Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted September 16, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 16, 2019 Thanks for popping around @Rosetta @ShiningLight @JackieDecides Hope you’re all coping as best you can. I’m still in a wave, and brain fog is still bad. My brain doesn’t seem to want to leave outer space. I won’t have to go the NASA exhibition now, as my brain is already there.🤣🤣🤣 Take care💚 Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Dejavu Posted September 16, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 16, 2019 Feel better soon, Carmie!!!❤ 2016 - Zoloft 50 mg for klonopin w/d Approx. Nov 2017 - successful taper of klonopin; Approx. Jan. 2018 - rapid taper Zoloft over 2 wks - no w/d symptoms; May 2018 - Reinstate 50 mg Zoloft per doctor; Aug 2018 - Rapid taper Zoloft over 3-4 weeks - no w/d symptoms for 1 mo.; Late Oct 2018 - pdoc rx'd 5mg lexapro -took for 1 wk; Early Nov 2018 - Reinstate 25 mg Zoloft; updose to 37.5 on Nov 28, 2018; Nov 30 2018 - returned to 25mg Zoloft upon mod. advice; Dec 9 - Dec10 2018 - 12.5mg zoloft liquid+12.5mg zoloft pill; Dec 11 2018 - 25mg zoloft all liquid; Feb 14 2019 - updosed to 26.25 mg liquid; Mar 6 2019 - updosed to 26.88 mg liquid - new symptoms; Mar 13 2019 - back down to 26.25 mg per mod suggestion Dose Changes: Dec 2 2019 - 5% to 25mg; Jan 14 2020 - 10% to 22.5 (increase in sxs all month); Mar 10-15? 2020, accidental updose to 25mg; Mar 22 2020 - back down to 22.5mg; Apr 12 2020 - 2.5% to 21.94mg; Apr 19 2020 - 2.5% to 21.375mg (symptom increase); May 17 2020 - 2.5% to 20.625mg; May 24 2020 - 2.5% to 20.1mg - Jun 14 2020 - noticed uptick in symptoms settled 2 days later - July 10 2020 - onset of wave Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted September 19, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) Hi @Dejavu, How are you doing? I’m just taking a day at a time. I’ve spent lots of time in bed, but that’s more due to my illness than anything. I have been able to get out a bit the last couple of days, which has been nice. I’m in bed at the moment, but I got out this morning to run some errands. @manymoretodays I haven’t got any concerts lined up at the moment, but I’m sure there will be many more in the future, I can’t count the amount of concerts I’ve been to. A friend of mine wants to see the Backstreet Boys next year. If she decides to go I’m in. That should be fun: “ Everybody, yeah, yeah, rock your body, yeah, yeah. “🤣🤣🤣🤣 Okay, here goes my gratitude list again: 1. I’m going to an engagement party this Sunday. Looking forward to that, I love having a little dance, though I have to sit down a lot. 💃💃💃💃 2. I’m going to see the Downton Abbey movie tomorrow night with friends. 🍿 3. Was just eating yummy seaweed sheets. I love seaweed.🌊 4. Caught up with friends last night, was very encouraging. Love my hugs🤗🤗🤗 5. Been invited to a high tea by a lovely friend, she’s in her teens but she’s inviting everyone 55 years and over, I just scrape in. Almost 55. ☕️🧁 It’s next month. 6. Photography, love taking photos, it makes me so happy.📸📸📸📸📸 7. Caught up with a gorgeous friend on Tuesday. We just chilled and chatted. 💚 8. Have been invited to a kitchen tea next month by the same friend whose engagement party I’m going to this week. 💕 9. Next week I’m going out for the day with friends, we are checking out new cafes.☕️🥗 10. I’m also invited to a park with friends, I love nature. There’s nothing better than being out in nature with good friends.🌳🌳🌳 I think it’s soooooooooooo important to have things to look forward. I don’t always make it to everything because of my health, but just the thought of happy things to go to brings a glow to my heart. It’s one of the most important things that has kept me going. Today is day 24 since my drop from 6.50 to 6.25. Just going through the regular windows and waves. Sending hugs to everyone 🤗🤗🤗💕🤗 Edited September 19, 2019 by Carmie Typo Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted September 20, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 20, 2019 Hi one and all, Just wanted to say that I think it’s really, really, really, really important to have fun things to look forward to. I have lots of things in my calendar, I’ve been invited to all sorts of things and I love doing things on my own too. It doesn’t matter if I’m in the middle of a most ferocious wave or if I’m feeling so anhedonic that I can’t find joy in anything, I still have things in my calendar to look forward to. When my friends invite me to things I tell them I’d love to come if I’m well enough. I don’t make it to everything, but that doesn’t stop them inviting me to other events. I love hopping on buses and going to explores different places and events on my own too. I love my alone time as well. I’m always looking for fun things that are on in my city. Tonight I’m off to the movies with friends, eight of us are going to see Downton Abbey. On Sunday I’m going to an engagement party. Let’s hope I’m well enough to go. I’ve already got two fun things organised with friends next week. Please have things to look forward to, it does help. Even if you’re too sick to go it does bring a little joy to the heart.💚 Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted September 20, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) Just documenting: Today is day 26 since my last drop. I’m going through windows and waves. I’m happy I’m getting windows again. When whole days are waves, it’s not much fun. The waves affect my CFS as well, and I end up having to spend even more time in bed. I’m pretty good at finding distractions to keep me going during waves. When brain fog is severe I have to find things that don’t take too much brain power. Went to the movies last night with friends, which was lovely. I was feeling pretty weak and faint ( I’m like that most of the time), but they had comfy chairs I could lie down on. Let’s see how many other events in my calendar I’m able to go to. I really love having things to look forward to, even if I’m too sick to make it. I really miss my crocheting. I used to do it non stop for years to help me with withdrawals, but I had to stop because I got repetitive strain injury. I’ve got a lot of