wegoe: Anafranil gives me very bad brain fog. My intelligence and vocabulary are less than before. What should I do about this? Is it permanent damage?

[wegoe]

Anafranil gives me very bad brain fog. My intelligence and vocabulary are less than before. What should I do about this? Is it permanent damage?I have been using anafranil for 9 months. At first, we increased and increased to 300 mg, then we decreased and decreased to 75, now I am at 75. I am currently using Abizol 5mg.

 

 

 

Edited July 29 by Emonda
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[wegoe]

Anafranil gives me very bad brain fog. My intelligence and vocabulary are less than before. What should I do about this? Is it permanent damage?

I have been using anafranil for 9 months. At first, we increased and increased to 300 mg, then we decreased and decreased to 75, now I am at 75. I am currently using Abizol 5mg.

 

[wegoe]

Anafranil gives me very bad brain fog. My intelligence and vocabulary are less than before. What should I do about this? Is it permanent damage? 

[Emonda]

Merhaba (hello) @wegoe

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Many thanks, Emonda

[wegoe]

Anafranil gives me very bad brain fog. My intelligence and vocabulary are less than before. What should I do about this? Is it permanent damage?I have been using anafranil for 9 months. At first, we increased and increased to 300 mg, then we decreased and decreased to 75, now I am at 75. I am currently using Abizol 5mg.

 

[Emonda]

Hello wegoe,

Thank you for completing your signature.

 

Please don't send me PMs. Please post any questions here, so everyone has the opportunity to try and assist.

 

This site exists to help those that wish to taper off ADs. Is this what you are wanting to do? Have you discussed this with your doctor?

 

Regards, Emonda

[wegoe]

I am currently using my medications anafranil 75 mg and aripiprazole 5 mg. I want to reduce the aripiprazole to 5.2.5.0 once a month. I want to reduce the anafranil by 25% once a month.

[Emonda]

I suggest you have a read of this link to start with:

 

Taking multiple psych drugs? Which drug to taper first?

 

 

5 hours ago, wegoe said:

I want to reduce the anafranil by 25% once a month.

 

Then I suggest you consider this:

Why taper by 10% of my dosage? The reductions should get smaller and smaller each month, for example: 10mg, 9mg, 8.1mg, 7.3mg etc. This process involves a degree of trial and error, as there is no way of predicting how an individual will respond. Importantly, if you develop unpleasant side effects from tapering, halt the taper, give yourself time to settle, and once stable, taper more slowly and by smaller amounts moving forward. The experience of others suggests that the lower you go in dose, the slower you need to go with tapering.

 

Those that taper too quickly often develop very unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. This Daily Checklist of Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms (PDF) is a helpful summary of what many experience.

I hope this helps