GiaK Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 wanted to share an example of a "detox" food...it's really just awesomely delicious food that is appropriate for me at the moment...made with ten years of study of both the body and food and nutrition....that's all...there is simply a learning curve involved in understanding what detox is all about...it is only sometimes radical...by necessity only, if done right. this is targeted at the moment towards my heavy metal load...most clearly mercury...it was accompanied by an apple and some avocado on the side...all foods that help with my needs TODAY...(they're always changing) Everything Matters: Beyond Meds https://beyondmeds.com/ withdrawn from a cocktail of 6 psychiatric drugs that included every class of psych drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sottana Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Whoaaaa. Looks so yum. Love all those ingredients. That pesto sounds amazing, and I love plantains. I’m not in detox and don’t plan on detoxing for a while, but will still make this as it looks yum! 2008: start Lexapro 10 mg which is quickly upped to 20 mg. 2008:2013 try at least four individual times to get off Lexapro, never get lower than 5mg, settle at 15 mg. 2015: again, attempt to get off Lexapro and get to 5 mg. After 6 months, feel i'm stabilizing but go back on a higher dose because of one stressful event. 2016: go to 20 mg from 15 mg due to work stresses, hit severe tolerance for the first time and become very suicidal. 2016-2017: try viibryd and cymbata in an attempt to feel better. Also add Lamictal 150 at some point. 2017: eventually land on paxil 37.5 and Lamictal 150. January 2018: cut paxil to 25. April-July 2018: reduce Lamictal in 50 mg increments till im off August. 2018: reduce paxil to 20 mg. december 2018: dropped Paxil to 18 mg, SEVERE CRASH. March updosed to 20 mg April 11: dropped to 19.4 mg due to akathsia (still experiencing akathsia symptoms from updose) April 20: 19 mg Paxil May 4: 18.7 Paxil July 5: 18.2 July 12: 17.8 Aug 19: 17.5 Aug 26: 17.3 Oct 20: 17.1 Nov 3: 16.9, 8/17/20: 16.6 after nine month hold, 8/24/20: 16.4, 8/31/20:16.2, 9/14/2020: 16.0, 9/21/20: 15.8, 9/28/20: 15.6, 10/19/20:15.4, 10/26/20: 15.2, 11/2/20: 15.1, 11/7/20: 14.8, 3/6/2-: 14.5, 3/20/20: 14.3, 4/3/20: 13.9, 4/10/2021: 13.7. 4/21/21: 13.5, 5/5/2021: 13.1, 12.2 8/12/2021 (slowly microtapered to this number. I just can’t remember the exact dates), 11.8 9/6/2021, 11.6 9/13/21, 11.2 9/27/21, 11.1 9/30/21.....11/5/21 switched to 10 mg tablet. I am holding to stabilize for the foreseeable future. 3/25/22: 9.4, 5/6/22: 9.0, 5/30/22: 8.25, 6/7/22: 8.1, 7/722: 7.65, 8/16/22: 7.39, 9/22/22: 6.91, 10/1/22: 6.78 Medication signature.docx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiaK Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 6/12/2019 at 3:46 PM, Adili13 said: Whoaaaa. Looks so yum. Love all those ingredients. That pesto sounds amazing, and I love plantains. I’m not in detox and don’t plan on detoxing for a while, but will still make this as it looks yum! yes...detoxing becomes just about eating well so that the body can clear on a daily basis...we are always detoxing if we are healthy...it's when our detox pathways are challenged that we get sick and actually need to think about detoxing. The healthy body detoxes all the time. this food, thus, is healthy and good for anyone really (unless it's not...we all know what we need to eat at any given time)...that's the point!! please let me know if you make it and how you enjoy it...I love plantains...excellent prebiotic for gut healing among other things. Everything Matters: Beyond Meds https://beyondmeds.com/ withdrawn from a cocktail of 6 psychiatric drugs that included every class of psych drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiaK Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 this us a post with the books that have been most helpful to learn about herbs that help with microorganism imbalances... (infections of all sorts etc) I love having these at home for reference. I did most of my herbalism learning via google...on occasion really good books are great and going old school is wonderful with good resource books. A few of my favorite books about herbs… – Everything Matters: Beyond Meds https://beyondmeds.com/2019/06/26/about-herbs/ of course I still use google all the time as well...our bodies can direct us in a very scientific learning process...and so google helps too. Everything Matters: Beyond Meds https://beyondmeds.com/ withdrawn from a cocktail of 6 psychiatric drugs that included every class of psych drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sottana Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Gia, I did make this, minus a couple ingredients. It was perfect for breakfast as it’s hard for me to stomach a lot of foods. I’ll check out that book on herbs!! Thanks!! 