Rosetta Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/going-off-antidepressants_l_5c7804cae4b0d3a48b578b9a This article makes me (more) ill. Not only does it misrepresent info about serotonin, but it claims that the difficulty in discontinuing antidepressants is negligible. Dr .Zimmerman ought to be one of those people who are made to pay dearly by losing his medical license. If I were not so jaded I would say he doesn't know what he's talking about, but this problem is too widespread for that to be true. He must know that some people suffer greatly and their lives are ruined. This article is clearly a propaganda piece meant to keep people from being afraid of the new information finally coming out about taking antidepressants. https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16629-rosetta-ct-may-2011-too-fast-taper-feb-2017/?page=25 2001-2011 Celexa 10 mg raised to 40 mg then 60 mg over this time period May 2011 OB Doctor's Cold switch Celexa 60 mg to 10 mg Zoloft sertraline (baby born) 2012-2016 - Doctors raised dose of Zoloft up to 150 mg 2016 - Xanax prescribed - as needed - 0.5 mg about every 3 days (bad reaction) 2016 - Stopped Xanax Late 2016- Began (too fast) taper of Zoloft Early 2017 - Trazodone prescribed for bedtime (doseage unknown) Feb 2017 - Completed taper/stopped Trazodone Drug free since Feb 2017 2017 - Unisom otc very rarely for sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted March 1, 2019 Administrator Share Posted March 1, 2019 Terrible article. When I read it, I thought: What this article shows is psychiatrists really don't know anything about getting people off drugs. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieDecides Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 13 hours ago, Rosetta said: Dr .Zimmerman ought to be one of those people who are made to pay dearly by losing his medical license. Yes!!! If he is this ignorant or just pretending to be is no excuse 😠 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henosis Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 I thought it was at least more promising than many others I’ve read - they link to the more hard hitting articles about withdrawal - it discusses withdrawal syndrome lasting for months or years in some people overall, mostly garbage, but the average publication about this problem does seem to be getting better over time. Medication before problems: Took Paxil 60-100mg from 2003 to 2014 for OCD. 1) Last pill taken November 2014, horrendous withdrawal started six weeks later. 2) Re-instated successfully @ 20mg May 2015, but accompanied by severe anhedonia, loss of emotion, apathy, and fatigue 3) Switched to Prozac, Viibyrd, Zoloft, Nefazadone, Cymbalta, Nardil in attempt at abating WD symptoms while not re-introducing anhedonia. Each one either failed to relieve WD or brought back anhedonia. So re-stabilized on Paxil at 15mg 4) Tapered down to 7.5mg as of October 2016. More energy, anhedonia/loss of emotions remains apart from short windows. 5) May 2017 - down to 3.5mg of Paxil (no other meds) 6) Early 2018 - added 8mg of Prozac 7) January 2019 - down to 1.05 Paxil / 5mg Prozac and continuing 8) October 2019 - down to 0.2mg Paxil / 3mg Prozac 9) November 2019 - down to 0.1mg Paxil / 3mg Prozac 10) March 2020 - done with Paxil, 2.5mg Prozac 11) April 2021 - 0.03mg Prozac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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