Juan Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 On 6/20/2018 at 4:26 AM, EnglishSteve said: At present I sleep about 4 or 5 hours and wake with akathisia (anxiety) everyday. This lasts till about 12 midday and then turns to deep depression with some suicidal ideation and general low mood till about 7pm when I start to feel normal again. Hello there @EnglishSteve, How are you doing? How are you feeling? Btw, I have quoted a part of your first message, because that's how my day goes mostly of the time, sometimes I can sleep 6 or 7 hours. I'm a HIV/AIDS survivor since 1997. Since 2005 on and off Prozac and benzos/tranquilizers, changed to Escitalopram added Lithium in 2015. 2010 - June 2017 Ambien/Zolpidem went C/T, got W/D and insomnia. 2015 - June 2017 Lithium 600/mg and Escitalopram 60/mg, went C/T, got W/D. Sep.8 - 18 2017 hospitalized for 10 days, got started on Venlafaxine and Mirtazapine. Oct.2017 found S/A website, learning a lot, especially about W/D and tapering, for the first time. Oct.8.2017 - Dec.2.2017 Venlafaxine from 150/mg to 112.50/mg - decreased because of hyperactivity. Dec.3.2017 Venlafaxine from 112.50/mg to 75/mg to 37.5/mg - decreased because of suicidal thoughts. Feb - Dec 2018 completed the tapering of Venlafaxine 37.5/mg (2/3 beads every month) Aug.9.2018 Remeron from 30/mg to 15/mg to 7.5/mg - decreased because of overweight. April 2019 completed the tapering of Remeron 7.5/mg Currently taking Clonazepam/Klonopin 1/mg day and night, and Biktarvy once a day (for HIV/AIDS) Link to comment
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