diamond paintings to do at home at the moment, I made sure I didn’t run out again. I haven’t been in the mood to do them this week, though I love doing them. I’ve been watching lots of YouTube, it’s great as there are subjects on pretty much anything. I started a John Grisham novel, but my brain fog has been bad and I haven’t been able to finish it as yet. I had a couple of books from the library too, but I couldn’t read them due to brain fog either, so I took them back. Maybe my brain will let me finish my novel next week. Here’s hoping. I find the one thing that really calms my brain down is reading novels, watching movies doesn’t do the same thing. Hope everyone is hanging in there as best you can💚 Edited September 20, 2019 by Carmie Typo Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Mentor ShiningLight Posted September 21, 2019 Mentor Share Posted September 21, 2019 Carmie, do you keep a paper calendar with stickers? That's how I imagine your calendar! It is so inspiring to read about all of your activities. I thought you were in your 20s you have such an enthusiastic spirit, I love it! Have you found that the drug interferes with your creativity? If so, how do you get past that? Because you do sound creative and able to enjoy yourself. That is so wonderful! I am sorry to hear about your 🌊. You are a highly skilled 🏄🏼♀️ though! Hang 10! 😃 Now: 100 mg Zoloft am, 50 mg Trazodone. Daily drug burden decreased from 2050 in 2018 mg to 150 mg 🐢🐢 Zoloft: 1/24/23 increased to 100 mg after suicide attempt 9/17/22 cut 6 mg, 8/14/22 cut 6.5 mg, 5/7/22 cut 12.5 mg 3/20/22 cut 12.5 mg 10/26/21 cut 6 mg 10/17/21 cut 5 mg, 9/17/21 Cut 3 mg, 9/13/21 cut 4 mg, 8/29/21 Cut 2 mg 8/8/21 Cut 3 mg 7/30/21 Zoloft: Converted 25 mg to liquid. Also take 100 mg pill & 25 mg pill=150 mg total🌞 Feb 28, 2021 0 mg Gapapentin 2021 Gaba each dose 4x/day: Feb 27 7 mg (one dose only), Feb 10, 7 mg, Jan 14 10 mg 2020 Current taper schedule from Aug 30-present: drop 8 mg every 2-3 weeks. Aug 20 31 mg, Aug 18, 33 mg, July 29, 35 mg, July 23 38 mg, July 22 40 mg Jun 24 42 mg, Jun 15 44 mg, Jun 9 48 mg, May 22 50 mg, May 14 54 mg, May 7 56 mg, Apr 16 58 mg, Mar 28 60 mg, Mar 18 62 mg. Feb 26 64 mg. Feb 19, 66 mg. Jan 23, 70 mg. 2019 Dec 19, 72 mg. Nov 14 ,76 mg. Aug 8, 80 mg. Aug 6, 85 mg. Jul 26, 90 mg. Jul 11, 95 mg. Jul 16 trazodone from 100 to 50 mg. Jun 17-July 10 Slowly changed gab fr pill to liquid at same dose 100 mg 4x/d. Apr 24 Stopped klon!!! 🌞 Apr 4 Decreased gaba to 400 mg (100 mg 4x/day)-Apr 4, 2019 0.25 klon March 11 Klonopin .5 mg twice daily, varied dose til Apr 15. Started Klon fast taper 25%, short use Mar 16, 450 mg gaba 3x/day cut 600 mg--not exact!--updose after learning w/d Feb 20, 2019 1800 mg gabapentin; MD taper; off 3 days=mvt disorder & autonomic instability. July 2018 temazepam 15 mg 1-2; prn several x/wk til Jan/Feb 2019 when cold turkey, flu illness for months July 2018 started gabapentin 100 3x/day; titrated up to 1800 mg (600 3x/day) Buspar, I forget how much, 2 pills a day Jan 2017-July 2018 cold turkey. On Zoloft since maybe 2004? After trying many. *I speak from my experience. Nothing I say is medical advice. I'm not a doctor. Link to comment
Moderator hayduke Posted September 21, 2019 Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2019 Hey Carmie, that's great to hear windows are starting to come through again! And brave of you to persist with the cuts, I'd like to think all of the discomfort now gets paid back as comfort at some later time 🙂 Brain fog sucks. I've been starting to read again a bit lately, it really is amazing how effectively it can take you to other worlds. I'm in a bit of a non-fiction streak at the moment - Chomsky, Deleuze, and I want to read The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk as well, about how the body handles trauma. My tsundoku pile makes me dream of being on a desert island for a year with just my bookshelf - I love the internet but it does take up a lot of the time I used to just read by default. Maybe some fiction after that 🙂 *hugs* I am not a health professional - your actions are your own. Please do not seek tapering support via private message - "Any reason to hold is a good one" My taper visualised as a graph | My intro thread Backdrop: 2003 10mg olanzapine | 2004 2-3mg risperidone | end 2014 3wks aripiprazole 2015: olanzapine 10 -> 7½ -> 6⅔ -> 5mg by crude pill cutter 2018: Mar 5.00mg -> water titrated taper -> Aug2.5mg tablet and hold Jan 2019 2.50mg water titration -> Jan 2020 1.214 -> Jan 2021 0.44 -> 2 Oct 0.205 ->3 Oct ZERO🥂 Jun 2023 💉150mg paliperidone "loading" depot shot, 100mg 1wk after Jul 100mg Aug-Dec 75mg/4wks Jul 2023 2.50mg aripiprazole/day attempt to lower prolactin^ Jan-Feb 2024 cross taper off shots to 1mg risperidone Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country did to you" -- KMFDM Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted September 21, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 21, 2019 5 hours ago, ShiningLight said: Carmie, do you keep a paper calendar with stickers? That's how I imagine your calendar! It is so inspiring to read about all of your activities. I thought you were in your 20s you have such an enthusiastic spirit, I love it! Have you found that the drug interferes with your creativity? If so, how do you get past that? Because you do sound creative and able to enjoy yourself. That is so wonderful! I am sorry to hear about your 🌊. You are a highly skilled 🏄🏼♀️ though! Hang 10! 😃 Hi ShiningLight, How did you know I love stickers? 🤣🤣 I love stationery and I’ve got heaps of stickers. I’m a creative person by nature. No, I’m not in my twenties, I’m in my fifties but I have the heart of a twenty year old, love concerts and adventures. I think it’s due to my personality type. I’m an enfp in the Myers Briggs personality test. I’m an extrovert that needs variety, new ideas and activities. I’d think I’d die if I did the same things over and over again. I’m the extroverted type though that needs a lot of alone time too, I’m happy to go on adventures on my own too. I don’t need people around me all the time, but I love doing things with friends and I get invited to lots of things. I actually need to have adventures and novelty to function to the best of my ability. I don’t like the mundane, I love spontaneity. I love creativity. If one of my friends asks me to do something I’ve never done before I’m in!