OldSchool Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 (edited) Hello to all. Been following for 2 years. Just joined "officially" today. Profile tells just about everything. Stuff getting real and I'm getting tired of fighting. Edited October 14, 2017 by ChessieCat changed font Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted October 14, 2017 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 14, 2017 Hi OldASchool and welcome to SA. The profile that you completed when joining is not public. Please tell us more about your situation in a post and also follow these instructions to create your drug signature: A request: Would you summarize your history in a signature - ALL drugs, doses, dates, and discontinuations & reinstatements, in the last 12-24 months particularly? Please leave out symptoms and diagnoses. A list is easier to understand than one or multiple paragraphs. Any drugs prior to 24 months ago can just be listed with start and stop years. Please use actual dates or approximate dates (mid-June, Late October) rather than relative time frames (last week, 3 months ago) Spell out months, e.g. "October" or "Oct."; 9/1/2016 can be interpreted as Jan. 9, 2016 or Sept. 1, 2016. Link to Account Settings – Create or Edit a signature. This is your own Introduction topic where you can ask questions and journal your progress. * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment
OldSchool Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 4 hours ago, OldSchool said: Hello to all. Been following for 2 years. Just joined "officially" today. Profile tells just about everything. Stuff getting real and I'm getting tired of fighting. 64 year old male. Sober since 1984. Used alcohol to self medicate. Tricyclics from 1986 till 1994. 22 years on Zoloft and Klonopin for anxiety and depression. Tolerance in 2011. 3 mg K, 150 mg Zoloft daily. Started to dry-cut K in 2014 and Zoloft 2016. Benzo free since August 28 2017 and Zoloft since December 2 2016. Retired in January. The battle has been horrendous. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted October 16, 2017 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 16, 2017 Hi OldSchool, So that we can see your history whenever you post please follow the instructions for completing your drug signature giving in my previous post. Thank you. * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment
OldSchool Posted Friday at 11:42 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 11:42 PM As anyone gone back to Zol after 7 years off for anxiety return. I tapered both K and Zol in 2013 thru 2018. Link to comment
Administrator Emonda Posted Friday at 11:56 PM Administrator Share Posted Friday at 11:56 PM Welcome back @OldSchool, I've moved your new post back to your original thread. It's best to keep everything relating to yourself in one spot. Can you please add your drug signature by following these instructions, and we can discuss your question further after that. Emonda My comments are based on my personal experience with ADs and tapering. Consult your doctor about your own medical decisions. 2017 – 2022: Vortioxetine 15mg, Jan ’22, 15mg->5mg over 4 weeks, Feb ‘22 5mg -> 7.5mg due to WD, July ’22 6.75mg (found SA website), Aug 6.07mg, Sep 5.46mg, 11 Oct 5.00mg, 18 Oct 4.88mg, 25 Oct 4.75mg, 1 Nov 4.63mg, 8 Nov 4.5mg, 3 Jan ’23 4.39mg, 10 Jan 4.28mg, 17 Jan 4.06mg, 13 Feb 3.95mg, 20 Mar 3.85mg, 3 Apr 3.75mg, 10 April 3.65mg, 31 May 3.58mg, 8 June 3.50mg, 15 June 3.43mg, 22 June 3.35mg, 12 Jul 3.29mg, 19 Jul 3.22mg, 26 Jul 3.15mg, 3 Aug 3.09mg, 30 Aug 3.02mg, 7 Sep 2.96mg, 14 Sep 2.89mg, 21 Sep 2.82mg, Oct 11 2.75mg, Oct 19 2.70mg, Oct 26 2.64mg, Nov 2 2.59mg, Nov 23 2.53mg, Nov 30 2.48mg, 7 Dec 2.43mg Link to comment
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