Miyan: need help to taper off escitalopram / Lexapro 5mg

[Miyan]

How to relieve constipation

Constipation is worst part of my

wd

If mag glycinate is good for constipation

Can I Take that with Lexapro. Cause I usually takes Lexapro at night

I want use mag glycinate at night 

How can I take mag Before or After food

[Miyan]

Starts taper  2 mg to 1.9mg from 26dec

[Miyan]

Tapers Starts onwards 26 Dec 1.9 mg

[Miyan]

Now I'm at 1.6 mg

I had severe RLS now My RLS symptoms is minimized.

 

My reduction is 5% for  every two weeks

Can I go every ten days with 5% reduction.

 

 

 

[Miyan]

How many days safe to keep  DIY Escitalopram's water Suspension in Refrigeration (Expiry days)

[Miyan]

Shall anyone help me with ma Insomnia 

Shall anyone tell me 'Is it safe to take alprazolam .25' in withdrawl 

I'm in lock down i cant buy melatonin thatswhy I ask you to guys

Sry for ma english

[Altostrata]

Miyan, how are you feeling? Are you taking 2mg escilatopram?

 

Why do you want to take alprazolam?

[Miyan]

No Alto Now I'm in 1.15mg

60ml:15mg

In ml 4.6

I can't edit my signatures 

 

[Miyan]

8 hours ago, Altostrata said:

Why do you want to take alprazolam?

Because of Insomnia 

[Miyan]

Q42012 - Jun 2018- Escitalopram 10mg.
At apr 2016 feel wow. I think time to quit went to my Gp he advised every other day taper I taper as 5 and 10mg every other days in first taper hit severe nightmare then went to 10mg as per doc advise.
At Jun 2017 - Stopped as CT by frustration  hit severe brain zaps  reinstated 10 mg.
Jul 2017 - 2018 - Escitalopram 10mg

(At 2018 clomipramine i didn't know the exact mg which I was taken hit severe adverse then went to 10mg Escitalopram myself) 
Oct 2018 - May 2019 - taper 10mg to 7.5 and 7.5 to 5mg as every other day taper physical pain went away but racing mind didn't then went to 10mg hit severe RLS.
At Jan 2019 again went to 5mg feel .k mild RLS in 5mg.
Jan2019 - jun 2019- Escitalopram 5mg.
At Jun 2019 I tried every other day 5 and 3.75mg hit severe WD Again reinstate 5mg.
(6 Aug 2019 start taper 4.8mg
6 Aug - 15 Sep 4.8 to 4mg,18 sep to 24 sep 3.8mg,25 sep to 1 oct -- 3.6mg,2 oct to 8 oct -- 3.4mg,9 oct to 15 oct -- 3.2mg,16 oct to 30 oct--- 3mg,31 oct to 6 nov -- 2.8 mg,7 nov to 13 nov -- 2.6 mg,14 nov to 20 nov --- 2.4mg,21nov to 27nov --- 2.2mg,28nov to 25 dec 19 ---- 2mg,26dec19 to 8 jan 20 --- 1.9mg,9 jan to 22 jan -- 1.8mg,23 jan to 5 feb --1.7mg,6 feb to 16 feb --- 1.6mg,17 feb to 26 feb-- 1.5mg,27 feb to 7 mar --1.4mg,8 mar to 17 mar --1.3mg,18 mar to 31 mar -1.2mg).SYMPTOMS:Insomnia,Constipation, Racing thoughts,Laziness.
Got 2 times Flu symptoms in WD.

Can I write the above things in my signature 

[Altostrata]

When did the insomnia start?

[Miyan]

7 hours ago, Altostrata said:

When did the insomnia start?

It starts from first drop

My Insomnia means not at all full night wakeup. My Isomnia is late night sleep.

If I go to bed around 10 pm I doesn't fall in sleep till 12pm(Racing thoughts in night)

My current dosage is 1.15mg

 

[Altostrata]

The insomnia started when you first reduced escilatopram? When was that?

 

Could you sleep when you were taking 5mg escilatopram Jan 2019-Jun 2019?

 

What time of day do you take escilatopram?

[Miyan]

Sorry for late reply

@Altostrata No Alto my main side effects of Escitalopram are RLS and Insomnia.

 When I was in 2.5 mg I felt little window one day only(RLS and leg pain reduced at the time )

[Miyan]

@Altostrata which is best in the following...

1.Flax seed oil which contains Omega 3(ALP)- 625mg (price is $3.6)

2.Fish oil which contains omega 3 - DHA 220 EPA 330 & other 50mg - 600 mg(price is $5.2)

Prices are in India

[Miyan]

On 4/7/2020 at 4:04 AM, Altostrata said:

What time of day do you take escilatopram?

Regularly at night 9 to 10 p.m

[Miyan]

On 4/7/2020 at 4:04 AM, Altostrata said:

Could you sleep when you were taking 5mg escilatopram Jan 2019-Jun 2019?

I Can sleep till now But I can't get early bed(from 5mg). If I sleeps at late night(1 a.m)  I will get wave in morning and I will wake up late in morning around 10 o clock.