😃 The only thing that holds me back from doing some things is my illness, I’m really sick with CFS and don’t have much strength so I can’t do sports or anything strenuous like that. I love going for little walks though when I have the strength. I hope you get to spend some time with horses, as I know you love them. I’ve never ridden, but some of my nieces have horses. I wouldn’t mind having a go but I got hit by a car once and spent three months in hospital. I broke and fractured all sorts of bones, including my pelvis, so I doubt horse riding would be good for me, but you never know. 🐴 Sending hugs🤗 3 hours ago, hayduke said: Hey Carmie, that's great to hear windows are starting to come through again! And brave of you to persist with the cuts, I'd like to think all of the discomfort now gets paid back as comfort at some later time 🙂 Brain fog sucks. I've been starting to read again a bit lately, it really is amazing how effectively it can take you to other worlds. I'm in a bit of a non-fiction streak at the moment - Chomsky, Deleuze, and I want to read The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk as well, about how the body handles trauma. My tsundoku pile makes me dream of being on a desert island for a year with just my bookshelf - I love the internet but it does take up a lot of the time I used to just read by default. Maybe some fiction after that 🙂 *hugs* Hi Hayduke, Yes, windows are wonderful, aren’t they? I’ve had a window for most of the day today. I won’t be tapering again for at least two weeks or so. I seem to do okay at the moment tapering every six weeks or so. I still go through lots of waves, but I’m always happy when there is any sort of forward movement. On the days I have waves I know that they will eventually go again, and then it’s off to the next taper, and so it goes.😁 The brain fog I get isn’t from the withdrawals, I’ve had it for 25 years, it’s part of chronic fatigue syndrome, which I’ve had for 25 years. I’m glad you’re enjoying reading. I love reading actual books made of paper when it comes to reading novels, I’m not so fussed about reading them on my iPad. Take care💚 Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Giulietta Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Dear all, Special wishes to @Carmie for going through this wave and with a positive attitude, inspires us all. Friends are so important, the gratitude lists, and planning things to look forward to. I find it's important to be around people (even if means going to the local coffee shop or grocery store with a cafe - to sit, look at a book, bring your computer, etc. I am grateful I have this option and they are only a 10 minute ride away and sunny! Brining more positivity into my life - reframing things (I am working on this) to look at the positive in them and not the negative. A few other things I am grateful for: 1. My dog 2. A comfortable bed with a weighted blanket and eye mask (helps me sleep) 3. All of you and SA - and that we can grow together during our WD's 4. The good days I have and bright sunny weather 5. My family 6. Having some funny things to watch on TV: I am watching Monk now and listening to music 7. For my ability to keep at this - and that all of you are. 9. Knowing that someone else has it worse than I do 10. A few hobbies I enjoy - knitting (afghan is still not done), indexing journals (volunteering) Plans: 1. A few errands today -getting out and about 2. Going apple picking tomorrow and maybe making starting some friendships 3. Planning concerts to attend and buying tickets 4. Going to church with 2 friends tonight. I am exploring my spirituality 5. Seeing my brother and his girl friend today 6. Think of some more social activities.... 7. Doing some cleaning. I wish I had help with the paper work.... @Carmie hang in there. A bright window is around the corner and look at your success for having dropped your dose. Hug to you, Guilietta Link to comment
Mentor ShiningLight Posted September 21, 2019 Mentor Share Posted September 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Carmie said: How did you know I love stickers? 🤣🤣 I love stationery and I’ve got heaps of stickers. I’m a creative person by nature. No, I’m not in my twenties, I’m in my fifties but I have the heart of a twenty year old, love concerts and adventures. I think it’s due to my personality type. I’m an enfp in the Myers Briggs personality test. 😃 Re stickers . I'm INFJ. Now: 100 mg Zoloft am, 50 mg Trazodone. Daily drug burden decreased from 2050 in 2018 mg to 150 mg 🐢🐢 Zoloft: 1/24/23 increased to 100 mg after suicide attempt 9/17/22 cut 6 mg, 8/14/22 cut 6.5 mg, 5/7/22 cut 12.5 mg 3/20/22 cut 12.5 mg 10/26/21 cut 6 mg 10/17/21 cut 5 mg, 9/17/21 Cut 3 mg, 9/13/21 cut 4 mg, 8/29/21 Cut 2 mg 8/8/21 Cut 3 mg 7/30/21 Zoloft: Converted 25 mg to liquid. Also take 100 mg pill & 25 mg pill=150 mg total🌞 Feb 28, 2021 0 mg Gapapentin 2021 Gaba each dose 4x/day: Feb 27 7 mg (one dose only), Feb 10, 7 mg, Jan 14 10 mg 2020 Current taper schedule from Aug 30-present: drop 8 mg every 2-3 weeks. Aug 20 31 mg, Aug 18, 33 mg, July 29, 35 mg, July 23 38 mg, July 22 40 mg Jun 24 42 mg, Jun 15 44 mg, Jun 9 48 mg, May 22 50 mg, May 14 54 mg, May 7 56 mg, Apr 16 58 mg, Mar 28 60 mg, Mar 18 62 mg. Feb 26 64 mg. Feb 19, 66 mg. Jan 23, 70 mg. 2019 Dec 19, 72 mg. Nov 14 ,76 mg. Aug 8, 80 mg. Aug 6, 85 mg. Jul 26, 90 mg. Jul 11, 95 mg. Jul 16 trazodone from 100 to 50 mg. Jun 17-July 10 Slowly changed gab fr pill to liquid at same dose 100 mg 4x/d. Apr 24 Stopped klon!!! 🌞 Apr 4 Decreased gaba to 400 mg (100 mg 4x/day)-Apr 4, 2019 0.25 klon March 11 Klonopin .5 mg twice daily, varied dose til Apr 15. Started Klon fast taper 25%, short use Mar 16, 450 mg gaba 3x/day cut 600 mg--not exact!--updose after learning w/d Feb 20, 2019 1800 mg gabapentin; MD taper; off 3 days=mvt disorder & autonomic instability. July 2018 temazepam 15 mg 1-2; prn several x/wk til Jan/Feb 2019 when cold turkey, flu illness for months July 2018 started gabapentin 100 3x/day; titrated up to 1800 mg (600 3x/day) Buspar, I forget how much, 2 pills a day Jan 2017-July 2018 cold turkey. On Zoloft since maybe 2004? After trying many. *I speak from my experience. Nothing I say is medical advice. I'm not a doctor. