Popular Post Ej334 Posted February 11 Popular Post Posted February 11 I promised myself and God that if I got to the other side of this I would come back here and reciprocate the hope that helped me get through this. I’ve been 95%+ recovered for about 2 years but I avoided coming back and put off my promise for too long being that this site is associated with the trauma. This site was the rare place that gave answers. You feel alone because doctors and even Dr Google seem to shrug its shoulders at your symptoms. Compound that with me going through my symptoms during the Covid years when seeing a doctor was next to impossible, also my already ultra anxious mind being stuck at home worrying about the world and my family’s health. I’ll try to get to the point. My symptoms begin when I stopped taking Wellbutrin suddenly. I was only on it for a few months. Maybe 5 at most. I didn’t know about waning off. I just knew I wanted to be done with it. What followed was a massive panic attack followed by an array of symptoms that lasted a year and a half: constant intense headaches, eye flashes, “air hunger”, jerking out of sleep, tingling, chest tightness, among a few others. The symptoms’ intensity decreased month to month but the frustrating part was they stuck around for a while. The windows and waves theory is true. It will be 4 years to the day this week since it started and I can say my life has changed for the better since. I’ve gotten 2 Masters degrees and a top professional certification in my industry. I say that to say not only will you get through this you will be stronger and your mind will still be strong. Just take it a day at a time. I don’t want to get into what did and didn’t help me because I do remember the mix bag of trying supplements and suggestions frustrated me so I won’t burden you with that. What I can say is it gets better with time and there will be a time in the near future where you somewhat forget this hell you’re going through. 13
Moderator Emeritus getofflex Posted February 12 Moderator Emeritus Posted February 12 Congratulations for getting off of psychiatric drugs! Thank you for writing your story about this. It will help many others in here who need hope and inspiration. On 2/11/2024 at 4:54 AM, Ej334 said: I’ve gotten 2 Masters degrees and a top professional certification in my industry. That's incredible! My hat's off to you for doing all of this. 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
LukeUK Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Thank you for sharing your story. I'm glad you are well. 15mg Remeron/Mirtazapine November starting 2022 (severe physical side effects) Attempted to taper off January 2023, ended up having a major breakdown and going up to 30mg, took weeks to stabilise 1 month taper to 0mg Last dose April 2023 Severe withdrawal syndrome with many physical symptoms Summary: 5 months using Mirtazapine, including 1 month taper ending late April 2023. Severe withdrawal since.
Prozack Posted February 12 Posted February 12 @Ej334What about your total drug history? 2009-2010: Asentra (50 mg) 2011: Cipralex (10 mg) 2009-2011: tried Zyprexa (5/2.5mg), Kventiax (50/25mg) and Abilify (low dosage) (started refusing it - being zombie) CT Cipralex, being free for several moths 2012-2016: Prozac (60 mg) 2016-2017: Alventa (75 mg) 2016: just tried Cymbalta and Ludiomil 2017-2018: Mirtazapine (30/45mg) 2012-2018: Wellbutrine (300 mg) 2014-2018: Lamotrigine (50/100/150 mg) CT Wellbutrin, tapering lamitrogine and mirtazapine too fast Supplements: B12, D, Mg, trying B3, B1 I know I wrote a lot of nonsense here. I'm sorry, I feel shamed!