2008: start Lexapro 10 mg which is quickly upped to 20 mg. 2008:2013 try at least four individual times to get off Lexapro, never get lower than 5mg, settle at 15 mg. 2015: again, attempt to get off Lexapro and get to 5 mg. After 6 months, feel i'm stabilizing but go back on a higher dose because of one stressful event. 2016: go to 20 mg from 15 mg due to work stresses, hit severe tolerance for the first time and become very suicidal. 2016-2017: try viibryd and cymbata in an attempt to feel better. Also add Lamictal 150 at some point. 2017: eventually land on paxil 37.5 and Lamictal 150. January 2018: cut paxil to 25. April-July 2018: reduce Lamictal in 50 mg increments till im off August. 2018: reduce paxil to 20 mg. december 2018: dropped Paxil to 18 mg, SEVERE CRASH. March updosed to 20 mg April 11: dropped to 19.4 mg due to akathsia (still experiencing akathsia symptoms from updose) April 20: 19 mg Paxil May 4: 18.7 Paxil July 5: 18.2 July 12: 17.8 Aug 19: 17.5 Aug 26: 17.3 Oct 20: 17.1 Nov 3: 16.9, 8/17/20: 16.6 after nine month hold, 8/24/20: 16.4, 8/31/20:16.2, 9/14/2020: 16.0, 9/21/20: 15.8, 9/28/20: 15.6, 10/19/20:15.4, 10/26/20: 15.2, 11/2/20: 15.1, 11/7/20: 14.8, 3/6/2-: 14.5, 3/20/20: 14.3, 4/3/20: 13.9, 4/10/2021: 13.7. 4/21/21: 13.5, 5/5/2021: 13.1, 12.2 8/12/2021 (slowly microtapered to this number. I just can’t remember the exact dates), 11.8 9/6/2021, 11.6 9/13/21, 11.2 9/27/21, 11.1 9/30/21.....11/5/21 switched to 10 mg tablet. I am holding to stabilize for the foreseeable future. 3/25/22: 9.4, 5/6/22: 9.0, 5/30/22: 8.25, 6/7/22: 8.1, 7/722: 7.65, 8/16/22: 7.39, 9/22/22: 6.91, 10/1/22: 6.78 Medication signature.docx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelmo137 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 On 8/6/2015 at 12:14 PM, Lexy said: Some members here have told me that what I'm going through might be wds. They feel I should have stabilized by now. That I should be checked for Lyme. I told my new doctor who diagnosed me with withdrawal syndrome. He said it would be huge coincidence that I started having symptoms when I cut effexor in half. He doesn't think I have Lyme. I don't know if I should still b checked but afraid of false positives, and then have to take antibiotics. Please any feedback is appreciated. i did a rapid taper in 2011. i had what i felt to be withdrawal. i found out about and when i looked up the symptoms i had most of them. i went to a natural doctor who just pricked my finger and looked under the microscope and said i had lymes. i got a test from the doictor that was negative but i later found out how awful their tests are. my only option foir treatment was too far away. i had no idea about all this info i now know and went back on my meds after a year. bc i couldnt handle the symptoms anymore and doctors were useless. as soon as i went back on all my lyme symptoms were gone. i have no idea if i have it and if i do why would geodon and celexa take away all the symptoms. its still a mystery.. prozac 2008. do not know the dose. after a few weeks i had suicidal idealization and went to the hospital 4 days. xanax .5 mg only took a few times geodon started 2008. highest dose 180 mg celexa 2008 40 mg i tried so many different meds i cannot rrecall the name or dosage but all of them had severe side effects within a week and all were stopped 2008-present geodon. current dose 80mg 2008-present celexa. current dose 40 mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMiyagi Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 How Is everyone doing with treatment ? Was your final conclusion lyme being the bigger factor in protracted withdrawl or was it just the medication itself ? Currently coming off one year lyme/Bartonella treatment with the same difficulty withdrawing medication. I was tested positive through CDC and spinal tap last year and failed traditional UV treatment. 2001-2019 Effexor XR 150mg Cross to Zoloft 100mg. 2003-2004 CT Effexor XR 150 09/18/2020 Zoloft 100mg CT Switch Paxil 20mg /Valium 10mg 2020 Paxil 20mg /Valium 10mg/Gabapentin 900mg. 2021 Paxil 20mg /Valium 6mg /Gabapentin 600mg. Currently: 04/14/2022 Paxil 20mg to 15mg 25% reduction/Valium 3mg/Gabapentin 900mg/Fludrocortisone .01mg Paxil: Tablet/Liquid Switch 10% Monthly Drops 5/16 Paxil Liquid 7.4ml/ Valium 3mg/ Gabapentin 900mg, 6/1 Paxil Liquid 6.66ml/ Valium 3mg/ Gabapentin 900mg 6/18 "Switch back to tablets" paxil 10mg+1.66ml/Valium 3mg/Gabapentin 900mg Supplements: Fish Oil, Melatonin 1.5mg, Luracidin. "Slow Steady Stable" 💚 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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