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted September 23, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 23, 2019 Hi @Guilietta @ShiningLight Thanks so much for dropping by, will chat soon. My brain fog is so thick at the moment that I can barely think. I’m in good spirits though, last night I went to an engagement party for a friend and her future husband. I caught up with a few old friends there too. It was a lovely upbuilding atmosphere with lots of beautiful people. I managed to dance to a little bit of the nutbush and the Macarena before I had to sit down again. Even if I get a minute of dancing in here and there I’m happy. CFS has been pretty bad lately, but again, I’m coping okay. At home I’ve been cranking up the music and “ singing.” I couldn’t sing if my life depended on it🤣🤣🤣, but that doesn’t stop me. I’ve pretty much been in bed all day today, but I think I’ll have the strength to go to a cafe tomorrow with two dear friends, the kind of friends you can have real heart to hearts with and just chill. Hope you’re coping okay💚 Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Giulietta Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Hi there! @ShiningLight too funny - I'm in INTP! (I'm on the F/T line - and very often an F!) and also on the P/J line. I'd like to be more J - I'd get more done! And meet deadlines! @Carmie What a great weekend - you pulled yourself out to what sounds like a very nice party and also do the Macarena! I love that - I can't dance worth a hoot - but enjoy watching others and the music. You know the expression - 'dance like no body's watching!. That's me. Sorry you aren't feeling so hot and are resting. Nice to look forward to meeting friends at a cafe. I'm green with envy. How lovely. My apple picking fell by the wayside, which was OK. I ran some errands in afternoon, ran into some familiar faces, and saw family. Helped with the dinner - so I felt good about being able to do that. However - this means I did not get to sit down, have positive thoughts, and practice 'being' . I slept poorly - about 4 hours. I keep my ipod in bed so I can listen to soothing music when I wake up. Guilietta Link to comment
Giulietta Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Hi Carmie How are you doing today? I just looked over some of your prevoius posts and see that you crochet. I marvel at people who crochet because they have to use one hand (it appears) to make the fabric. I knit off and on and it can be relaxing. My afghan is stalled. I think I may have mentioned that. Today I learned that lamotrigine ER will be a tier 4 drug in 2020!!! Tier 4 is unaffordable and I have another unwanted medical thing to deal with. 😣 Do you watch DVDs or TV? Do they have Amazon Prime in Australia? Guilietta Link to comment
Mentor ShiningLight Posted September 25, 2019 Mentor Share Posted September 25, 2019 On 9/23/2019 at 7:10 AM, Guilietta said: @ShiningLight I'd like to be more J - I'd get more done! And meet deadlines! Guilietta Wishful thinking! You might just find it more tortuous that you couldn't get those things done! 😜 Now: 100 mg Zoloft am, 50 mg Trazodone. Daily drug burden decreased from 2050 in 2018 mg to 150 mg 🐢🐢 Zoloft: 1/24/23 increased to 100 mg after suicide attempt 9/17/22 cut 6 mg, 8/14/22 cut 6.5 mg, 5/7/22 cut 12.5 mg 3/20/22 cut 12.5 mg 10/26/21 cut 6 mg 10/17/21 cut 5 mg, 9/17/21 Cut 3 mg, 9/13/21 cut 4 mg, 8/29/21 Cut 2 mg 8/8/21 Cut 3 mg 7/30/21 Zoloft: Converted 25 mg to liquid. Also take 100 mg pill & 25 mg pill=150 mg total🌞 Feb 28, 2021 0 mg Gapapentin 2021 Gaba each dose 4x/day: Feb 27 7 mg (one dose only), Feb 10, 7 mg, Jan 14 10 mg 2020 Current taper schedule from Aug 30-present: drop 8 mg every 2-3 weeks. Aug 20 31 mg, Aug 18, 33 mg, July 29, 35 mg, July 23 38 mg, July 22 40 mg Jun 24 42 mg, Jun 15 44 mg, Jun 9 48 mg, May 22 50 mg, May 14 54 mg, May 7 56 mg, Apr 16 58 mg, Mar 28 60 mg, Mar 18 62 mg. Feb 26 64 mg. Feb 19, 66 mg. Jan 23, 70 mg. 2019 Dec 19, 72 mg. Nov 14 ,76 mg. Aug 8, 80 mg. Aug 6, 85 mg. Jul 26, 90 mg. Jul 11, 95 mg. Jul 16 trazodone from 100 to 50 mg. Jun 17-July 10 Slowly changed gab fr pill to liquid at same dose 100 mg 4x/d. Apr 24 Stopped klon!!! 🌞 Apr 4 Decreased gaba to 400 mg (100 mg 4x/day)-Apr 4, 2019 0.25 klon March 11 Klonopin .5 mg twice daily, varied dose til Apr 15. Started Klon fast taper 25%, short use Mar 16, 450 mg gaba 3x/day cut 600 mg--not exact!--updose after learning w/d Feb 20, 2019 1800 mg gabapentin; MD taper; off 3 days=mvt disorder & autonomic instability. July 2018 temazepam 15 mg 1-2; prn several x/wk til Jan/Feb 2019 when cold turkey, flu illness for months July 2018 started gabapentin 100 3x/day; titrated up to 1800 mg (600 3x/day) Buspar, I forget how much, 2 pills a day Jan 2017-July 2018 cold turkey. On Zoloft since maybe 2004? After trying many. *I speak from my experience. Nothing I say is medical advice. I'm not a doctor. Link to comment
Mentor ShiningLight Posted September 25, 2019 Mentor Share Posted September 25, 2019 On 9/23/2019 at 1:39 AM, Carmie said: I managed to dance to a little bit of the nutbush and the Macarena before I had to sit down again. Even if I get a minute of dancing in here and there I’m happy. CFS has been pretty bad lately, but again, I’m coping okay. At home I’ve been cranking up the music and “ singing.” I couldn’t sing if my life depended on it🤣🤣🤣, but that doesn’t stop me. Your resiliency is amazing. I'll have to look up the nutbush--never heard of it. Hope you were able to visit your friends and had a nice time in the cafe. And hope you get to feeling better soon. Now: 100 mg Zoloft am, 50 mg Trazodone. Daily drug burden decreased from 2050 in 2018 mg to 150 mg 🐢🐢 Zoloft: 1/24/23 increased to 100 mg after suicide attempt 9/17/22 cut 6 mg, 8/14/22 cut 6.5 mg, 5/7/22 cut 12.5 mg 3/20/22 cut 12.5 mg 10/26/21 cut 6 mg 10/17/21 cut 5 mg, 9/17/21 Cut 3 mg, 9/13/21 cut 4 mg, 8/29/21 Cut 2 mg 8/8/21 Cut 3 mg 7/30/21 Zoloft: Converted 25 mg to liquid. Also take 100 mg pill & 25 mg pill=150 mg total🌞 Feb 28, 2021 0 mg Gapapentin 2021 Gaba each dose 4x/day: Feb 27 7 mg (one dose only), Feb 10, 7 mg, Jan 14 10 mg 2020 Current taper schedule from Aug 30-present: drop 8 mg every 2-3 weeks. Aug 20 31 mg, Aug 18, 33 mg, July 29, 35 mg, July 23 38 mg, July 22 40 mg Jun 24 42 mg, Jun 15 44 mg, Jun 9 48 mg, May 22 50 mg, May 14 54 mg, May 7 56 mg, Apr 16 58 mg, Mar 28 60 mg, Mar 18 62 mg. Feb 26 64 mg. Feb 19, 66 mg. Jan 23, 70 mg. 2019 Dec 19, 72 mg. Nov 14 ,76 mg. Aug 8, 80 mg. Aug 6, 85 mg. Jul 26, 90 mg. Jul 11, 95 mg. Jul 16 trazodone from 100 to 50 mg. Jun 17-July 10 Slowly changed gab fr pill to liquid at same dose 100 mg 4x/d. Apr 24 Stopped klon!!! 