ForestLily Posted February 13 Posted February 13 It means so much to hear the success stories, and I know that everyone on the other side of this must be ready to just get on with their lives. 🙂Thank you for coming back to share your story! 2008-2014 paroxetine 20mg 2014 March to May paroxetine fast taper to 0, bad crash in November, reinstated 20mg 2014-2019 paroxetine 20mg 2019 paroxetine Sep 20mg Oct 15mg Nov 10mg; acute withdrawal - found this site and decided to hold at 10mg 2020 July 10mg Aug 9.5mg Sep 8.5mg Nov 7.6mg Dec 7mg; .25mg xanax and .25mg hydroxizine as needed 2021 paroxetine Jan 6.6mg Feb 6mg; .25mg xanax and .25mg hydroxyzine as needed, switched to a liquid suspension 2022-present continued to taper about 10% every 6 weeks, holding when needed, currently at 0.72mg; .25 Xanax maybe a few times a year, no alcohol since October 2023
Ryder Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Hi @Ej334, Did you taper at all of your drug or was it a mixed bag ? Ryder. 2008-2012: Cymbalta, Zyprexa, Valium (5 days supply), 2012 - Seroquel x 4 weeks C/T. 2014 - Seroquel x 2 Weeks C/T. Crossed to Risperidone 3mg for 6months until December. 2014 - Stopped Risperidone. Xfer > Anti-Depressant 200mg Zoloft and 6mg Clonazepam. 2018 - 150mg Clomipromine. Tapered Benzo to 1mg Clonazepam. 2019 - 1mg Clonazepam transferred across to 20mg Diazepam. Currently: Anafranil: 75mg. 17th Dec 2022 70mg. 27th Dec 22: 75mg, 14 January 23': 70mg. 16-26th January: 50mg (too fast drop no sleep). Jan 28th 2023: 70mg. 20 Feb 2023: 65mg. 11/06: 60mg 9/08: 55mg 15/08/23 : 50mg 3/03/2024: 60mg (Updose) 25/04: 57.5mg 3 Nov: 54mg 11 Nov: 57.5, 30 Nov: 50mg Diazepam (V): 25th Oct 2019' 20mg. 22 Dec 19' 19mg. 04 Apr 2020' 18mg, 30 September 20' 17.5mg , 13 Nov 2020' 17mg. 01 January 2021: 16mg, 13th Aug 21' 15mg. 1st Nov' 2021 14.5mg. 1st Dec' 2021 14mg. 13 January 2022: 13.5mg, 11 Feb: 13mg. 11 April 22' 12.5mg, 12 May 22': 12mg, 6th September 2022: 11mg Valium. 9th October: 10.5mg, 25th Oct 10mg. 12 March 23: 9.5mg 2 April: 9.25mg 23 April: 9mg 12/05: 8.75 26/05: 8.5 12/09: 8.25 21/09: 8.5. 3/10: 8.25 17/10: 8mg 20th Nov 2023 Brassmonkey: (7.9.,7.8, 7.75) 5 Feb: 7.25mg. 23 Feb: 7mg. 8th April 6.9mg 16 April: 6.8mg 29/04 6.7mg 6/05: 6.6mg 13/05: 6.5mg 8/07: 6mg 26/9: 5.75mg 2/10: 5.62mg 13/10: 5.5mg 27/10: 5.4mg 11 November 5.3mg 17/11: 5.25mg (brassmonkey). *. Have tried to go at faster rate than 0.5mg but is currently too fast.