Everytime wakes up in morning I talks with me like today onwards I'm going to bed earlier likewise I goes to bed 10.30p.m until 12o clock or 1o clock doesn't get sleep

[Altostrata]

If I were you, I'd take the escilatopram earlier, by moving it an hour earlier each day until you're taking it in the morning. It may be preventing you from falling asleep earlier than 1 a.m.

 

Please keep regular sleep-wake hours. Let us know how you're doing.

[Miyan]

@Altostrata ok mam

[Terry]

@Miyan  You said "I makes 80ml solution with distillated water. I uses Syringe for oral. Normally I takes 4ml everyday means 20days I keeps the solution. Will the solution expire in One or two days."

 

I make a 1:20 dilution of my 20 mg sertraline which gives me a solution of 1 mg/1ml.  This makes it easy to measure my daily dose.  I store it in the refrigerator and have had no problems with it, even after using it for a week to 10 days.  Everyone is different, however, so judge for yourself how it works for you.

 

It looks like you are tapering very carefully.  Wishing you the best.

 

Terry

[brassmonkey]

Miyan-- if your method is working for you then there is not need to change it. However, we have found that homemade solutions start to lose their strength after two or three days which can lead to incorrect dosing. A number of members have run into this problem.  Also there is the risk of bacteria or mold getting into the solution that increases the longer the solution is stored. Each type of drug is different in how it reacts to being made into a homemade solution, some have a shelf life of a day or two while others can last a week or two. Time, temperature and exposure to light are critical factors in storage.  Because of the large number of drugs we deal with we make a general recommendation that a person doesn't store a homemade solution more than a few days.

[Miyan]

@Terry @brassmonkey 

Thanks man.

@Terry Sometime I stores my solution in refrigerator about 3 weeks but It works fine for me. I read some  articles in our webpage they says own solution will expire in two or three days.Thatswhy I asked man

Anyway Thanks

[Terry]

I use a commercially made liquid.  I'm guessing that helps it last longer.

[Miyan]

Emergency 

Need Advice Today Onwards my zone became Contaminated Whatif  I will have Covid Positive.

May I skip my doses or stabilise my dose in Hospital.

I don't even know How can I carry my own suspension to Hospital 

I doesn't panic about Covid anyway 

I need advice for my taper 

Is Skipping doses will help or stabilize the dose is the real Question here.

 

[ChessieCat]

Skipping doses is NOT recommended.  If you skip doses you will probably experience interdose withdrawal.

[Miyan]

@ChessieCat What Will I do If I get Positive in Covid?

 

[ChessieCat]

2 hours ago, Miyan said:

What Will I do If I get Positive in Covid?

 

Please be more specific about what your concerns are. 

 

How much escitalopram do you have?

[Miyan]

@Altostrata @ChessieCat @brassmonkey Hi guys Last Night around 11o clock I masturbated. Today I get severe wave flu like symptoms and fatigue . I took two times a paracetamol 650 mg one in morning and another in afternoon. Is this wave or anything else ?. I become anxious about I will get Prostatitis cause I got prostatitis once in ma early youthhood. 

 

[brassmonkey]

It's probably just a wave from stress, heat and tapering. Pleasuring ones self can cause brain zaps but not flu like symptoms.  Prostatitis has some very specific symptoms such as trouble urinating that are more important than flu like symptoms.

[Miyan]

.k man @brassmonkey

I doesn't have troubling in Urinating. I have bearable low back pain. In my past I had diagnosed Prostatitis by Rectal exam that time I didn't have trouble in urinating only I had lower back pain. Thats why I become anxious about prostatitis.

Then My symptoms now like that

1.Light Headed

2. Body ache 

3. Feel Dizzy

4. Low grade fever

5. Bearable low back pain

[brassmonkey]

This is out of our area of expertise, we specialize in ADWD and tapering. If it has you worried then it would be a good idea to see a doctor.

[Miyan]

.k sir @brassmonkey

[Miyan]

.k sir @brassmonkey

[Miyan]

That prostatitis thing I told just a wave that makes me anxious about my past.

Thanks Anyway @brassmonkey

Then I more thing I read the half life of escitalopram that is 27 to 32 hours.

This is not about my discussion. my discussion about 99℅elimination of drug from our body. The elimination time of escitalopram is 6.1 days in single dose of 10mg. 

If anyone takes daily 10mg of this drug means 365days(for a year)×10mg is 3650mg(3.65g) then the elimination time of this drug is approximately 1.6 years. What if we are in this drug about 8 years what will be the elimination time of this drug 

Then we will make 0 as our  taper schedule. When will this stay out of our body. Pls clarify me.

[brassmonkey]

According to test it generally takes five (5) half life cycles to eliminate the drug from the body. Using the longer time, 32 hours, that would be 160 hours or not quite a week.

 

Removing the drug from the body is a very small part of the WD process. These drugs work by making physical changes to the body. The primary on being turning off the serotonin receptors, but they do affect every system in the body. Undoing those changes in a manner that doesn't upset the body. That upset shows up as the symptoms we all experience. In effect we have to sneak the drug out of our systems slowly so the body can change back to it's normal state with out being upset.  Each person is different in how their body reacts to reducing the drug, but it is a long slow process. My taper was pretty uneventful and took me five and a half years.  That's a little longer than most but not by much.

[Miyan]

.k sir @brassmonkey