🌞 Apr 4 Decreased gaba to 400 mg (100 mg 4x/day)-Apr 4, 2019 0.25 klon March 11 Klonopin .5 mg twice daily, varied dose til Apr 15. Started Klon fast taper 25%, short use Mar 16, 450 mg gaba 3x/day cut 600 mg--not exact!--updose after learning w/d Feb 20, 2019 1800 mg gabapentin; MD taper; off 3 days=mvt disorder & autonomic instability. July 2018 temazepam 15 mg 1-2; prn several x/wk til Jan/Feb 2019 when cold turkey, flu illness for months July 2018 started gabapentin 100 3x/day; titrated up to 1800 mg (600 3x/day) Buspar, I forget how much, 2 pills a day Jan 2017-July 2018 cold turkey. On Zoloft since maybe 2004? After trying many. *I speak from my experience. Nothing I say is medical advice. I'm not a doctor. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted September 26, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 26, 2019 Hi @Guilietta @ShiningLight You’re so kind to think of me, but I can’t read to save my life at the moment. Brain fog is so severe. Managed to have a lovely day with friends on Tuesday. We went exploring cute laneways with cafes and had the most amazing Korean food. I’ve been in bed a lot this week due to my illness, but I’m still in fairly good spirits. I’m in a windows and waves situation still, but the windows are fairly big. Yay! Sending hugs to you both 🤗🤗 Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Giulietta Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Hi @ShiningLight@Carmie How wonderful you got out to have a delightful day with friends to explore and get some delicious food! Did you get to capture any of the sights on film? And glad you have having bigger windows. That is indeed something to rejoice about. I imagine you out strolling in the sun. Ack - I did not get the button sewn on. However - I did get as far as looking for matching thread, which I didn't have - so I don't know whether to call this poor planning or a justiable excuse. 😂 As it was 7 p.m. by the time I decided to do this - it was too late for me to head to the fabric store. Today I hope to do that. Unfortunately I got only 4.5 hours of sleep last night and have tinnitus this morning. Bummer. Hugs to you both, Guilietta 😍 Link to comment
Mentor ShiningLight Posted September 26, 2019 Mentor Share Posted September 26, 2019 Carmie, Hope this happens ⬇️ 🌫🌤⛅☀️🌞 Now: 100 mg Zoloft am, 50 mg Trazodone. Daily drug burden decreased from 2050 in 2018 mg to 150 mg 🐢🐢 Zoloft: 1/24/23 increased to 100 mg after suicide attempt 9/17/22 cut 6 mg, 8/14/22 cut 6.5 mg, 5/7/22 cut 12.5 mg 3/20/22 cut 12.5 mg 10/26/21 cut 6 mg 10/17/21 cut 5 mg, 9/17/21 Cut 3 mg, 9/13/21 cut 4 mg, 8/29/21 Cut 2 mg 8/8/21 Cut 3 mg 7/30/21 Zoloft: Converted 25 mg to liquid. Also take 100 mg pill & 25 mg pill=150 mg total🌞 Feb 28, 2021 0 mg Gapapentin 2021 Gaba each dose 4x/day: Feb 27 7 mg (one dose only), Feb 10, 7 mg, Jan 14 10 mg 2020 Current taper schedule from Aug 30-present: drop 8 mg every 2-3 weeks. Aug 20 31 mg, Aug 18, 33 mg, July 29, 35 mg, July 23 38 mg, July 22 40 mg Jun 24 42 mg, Jun 15 44 mg, Jun 9 48 mg, May 22 50 mg, May 14 54 mg, May 7 56 mg, Apr 16 58 mg, Mar 28 60 mg, Mar 18 62 mg. Feb 26 64 mg. Feb 19, 66 mg. Jan 23, 70 mg. 2019 Dec 19, 72 mg. Nov 14 ,76 mg. Aug 8, 80 mg. Aug 6, 85 mg. Jul 26, 90 mg. Jul 11, 95 mg. Jul 16 trazodone from 100 to 50 mg. Jun 17-July 10 Slowly changed gab fr pill to liquid at same dose 100 mg 4x/d. Apr 24 Stopped klon!!! 🌞 Apr 4 Decreased gaba to 400 mg (100 mg 4x/day)-Apr 4, 2019 0.25 klon March 11 Klonopin .5 mg twice daily, varied dose til Apr 15. Started Klon fast taper 25%, short use Mar 16, 450 mg gaba 3x/day cut 600 mg--not exact!--updose after learning w/d Feb 20, 2019 1800 mg gabapentin; MD taper; off 3 days=mvt disorder & autonomic instability. July 2018 temazepam 15 mg 1-2; prn several x/wk til Jan/Feb 2019 when cold turkey, flu illness for months July 2018 started gabapentin 100 3x/day; titrated up to 1800 mg (600 3x/day) Buspar, I forget how much, 2 pills a day Jan 2017-July 2018 cold turkey. On Zoloft since maybe 2004? After trying many. *I speak from my experience. Nothing I say is medical advice. I'm not a doctor. Link to comment
JackieDecides Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 I'm glad to hear you are in good spirits despite everything! 🤗 Currently taking Ramapril (blood pressure) 5 mg twice a day Omeprazole 10 mg AM and 20 mg PM (the taper has gone nowhere after the first cut) Famotidine once a day (and I still needs tums sometimes) magnesium 200 mg at night as of yesterday 2 fish oil capsules "EPA-DHA 1000" off Lexapro as of 5/2018 - last dose had been 5 mg every other day for a couple years highest dose had been 20 mg at which point I was diagnosed with Bipolar II, which went away when I cut the lexapro down to 15 mg. I spent years on Paxil before Lexapro (can't remember dose), briefly on Effexor and Abilify and others I have forgotten. in fact, when I was diagnoses with BPII I was put on all kinds of things which made me feel so bad I stopped them cold turkey within maybe 3 or 4 weeks, thank goodness. since then I've known these pills were terrible and I weaned down the Lexapro with zero help or support over I'm not sure how many years. Link to comment
