Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted November 18, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) Heat packs, massage, stretches, strengthening. Perhaps you might be able to get a softer keyboard to use which doesn't jar as much. Edited November 18, 2020 by ChessieCat NEW!!! INTERVIEW with Altostrata, SA's founder NEW!!! Plodding along inch by inch: 12" = 1', 3' = 36 " or 1 yard, 1760 yards = 63,360" or 1 mile Current from 6 Feb 2021: Pristiq 0.365 mg 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 Oct 2015 My tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites
hayduke Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Thanks ChessieCat. I've already got a couple of really good ergo keyboards, Kinesis Advantage 2 and one from https://x-bows.com/ . They are great, if only laptops were easily converted this way Also fitted these https://medium.com/swlh/should-you-apply-o-rings-to-your-mechanical-keyboard-d0e0319aa6bf My taper visualised as a graph | My intro thread I am not a health professional - your actions are your own Backdrop: 10mg olanzapine 2003-06. 3mg risperidone 2006-2014. Abortive x-taper to aripiprazole Dec 2014, back to 10mg olanzapine after 3 weeks. 2015: 10 -> 7 1/2 -> 6 2/3 -> 5mg olanzapine using pill cutter 2018: Finer taper liquid suspension 5mg to 2.5 Mar-Aug and hold 2019: Jan 2.5 | Eostre EMDR@2.1mg | Jul 1.625 | Oct 1.3 2020: Jan 1.214 | Apr 0.88 | July 0.69 | Oct 0.525 2021: Jan EMDR@0.44 | Feb 0.39 "Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country did to you" -- KMFDM Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted November 22, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted November 22, 2020 You can plug in keyboards via USB into the laptop. NEW!!! INTERVIEW with Altostrata, SA's founder NEW!!! Plodding along inch by inch: 12" = 1', 3' = 36 " or 1 yard, 1760 yards = 63,360" or 1 mile Current from 6 Feb 2021: Pristiq 0.365 mg 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 Oct 2015 My tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted November 22, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted November 22, 2020 I would have thought that the o-rings would mean that you have more resistance and would have to press down harder. NEW!!! INTERVIEW with Altostrata, SA's founder NEW!!! Plodding along inch by inch: 12" = 1', 3' = 36 " or 1 yard, 1760 yards = 63,360" or 1 mile Current from 6 Feb 2021: Pristiq 0.365 mg 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 Oct 2015 My tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites
hayduke Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 hour ago, ChessieCat said: You can plug in keyboards via USB into the laptop. 1 hour ago, ChessieCat said: I would have thought that the o-rings would mean that you have more resistance and would have to press down harder. Sure, if you're at a desk already. I'd usually just get on the workstation then. The O rings don't affect anything till the key is near the bottom of its travel. They just round out the impact if you do bottom the key out. My taper visualised as a graph | My intro thread I am not a health professional - your actions are your own Backdrop: 10mg olanzapine 2003-06. 3mg risperidone 2006-2014. Abortive x-taper to aripiprazole Dec 2014, back to 10mg olanzapine after 3 weeks. 2015: 10 -> 7 1/2 -> 6 2/3 -> 5mg olanzapine using pill cutter 2018: Finer taper liquid suspension 5mg to 2.5 Mar-Aug and hold 2019: Jan 2.5 | Eostre EMDR@2.1mg | Jul 1.625 | Oct 1.3 2020: Jan 1.214 | Apr 0.88 | July 0.69 | Oct 0.525 2021: Jan EMDR@0.44 | Feb 0.39 "Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country did to you" -- KMFDM Link to post Share on other sites
hayduke Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Someone mentioned histamines earlier in the thread. I tried a nasal spray for hay fever (antihistamine) which seemed to reduce the discomfort a bit. Also noticing a correlation between the discomfort and humid grey wet weather. My taper visualised as a graph | My intro thread I am not a health professional - your actions are your own Backdrop: 10mg olanzapine 2003-06. 3mg risperidone 2006-2014. Abortive x-taper to aripiprazole Dec 2014, back to 10mg olanzapine after 3 weeks. 2015: 10 -> 7 1/2 -> 6 2/3 -> 5mg olanzapine using pill cutter 2018: Finer taper liquid suspension 5mg to 2.5 Mar-Aug and hold 2019: Jan 2.5 | Eostre EMDR@2.1mg | Jul 1.625 | Oct 1.3 2020: Jan 1.214 | Apr 0.88 | July 0.69 | Oct 0.525 2021: Jan EMDR@0.44 | Feb 0.39 "Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country did to you" -- KMFDM Link to post Share on other sites
Ryguy Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Has anyone had long term muscle joint stiffness? Years into withdrawal and experiencing inability to move ang part of my body, like everythibgs frozen, i was walking with a curved spine for a month, like i had scoliosis and when i tried to stretch it i fainted Was put on SSRIS at age 18, came off at 20 due to side effects, have been in withdrawal ever since, am 27 now. 7 years of protracted withdrawal. have not been able to work. I didnt taper, i basically came off cold turkey in less than a month....no one informed me of anything, including protracted withdrawal . my symptoms include absolutely everything you can imagine, you name it, i have it Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator manymoretodays Posted December 25, 2020 Moderator Share Posted December 25, 2020 Here you go @Ryguy Merged to relevant topic. Started with psycho meds/psychiatric care circa 1988. In retrospect, and on contemplation, situational overwhelm. Rounding up to 30 years of medications(30 medication trials, poly-pharmacy maximum was 3 at one time). 5/28/2015-off Adderal salts 2.5mg. (I had been on that since hospital 10/2014) 12/2015---just holding, holding, holding, with trileptal/oxcarb at 75 mg. 1/2 tab at hs. My last psycho med ever! Tapered @ 10% every 4 weeks, sometimes 2 weeks to 2016 Dec 16, medication free!! Longer signature post here, with current supplements. Herb and alcohol free since 5/15/2016. None of my posts are intended as medical advice. Please discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical provider. manymoretodays Link to post Share on other sites
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