sesamepearls Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 33 minutes ago, FarmGirlWorks said: Totally get that, SesamePearls! I have a friend who was just plain anti-psych drugs and had an almost belligerent thrust against them. And I was just as belligerent defending them :-( Now, I wish I hadn't ever put the poison in me but it is part of our culture and bucking it is also tough to do. Welcome -- this forum is indeed a great support. Hah, that sounds a lot like my father indeed! And you’re completely right about bucking the trend - so many out there seem to view them as a sacred cow and buy into that garbage about a “chemical imbalance”. Not that I blame them, since I’ve pretty much been force-fed that line of thought for a long time. And thanks for the the warm welcome - it’s a pleasure to meet you. medication history Aropax - 1997-1998 Zoloft (round 1) - 1998-2001 Risperdal - approx. February 2002-August 2002 Zyprexa - August 2002 - early 2003 Cipramil - few months in 2003 Cymbalta - 2003 - 2004 Effexor 2004 - late 2008 Prozac - late 2008 - early 2012 Seroquel - mid-2010 - 2011(?) Zoloft (round 2, 100mg) - early 2012 - tapered by 25mg over fortnightly intervals in Oct-Dec 2017 Prozac (round 2) - took one day on 20mg in early December, before cutting down the dose to 10mg over a period of a week before stopping it. Ceased Prozac 16th December 2017 reinstated Prozac 1mg 19/2/18, having some bad reactions thus far Link to comment
sesamepearls Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 It’s now day three since I started taking 1mg fluoxetine again, and I’m wondering if I should have done so at all. Still waking up well before my alarm is due to go off, and getting this feeling like my heart is about to leap out through my chest. Not to mention that I’ve been feeling distressed and upset at work these past couple of days, and have been crying my eyes out. Now I’m starting to wonder if I would have been better off not reinstating the fluoxetine. medication history Aropax - 1997-1998 Zoloft (round 1) - 1998-2001 Risperdal - approx. February 2002-August 2002 Zyprexa - August 2002 - early 2003 Cipramil - few months in 2003 Cymbalta - 2003 - 2004 Effexor 2004 - late 2008 Prozac - late 2008 - early 2012 Seroquel - mid-2010 - 2011(?) Zoloft (round 2, 100mg) - early 2012 - tapered by 25mg over fortnightly intervals in Oct-Dec 2017 Prozac (round 2) - took one day on 20mg in early December, before cutting down the dose to 10mg over a period of a week before stopping it. Ceased Prozac 16th December 2017 reinstated Prozac 1mg 19/2/18, having some bad reactions thus far Link to comment
AliG Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) It takes at least 4 days to get stable - in the blood. Do you feel any of your other symptoms have increased? Please keep notes during this time, so as to ascertain exactly what is going on ~ Edited February 21, 2018 by AliG Many SSRI's and SSNRI's over 20 years. Zoloft for 7 years followed by Effexor, Lexapro, Prozac, Cymbalta, Celexa, Pristiq, Valdoxan, Mianserin and more - on and off. No tapering. Cold turkey off Valdoxan - end of May 2014 Psych Drug - free since May 2014 . Link to comment
sesamepearls Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 No, they’ve remained pretty much static. Mind you, I’ve been having really poor sleep recently (no surprise there) and I’m doing what I can to rectify that, by using the techniques that were linked here to mitigate cortisol spikes. I’m aware that others have it worse than me, so I guess I should count my lucky stars that I can still function and go to work on a daily basis! medication history Aropax - 1997-1998 Zoloft (round 1) - 1998-2001 Risperdal - approx. February 2002-August 2002 Zyprexa - August 2002 - early 2003 Cipramil - few months in 2003 Cymbalta - 2003 - 2004 Effexor 2004 - late 2008 Prozac - late 2008 - early 2012 Seroquel - mid-2010 - 2011(?) Zoloft (round 2, 100mg) - early 2012 - tapered by 25mg over fortnightly intervals in Oct-Dec 2017 Prozac (round 2) - took one day on 20mg in early December, before cutting down the dose to 10mg over a period of a week before stopping it. Ceased Prozac 16th December 2017 reinstated Prozac 1mg 19/2/18, having some bad reactions thus far Link to comment
Cheeky Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hey sesamepearls, I’m from Sydney too and just wanted to come by and say Hi 👋🏻 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
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