Mentor ShiningLight Posted September 29, 2019 Mentor Share Posted September 29, 2019 Carmie, No need to reply. Just popping in to say I'm thinking of you. I've got a taste of withdrawal fatigue at the moment and empathizing with you because of your struggles with CFS. I hope your brain fog is slowly lifting my friend. Now: 100 mg Zoloft am, 50 mg Trazodone. Daily drug burden decreased from 2050 in 2018 mg to 150 mg 🐢🐢 Zoloft: 1/24/23 increased to 100 mg after suicide attempt 9/17/22 cut 6 mg, 8/14/22 cut 6.5 mg, 5/7/22 cut 12.5 mg 3/20/22 cut 12.5 mg 10/26/21 cut 6 mg 10/17/21 cut 5 mg, 9/17/21 Cut 3 mg, 9/13/21 cut 4 mg, 8/29/21 Cut 2 mg 8/8/21 Cut 3 mg 7/30/21 Zoloft: Converted 25 mg to liquid. Also take 100 mg pill & 25 mg pill=150 mg total🌞 Feb 28, 2021 0 mg Gapapentin 2021 Gaba each dose 4x/day: Feb 27 7 mg (one dose only), Feb 10, 7 mg, Jan 14 10 mg 2020 Current taper schedule from Aug 30-present: drop 8 mg every 2-3 weeks. Aug 20 31 mg, Aug 18, 33 mg, July 29, 35 mg, July 23 38 mg, July 22 40 mg Jun 24 42 mg, Jun 15 44 mg, Jun 9 48 mg, May 22 50 mg, May 14 54 mg, May 7 56 mg, Apr 16 58 mg, Mar 28 60 mg, Mar 18 62 mg. Feb 26 64 mg. Feb 19, 66 mg. Jan 23, 70 mg. 2019 Dec 19, 72 mg. Nov 14 ,76 mg. Aug 8, 80 mg. Aug 6, 85 mg. Jul 26, 90 mg. Jul 11, 95 mg. Jul 16 trazodone from 100 to 50 mg. Jun 17-July 10 Slowly changed gab fr pill to liquid at same dose 100 mg 4x/d. Apr 24 Stopped klon!!! 🌞 Apr 4 Decreased gaba to 400 mg (100 mg 4x/day)-Apr 4, 2019 0.25 klon March 11 Klonopin .5 mg twice daily, varied dose til Apr 15. Started Klon fast taper 25%, short use Mar 16, 450 mg gaba 3x/day cut 600 mg--not exact!--updose after learning w/d Feb 20, 2019 1800 mg gabapentin; MD taper; off 3 days=mvt disorder & autonomic instability. July 2018 temazepam 15 mg 1-2; prn several x/wk til Jan/Feb 2019 when cold turkey, flu illness for months July 2018 started gabapentin 100 3x/day; titrated up to 1800 mg (600 3x/day) Buspar, I forget how much, 2 pills a day Jan 2017-July 2018 cold turkey. On Zoloft since maybe 2004? After trying many. *I speak from my experience. Nothing I say is medical advice. I'm not a doctor. Link to comment
Giulietta Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Hello Carmie, Stopping in to say hello and that you are in my thoughts and I hope the brain fog has lifted and some light is peeking in. 🌞 Virtual hug, Giulietta 💗 Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted October 8, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 8, 2019 Hi @Guilietta @ShiningLight @JackieDecides Thank you so much for thinking of me. I will back on this site in the future. I’m still going through major stresses, which has now turned into a crisis and I have to figure out all sorts of things. I’m barely functional because of my illness, but I have friends that are helping me too. Just taking a day at a time, life is really tough at the moment, but I still have my deep down positivity. Been crying a lot though. Side note: yesterday was six weeks since my last taper. Many hugs to everyone on this site 🤗🤗🤗🤗 Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Moderator hayduke Posted October 8, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 8, 2019 Hey Carmie, hope things work out better for you really soon. *hugs* I am not a health professional - your actions are your own. Please do not seek tapering support via private message - "Any reason to hold is a good one" My taper visualised as a graph | My intro thread Backdrop: 2003 10mg olanzapine | 2004 2-3mg risperidone | end 2014 3wks aripiprazole 2015: olanzapine 10 -> 7½ -> 6⅔ -> 5mg by crude pill cutter 2018: Mar 5.00mg -> water titrated taper -> Aug2.5mg tablet and hold Jan 2019 2.50mg water titration -> Jan 2020 1.214 -> Jan 2021 0.44 -> 2 Oct 0.205 ->3 Oct ZERO🥂 Jun 2023 💉150mg paliperidone "loading" depot shot, 100mg 1wk after Jul 100mg Aug-Dec 75mg/4wks Jul 2023 2.50mg aripiprazole/day attempt to lower prolactin^ Jan-Feb 2024 cross taper off shots to 1mg risperidone Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country did to you" -- KMFDM Link to comment
Mentor ShiningLight Posted October 8, 2019 Mentor Share Posted October 8, 2019 Hang in there, Carmie! Crises=no fun. Now: 100 mg Zoloft am, 50 mg Trazodone. Daily drug burden decreased from 2050 in 2018 mg to 150 mg 🐢🐢 Zoloft: 1/24/23 increased to 100 mg after suicide attempt 9/17/22 cut 6 mg, 8/14/22 cut 6.5 mg, 5/7/22 cut 12.5 mg 3/20/22 cut 12.5 mg 10/26/21 cut 6 mg 10/17/21 cut 5 mg, 9/17/21 Cut 3 mg, 9/13/21 cut 4 mg, 8/29/21 Cut 2 mg 8/8/21 Cut 3 mg 7/30/21 Zoloft: Converted 25 mg to liquid. Also take 100 mg pill & 25 mg pill=150 mg total🌞 Feb 28, 2021 0 mg Gapapentin 2021 Gaba each dose 4x/day: Feb 27 7 mg (one dose only), Feb 10, 7 mg, Jan 14 10 mg 2020 Current taper schedule from Aug 30-present: drop 8 mg every 2-3 weeks. Aug 20 31 mg, Aug 18, 33 mg, July 29, 35 mg, July 23 38 mg, July 22 40 mg Jun 24 42 mg, Jun 15 44 mg, Jun 9 48 mg, May 22 50 mg, May 14 54 mg, May 7 56 mg, Apr 16 58 mg, Mar 28 60 mg, Mar 18 62 mg. Feb 26 64 mg. Feb 19, 66 mg. Jan 23, 70 mg. 2019 Dec 19, 72 mg. Nov 14 ,76 mg. Aug 8, 80 mg. Aug 6, 85 mg. Jul 26, 90 mg. Jul 11, 95 mg. Jul 16 trazodone from 100 to 50 mg. Jun 17-July 10 Slowly changed gab fr pill to liquid at same dose 100 mg 4x/d. Apr 24 Stopped klon!!! 🌞 Apr 4 Decreased gaba to 400 mg (100 mg 4x/day)-Apr 4, 2019 0.25 klon March 11 Klonopin .5 mg twice daily, varied dose til Apr 15. Started Klon fast taper 25%, short use Mar 16, 450 mg gaba 3x/day cut 600 mg--not exact!--updose after learning w/d Feb 20, 2019 1800 mg gabapentin; MD taper; off 3 days=mvt disorder & autonomic instability. July 2018 temazepam 15 mg 1-2; prn several x/wk til Jan/Feb 2019 when cold turkey, flu illness for months July 2018 started gabapentin 100 3x/day; titrated up to 1800 mg (600 3x/day) Buspar, I forget how much, 2 pills a day Jan 2017-July 2018 cold turkey. On Zoloft since maybe 2004? After trying many. *I speak from my experience. Nothing I say is medical advice. I'm not a doctor. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Sunnyday Posted October 8, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 8, 2019 You're strong Carmie! I don't doubt you'll get through it. Life is very trying sometimes but the things that feel like they're almost destroying us is often what builds us in the end I think. That's what I try to remember when life feels too difficult. Either way I hope things will calm down for you soon, you deserve the best. Many hugs to you. 2011-2015: Escitalopram (Cipralex) 20 mg, Voxra 300 mg (quit Voxra in late 2015, no issues) 2016: Started tapering Escitalopram 5 mg at a time, every fourth week July 24th, 2016: Escitalopram 5 mg April 2nd, 2017: Quit last dosage (WD worsened a lot) Ca 6 last months of 2017: Taking Diazepam 15-25 mg irregularly, less than once a month Ca Dec 2017: Out of Diazepam, i.e free from all prescribed drugs Now: Still drug free Supplements: Irregular intake of Omega-3, magnesium, vitamin D. Link to comment