Hibari Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Congratulations @Ej334! Well done on getting off and glad you are feeling better. Hibari 9/2013-4/2014: After moms death, was prescribed a series of meds for short periods of time that didn't work. Zoloft, Lexapro, Nortriptyline, Liquid Prozac, Cymbalta. 1/2014-9/2014. Clonzapam: Given Lamictal, stopped Clonzapam at .125mgs 1/2015-4 2017 Remeron: 41.25 -0.025mgs 7/2015-11/2018 Lamictal: 200mgs-0.05 mgs Had paradoxical reaction to Lamictal wd, broke my heart to take a benzo but wasn't sleeping. 3/28/2019 -2/5/ 2021 Clonazapam: 0.625mgs-.00115 Med Free July 27th, 2022**Severe Setback due to surgery/ anesthesia. 9/7/22-10/4/22 Trazadone 50-100mgs for sleep, 10/13/22-11/13/22 Trazadone 1 mg to stabilize 10/4/22-11/20/22 Remeron 7.5mgs (for sleep doesn't work) 11/20/22 7.3 - 12/31/22 6.3 2023: 1/18/23 6.1 - 6/6/23 3.6 6/16 3.4 6/28 3.0 7/12 2.7 7/28 2.5 8/11 2.2 8/23 2.0 9/5 1.8 9/16 1.6 9/30 1.4 10/13 1.2 10/26 1.0 11/9 0.8 11/22 0.6 12/6 0.4 12/23 0.2. 2024 1/4/24 Remeron/Mirtazapine free Additional Support: Armour Thyroid 75mgs, Magnesium Glycinate 300-500mgs, L-theanine
Phoenixmama Posted February 20 Posted February 20 Thank you for coming back.... 🌞 2021: started celexa 10mg feb 2nd feb 25th took my last 10g; feb 26th 5mg; feb 27th 5mg; feb 28th 2021 cold turkey currently taking mag
Snowblind Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Thank you. I needed this today. Sertraline (Zoloft) 2004: 50mg (Nov); 2005: 100mg (Feb), 200mg (Jul); 2006: 100mg (Feb); 2007-2010: 150mg; 2011: 100mg (Jun); 2012: 75mg, 100mg; 2013: 125mg; 2014: 100mg, 75mg, 50mg; 2015: 75mg, 100mg, 125mg, 150mg; 2016-2017: 150mg; 2018: 149mg (4 Jan), 148mg (9 Jan), 147mg (14 Jan), 146mg (19 Jan), 145mg (24 Jan), 144mg (9 Mar), 143mg (17 Mar), 142mg (29 Mar), 141mg (9 Apr), 140mg (14 Apr), 139mg (3 Jun), 138mg (13 Jun), 137mg (1 Jul), 136mg (13 Jul), 135mg (28 Jul), 134mg (11 Aug), 133mg (23 Aug), 132mg (9 Sep), 131mg (20 Sep), 130mg (9 Oct), 129mg (24 Oct), 128mg (3 Dec); 2019: 125mg (20 Jun); 2022: 123mg (9 Feb), ↘︎ 122mg (23 Jul), ↘︎ 121mg (13 Aug), ↘︎ 120mg (27 Aug), ↘︎ 119mg (10 Sep), ↘︎ 118mg (24 Sep), ↘︎ 117mg (8 Oct), ↘︎ 116mg (20 Oct), ↘︎ 115mg (14 Nov), ↘︎ 114mg (26 Nov), ↘︎ 113mg (8 Dec), ↘︎ 112mg (18 Dec), ↘︎ 111mg (28 Dec); 2023: ↘︎ 110mg (4 Jan), ↘︎ 109mg (20 Jan), ↘︎ 108mg (29 Jan), ↘︎ 107mg (6 Feb), ↘︎ 106mg (14 Feb), ↘︎ 105mg (21 Feb), ↘︎ 104mg (6 Mar), ↘︎ 103mg (13 Mar), ↘︎ 102mg (19 Mar), ↘︎ 101mg (25 Mar), ↘︎ 100mg (31 Mar), ↘︎ 99mg (11 Apr), ↘︎ 98mg (17 Apr), ↘︎ 97mg (23 Apr), ↘︎ 96mg (29 Apr), ↘︎ 95mg (5 May), ↘︎ 94mg (16 May), ↘︎ 93mg (22 May), ↘︎ 92mg (28 May), ↘︎ 91mg (3 Jun), ↘︎ 90mg (9 Jun), ↘︎ 89mg (20 Jun), ↘︎ 88mg (25 Jun), ↘︎ 87mg (30 Jun), ↘︎ 86mg (5 Jul), ↘︎ 85mg (10 Jul), ↘︎ 84mg (4 Aug), ↘︎ 83mg (9 Aug), ↘︎ 82mg (14 Aug), ↘︎ 81mg (19 Aug), ↘︎ 80mg (24 Aug), ↘︎ 79mg (2 Sep), ↘︎ 78mg (7 Sep), ↘︎ 77mg (12 Sep), ↘︎ 76mg (17 Sep), ↘︎ 75mg (22 Sep), ↘︎ 74mg (1 Oct), ↘︎ 73mg (6 Oct), ↘︎ 72mg (11 Oct), ↘︎ 71mg (16 Oct), ↘︎ 70mg (21 Oct), ↘︎ 69mg (30 Oct), ↘︎ 68mg (4 Nov), ↘︎ 67mg (9 Nov), ↘︎ 66mg (14 Nov), ↘︎ 65mg (19 Nov), ↘︎ 64mg (28 Nov), ↘︎ 63mg (3 Dec), ↘︎ 62mg (8 Dec), ↘︎ 61mg (13 Dec), ↘︎ 60mg (18 Dec), ↘︎ 59mg (27 Dec); 2024: ↘︎ 58mg (1 Jan), ↘︎ 57mg (6 Jan), ↘︎ 56mg (11 Jan), ↘︎ 55mg (16 Jan), ↘︎ 54mg (25 Jan), ↘︎ 53mg (30 Jan), ↘︎ 52mg (4 Feb), ↘︎ 51mg (9 Feb), ↘︎ 50mg (14 Feb), ↘︎ 49mg (23 Feb), ↘︎ 48mg (28 Feb), ↘︎ 47mg (4 Mar), ↘︎ 46mg (9 Mar), ↘︎ 45mg (14 Mar), ↘︎ 44mg (23 Mar), ↘︎ 43mg (28 Mar), ↘︎ 42mg (2 Apr), ↘︎ 41mg (7 Apr), ↘︎ 40mg (12 Apr), ↘︎ 39mg (21 Apr), ↘︎ 38mg (26 Apr), ↘︎ 37mg (1 May), ↘︎ 36mg (6 May), ↘︎ 35mg (11 May), ↘︎ 34mg (27 May), ↘︎ 33mg (3 Jun), ↘︎ 32mg (10 Jun), ↘︎ 31mg (17 Jun), ↘︎ 30mg (24 Jun), ↘︎ 29mg (30 Jun), ↘︎ 28mg (6 Jul), ↘︎ 27mg (12 Jul), ↘︎ 26mg (18 Jul), ↘︎ 25mg (24 Jul), ↘︎ 24mg (25 Aug), ↘︎ 23mg (2 Sep), ↘︎ 22mg (10 Sep), ↘︎ 21mg (18 Sep), ↘︎ 20mg (26 Sep), ↘︎ 19mg (11 Oct), ↘︎ 18mg (19 Oct), ↘︎ 17mg (27 Oct), ↘︎ 16mg (4 Nov), ↘︎ 15mg (12 Nov), ↘︎ 14mg (29 Nov); ↘︎ = Daily micro-taper (fractions of a mg). Temazepam 2004: ?mg. Alprazolam (Xanax) 2007: 0.5mg - 4mg. Quetiapine (Seroquel) 2008: 25mg - 75mg; 2009: 50mg. Dexamphetamine 2013: 5mg. Modafinil 2017: 100mg. QUIT: Coffee (09 Mar '22) | Alcohol (11 Mar '22) | Vitamin supplements (14 Mar '22) | OTC medications (14 Mar '22) | Herbal and mushroom supplements (14 Dec '22) "Discipline will set you free"
Rhernan Posted April 24 Posted April 24 On 2/12/2024 at 9:03 AM, LukeUK said: Thank you for sharing your story. I'm glad you are well. @LukeUK I know I am quoting you on this story, but I noticed you stopped mirt in 2023 and have been in severe WD since then. I too came off mirt in July 2023 and have been in severe WD since then as well. I came off a benzo previously and tapered both of them slower than the Ashton Manuel recommends using compounded liquid. I’m interested to hear your story…maybe chat? My email is rhernandez17@att.net, if you would like to connect. If not, no worries! - Prescribed Xanax for 2 weeks after knee surgery in 2016 (reaction to anesthesia) - cold turkeyed Xanax and was in hospital then bedridden - Found Ashton Manuel and crossed over to 15 mg’s Valium - Tapering off Valium with pills and compound 2016-2018 - Prescribed Remeron nightly in July 2017 for nausea, loss of appetite, weight loss and mood (1.875 mg’s) - Finished Valium taper July 2018 - on mirt from 2017-2021 slowly tapering - got down to .25 and got very ill, updosed to .50 mgs -slowly tapered and finished July 2023 -As of January 2024 in acute withdrawals and sleep is the worst!
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