BobJoe: Olanzapine, Aripiprazole, Mianserin

February 10, 2018

Hi everyone,

so I had been on Olanzapine for 3months,
then tried to quit cold turkey couple times, which was a very bad idea, I developed severe insomnia, and couple other issues,
then withdraw with tappering in 2months - too quickly, bad idea
tried Trazodon for sleep, it did not help
Ended up on Aripiprazole 7.5mg + mianserin 20mg for sleep.

Still dealing with following issues:

insomnia, but less than before
headaches
heart pain
chronic fatigue

I found Pregnenolone 50-400mg to significantly reduce headaces.

As a source of my illness i suspect:

heavy metal poisoning (my hair test was inconclusive)
lyme dissease Borrelia burgdorferi (i had couple ticks)

Currently im chelating from heavy metal poisoning using Andrew Cutler Protocol.

February 10, 2018

Hello, BobJoe and welcome to SA. I'm sorry about your symptoms.

Please let me know how we can help you. We are a website whose purpose it is to help members taper off psychiatric drugs. Is this the type of help you are looking for?

To give members the best information, we ask them to summarize their medication history in a signature -- drugs, doses, dates, and discontinuations & reinstatements, in the last 12-24 months particularly.

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.
Please leave out symptoms and diagnoses.
A list is easier to understand than one or multiple paragraphs.
Link to Account Settings – Create or Edit a signature.

At Surviving Antidepressants, it is recommended that a person taper by no more than 10% of their current dose with at least a four week hold in-between decreases. The 10% taper recommendation is a harm reduction approach to going off psychiatric drugs. Some people may have to taper at a more conservative rate as they are sensitive to even the smallest drops.

To get you started, and familiarized with the protocols followed by SA, I am linking a few topics so that you have a better understanding of what is recommended here.

Before you begin tapering what you need to know

What is Withdrawal Syndrome?
Why taper by 10% of my dosage?

Glenmullen’s withdrawal symptom list.

Taking multiple psych drugs? Which drug to taper first?

Please put ALL drugs you are currently taking into a drug interaction checker then copy and paste the results in post in this topic.

Two supplements that might benefit you are magnesium and omega 3 (fish oil). Many people find these to be calming to the nervous system.

Magnesium, nature's calcium channel blocker

Omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil)

Please research all supplements first and only add in one at a time and at a low dose in case you do experience problems.

Best,

Gridley