Giulietta Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 💓Hello dear Carmie, My best wishes and sending positive thoughts to you as you navigate these rough seas. I am deeply sorry that life is so difficult for you now - and relieved that you have friends there to help through this grief. Sending hugs your way. 🤗 Giulietta Link to comment
direstraits Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 my thoughts are with you,Carmie. hang in there. Love,ds❤️🤗 went on Prozac 1994-99,60mg.poopout ct back on 2001-2002,prozac weekly 2002,not working,Effexor 75 mg.?2003-mar.2004 gaining weight 8wk. taper,wellbutrin 150 mg.mar. -may 2004 ctmedfree til july 2005 back to Prozac gaining weight again,back on wellbutrin jan.2006150-300 mg.bad constipation.also was taking aygestin(hormone)perimenopausal irregular bleeding.back on Prozac around sept,?2006,hysterectomy jan30.2007(adenomyosis)off&on Prozac til 2009,citalopram about 1 mo, April 2010 no effect,Effexor again may -mar, 2011.ct,Prozac aug,-dec, 2011 &sept-nov 2012,paroxetine oct,23 2013-may 4 2014 20 mgs.tapered 6 wks.-failed RI in Oct.2014-in protracted WD.started 10 mgs. Fluoxetine May 25 2021 .Stopped fluoxetine May 2022 at 5 mgs. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted October 10, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 10, 2019 Just documenting: Added another 5ml of water to my mixture so now each ml equals 1mg. I’m adding 25ml to a 25mg tablet. There are five notches on each ml of my 5ml syringe so for my next tapers I’ll be going down by 0.20 mg instead of 0.25mg (each ml used to be 1.25mg). I’m going to stick to the 5ml syringes for now because when I compared the 1ml syringes of the same brand to the 5ml syringes there were discrepancies. I might just continue working with the 5ml syringe throughout my taper and just keep adding more water as the numbers go down. Yesterday night I took 6.20mg so I went down by 0.5mg. This is about a quarter of what I wanted to go down, but because of being under great stress at the moment I’ll stay at that for a few weeks and then decide what to do. Also with the 5ml syringe and each notch being 0.20mg the only thing I could do when I added the extra water was go down by either 0.5mg or 0.25mg. I can’t cope with dropping by 0.25mg at the moment. I’ll decide how long I’ll stay on 6.20mg, because if I drop by another notch in a few weeks that will be 0.25mg again this drop with the 0.5mg I just made. The drops after that will 0.20mg for a while. On 10/8/2019 at 2:57 PM, ShiningLight said: Hang in there, Carmie! Crises=no fun. On 10/8/2019 at 7:58 PM, Sunnyday said: You're strong Carmie! I don't doubt you'll get through it. Life is very trying sometimes but the things that feel like they're almost destroying us is often what builds us in the end I think. That's what I try to remember when life feels too difficult. Either way I hope things will calm down for you soon, you deserve the best. Many hugs to you. On 10/8/2019 at 10:11 PM, Guilietta said: 💓Hello dear Carmie, My best wishes and sending positive thoughts to you as you navigate these rough seas. I am deeply sorry that life is so difficult for you now - and relieved that you have friends there to help through this grief. Sending hugs your way. 🤗 Giulietta On 10/8/2019 at 11:26 PM, direstraits said: my thoughts are with you,Carmie. hang in there. Love,ds❤️🤗 Hi guys, Thanks so much for dropping by, and for your kind words, I hope that you’re all coping as best you can, sending hugs to you all🤗🤗🤗🤗 Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Carmie Posted October 10, 2019 Author Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 10, 2019 P.s. I loooooooooove my weighted blanket💚 Seroquel. 2019:➡️ From 7.25mg to 5.80mg✔️ 2020➡️From 5.60 to 4.80✔️ 2021➡️From 4.60 to 4.0✔️ 2022➡️From 3.95 to 3.55✔️2023➡️ Jan 26=3.50✔️March 17=3.45✔️ June12=3.40✔️ July30=3.35✔️ Sep14=3.30✔️ Oct31=3.25✔️ 2024➡️Jan15=3.20✔️ Feb19=3.15✔️ March26=3.10✔️This is NOT medical advice.Consult your doctor. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Gridley Posted October 10, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Carmie said: P.s. I loooooooooove my weighted blanket💚 And we loooooooooove you! Hope you feel better soon. Gridley Introduction Lexapro 20 mg since 2004. Begin Brassmonkey Slide Taper Jan. 2017. End 2017 year 1 of taper at 9.25mg End 2018 year 2 of taper at 4.1mg End 2019 year 3 of taper at 1.0mg Oct. 30, 2020 Jump to zero from 0.025mg. Current dose: 0.000mg 3 year, 10 month taper is 100% complete. Ativan 1 mg to 1.875mg 1986-2020, two CT's and reinstatements Nov. 2020, 7-week Ativan-Valium crossover to 18.75mg Valium Feb. 2021, begin 10%/4 week taper of 18.75mg Valium End 2021 year 1 of Valium taper at 6mg End 2022 year 2 of Valium taper at 2.75mg End 2023 year 3 of Valium taper at 1mg Jan. 24, 2024: Hold at 1mg and shift to Imipramine taper. Taper is 95% complete. Imipramine 75 mg daily since 1986. Jan.-Sept. 2016 tapered to 14.4mg March 22, 2022: Begin 10%/4 week taper Aug. 5, 2022: hold at 9.5mg and shift to Valium taper Jan. 24, 2024: Resume Imipramine taper. Current dose as of April 1: 6.8mg Taper is 91% complete. Supplements: multiple, quercetin, omega-3, vitamins C, E and D3, magnesium glycinate, probiotics, zinc, melatonin .3mg, iron, serrapeptase, nattokinase I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice but simply information based on my own experience, as well as other members who have survived these drugs. Link to comment
Giulietta Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Hello dear Carmie, It sounds as if you are in good spirits and making progress with your taper! I am so glad to hear how you are doing. And I am thrilled you love your weighted blanket! I wish I had got one years ago. 💗😴 Big hugs,🤗 Giuilietta Link to comment
India Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 @carmie Just a beautiful film... @intothewoods might also be healing. 1999: Paroxetine (20mg). Age 16. 2007-2008: Fluoxetine (Prozac) for 1.5 years (age 25) Citalopram 20mg 2002-2005, 2009: Escitalopram (20mg), 2 weeks, (age 26) (adverse reaction)/*Valium 5mg/Temazepam 10mg 2010: Mirtazipine (Remeron)( do not remember dosage) 2010, 5 months. 2010-2017: Citalopram (20mg) (age 27 to 34) 2016: i.1st Sept- 31st Oct Citalopram 10mg , ii.1st November 2017-30th November 2017, Citalopram 5mg iii.1st December 2017- 4th February 2018, Citalopram 0mg, iv.5th February 2018- March 2018 Citalopram 5mg (10mg every other day) 28th February- tried titration of 5mg ( some adverse effects) 2018: 1st March 2018- 1st June Citalopram 10 mg (tablet form) /started titration 8mg , then 7 mg.2018: June 15th- 10th July Citalopram 10 mg pill every other day 2018: 10th July - 13th Sept Citalopram- 0mg (CBD oil first month of 0mg, passiflora on and off) 2018 13th Sept Citalopram 2mg , approx 16th Sept 4mg , approx 25th Sept 6mg held. 2019: 11 Feb 19: 7mg (instant bad rxn) 12 Feb 19 6mg held 1 May 19 5.4mg held 5 Oct 19 5.36mg 22 Oct 19 5.29mg 30 Oct 19 5.23mg 4/NOV/19 5.18mg 12 Nov 19 5.08mg 20 Nov 19 4.77mg 7 May 22 2.31mg 17/09/2023 0.8mg (Herbal/Supplements since 1st September: Omega Fish Oil 1200mg, 663mg of EPA- 2 tablets a day, magnesium and magnesium bath salts) I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath - Dante Link to comment
Rabe Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Oh Carmie I am sorry to read that the stressors have increased and not settled some in your life. And the tapering on top of it all. Just wanted to say how much I am thinking about you, Carmie! Take care my friend!💜 -Nardil 1976 < year, stopped. React to AD's. Klonopin .5BID 1990, 2.5mg til 2016 -Klonopin doubled Jan '16. Taper to 2.25mg May to Nov '16. Bad react to Lexapro, stop. React to Prevacid too, taper off. -November '16 Tapered .25mg Klonopin in hospital. Jan '17 started Viibryd, 20mg from Feb to June '17, -20mg to 10mg Viibryd from 3/25 to 6/10 2017, 12/15 10% Viibryd taper...back up next day -Clonazepam 2mg to 1.85mg 4/14 '17 to end November; taper to 1mg Clonazepam in hospital 9/1 tp 9/14 '17 -Feb '18 Amiloride .25mg 5/18 off Amiloride d/t react. Clonaz compounded -4/27 '18 Viibryd 9.5mg, 6/11 9.0 mg, 1/27 '19 Viibryd 8.75mg, ; Clonazepam .2mg 530pm and .7mg 1130pm, Premarin .3mg 830PM CARAFATE QID 2/27/19 to 3/5/19 -July 6'19 1/2 10mg Claritin 230pm, stopped it about July 18, started Oct 11 '19, -7/27 Viibryd 8.5, 8/29 8.25, 10/24 8.0, 12/19 7.75, Feb '20 7.50, 3/20 7.25, 5/20 7.0, 6/20 6.75, 7/20 6.5, 8/20 6.25, 10/2 20 6.0, 11/25'20 5.75, 1/9/21 5.5, 2/23 5.25 -1015 AM Viibryd, vit D 4,000IU 130, 415 Clonazepam .2mg, 815 Premarin .3mg, 1015 Clonaz .7mg, 1115 3t fish oil+D 1145 Castor Oil 650mg(4) 1230 Carafate 1/2GM,Methylated B Vit 1/week,Reacted Mag prn Link to comment
Mentor ShiningLight Posted October 22, 2019 Mentor Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hey, thinking of you and missing your presence here. Hope you feel better soon, Carmie! Sending love. 💜 No pressure/timeframe to reply. Just wanted you to know you are missed. Now: 100 mg Zoloft am, 50 mg Trazodone. Daily drug burden decreased from 2050 in 2018 mg to 150 mg 🐢🐢 Zoloft: 1/24/23 increased to 100 mg after suicide attempt 9/17/22 cut 6 mg, 8/14/22 cut 6.5 mg, 5/7/22 cut 12.5 mg 3/20/22 cut 12.5 mg 10/26/21 cut 6 mg 10/17/21 cut 5 mg, 9/17/21 Cut 3 mg, 9/13/21 cut 4 mg, 8/29/21 Cut 2 mg 8/8/21 Cut 3 mg 7/30/21 Zoloft: Converted 25 mg to liquid. Also take 100 mg pill & 25 mg pill=150 mg total🌞 Feb 28, 2021 0 mg Gapapentin 2021 Gaba each dose 4x/day: Feb 27 7 mg (one dose only), Feb 10, 7 mg, Jan 14 10 mg 2020 Current taper schedule from Aug 30-present: drop 8 mg every 2-3 weeks. Aug 20 31 mg, Aug 18, 33 mg, July 29, 35 mg, July 23 38 mg, July 22 40 mg Jun 24 42 mg, Jun 15 44 mg, Jun 9 48 mg, May 22 50 mg, May 14 54 mg, May 7 56 mg, Apr 16 58 mg, Mar 28 60 mg, Mar 18 62 mg. Feb 26 64 mg. Feb 19, 66 mg. Jan 23, 70 mg. 2019 Dec 19, 72 mg. Nov 14 ,76 mg. Aug 8, 80 mg. Aug 6, 85 mg. Jul 26, 90 mg. Jul 11, 95 mg. Jul 16 trazodone from 100 to 50 mg. Jun 17-July 10 Slowly changed gab fr pill to liquid at same dose 100 mg 4x/d. Apr 24 Stopped klon!!! 🌞 Apr 4 Decreased gaba to 400 mg (100 mg 4x/day)-Apr 4, 2019 0.25 klon March 11 Klonopin .5 mg twice daily, varied dose til Apr 15. Started Klon fast taper 25%, short use Mar 16, 450 mg gaba 3x/day cut 600 mg--not exact!--updose after learning w/d Feb 20, 2019 1800 mg gabapentin; MD taper; off 3 days=mvt disorder & autonomic instability. July 2018 temazepam 15 mg 1-2; prn several x/wk til Jan/Feb 2019 when cold turkey, flu illness for months July 2018 started gabapentin 100 3x/day; titrated up to 1800 mg (600 3x/day) Buspar, I forget how much, 2 pills a day Jan 2017-July 2018 cold turkey. On Zoloft since maybe 2004? After trying many. *I speak from my experience. Nothing I say is medical advice. I'm not a doctor. Link to comment
Moderator hayduke Posted October 22, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hope you're doing ok in the thick of it Carmie 🤗 I am not a health professional - your actions are your own. Please do not seek tapering support via private message - "Any reason to hold is a good one" My taper visualised as a graph | My intro thread Backdrop: 2003 10mg olanzapine | 2004 2-3mg risperidone | end 2014 3wks aripiprazole 2015: olanzapine 10 -> 7½ -> 6⅔ -> 5mg by crude pill cutter 2018: Mar 5.00mg -> water titrated taper -> Aug2.5mg tablet and hold Jan 2019 2.50mg water titration -> Jan 2020 1.214 -> Jan 2021 0.44 -> 2 Oct 0.205 ->3 Oct ZERO🥂 Jun 2023 💉150mg paliperidone "loading" depot shot, 100mg 1wk after Jul 100mg Aug-Dec 75mg/4wks Jul 2023 2.50mg aripiprazole/day attempt to lower prolactin^ Jan-Feb 2024 cross taper off shots to 1mg risperidone Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country did to you" -- KMFDM Link to comment
Giulietta Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hello Carmie Been thinking of you and stopping by to say hello. Hugs, Giuilietta Link to comment
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