  1.6 mg. 
then june 1.4. 
July i will consider dropping The quetiapine again. 
 

I will see how this goes and im open to changing the plan depending on how things go.