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

[brassmonkey]

We don't work with quitting nicotine, so you will have to check out the stop smoking forums for help there.

 

We don't recommend using niacin either. There is a lot of discussion throughout the site, do a site search to find it.

[Miyan]

17 hours ago, brassmonkey said:

We don't work with quitting nicotine

Ok Thanks man.

I appreciate for your sudden reply

[Yesyes123]

@Miyanhi friend

 

How are your symptoms currently? Are you still considering reinstating an extremely small dose? Maybe toothpick rescue dose?

 

Hope you are well

[Miyan]

@Yesyes123

Sorry for late reply.

I was in quitting Nicotine and I didn't reinstate my drug.

I'm waiting for brain heals itself.

[Yesyes123]

Hi friend

 

How are you now? How long has it been since you reached 0? Any symptoms? Peace

[Miyan]

@Yesyes123 @Altostrata @brassmonkey

Hi Guys Its about 2 months from drug free andalso 1 month from nicotine free.

I takes supplement magnesium tablets 1000mg and occasionally fish oil 1000mg.

I sleeps about 10 hour but when I wake up in morning I feels like not get enough sleep from the last night and weak legs 

But Today and Yesterday after long time I got unbearable weak legs and its  kills me.

[Yesyes123]

You should take fish oil everyday same dose! Also do you have any other symptoms?

[Altostrata]

On 7/22/2019 at 11:50 PM, Sassenach said:

Hi Miyan

 

Your fast taper means you have withdrawal symptoms.

You need to hold steady on 5 mgs and give your system time to stabilise.

If start to taper before this you will make W/D symptoms worse.

There is no short cut it takes time to heal.https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/82-the-windows-and-waves-pattern-of-stabilization/

https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/406-tips-for-tapering-off-lexapro-escitalopram/

https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/4244-after-reinstating-or-updosing-how-long-to-stabilize/

Keep in touch and advise us of your decision please.

Sassenach

 

Do you remember the waves and windows of stabilization, @Miyan?

 

You decided to go off and cope with the withdrawal symptoms. You have avoided a tiny reinstatement, which is all we know about treatment.

 

You still need to decide what you want to do.

 

Please do not tag me unless it's very important.

[Miyan]

Sorry for interrupt you guys.

I had smoked weed on Sunday on that day I got paranoid and more anxious.

Then I got little anxious next day and yesterday I didn't get an anxious thoughts. I had panic attack this morning I don't know what to do. How long weed effect wil last?

 

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[Miyan]

Huge Setback By Cigrates, Alcohol, Weed and other Psychoactive Substances

 

Those healed almost in Post 0 and huge setback by cigarettes, Alcohol, Weed and Psychoactive substances.

Share the experiences in this topic guys

Welcome you all Warriors who had/has huge setbacks

 

 

 

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[Miyan]

I healed 75% but the last sunday I smoked brick weed, about 3 hour I got paranoid(people who starred at me and hurt me) then I slept 5 hours on that day.

I went for a friends marriage which about 70 miles away from my home.

Next morning I came to my home and got slept 2 hour sleep afterwards I went for Job nothing happens at that day.

On Tuesday from morning to evening also nice man about night I fought with my little sister for cream cookies after the fight my whole body got little tremors and I went to bed, I slept about 8 hrs man,

On Wednesday morning I had bath to go for work and meditate myself and went to yougurt drink for my stomach irriation(when i gets irriation bloated stomach I goes to have yougurt). Shop guy who served yougurt stare at me and I drank yougurt then all people stare at me like symptoms I got and went to my work and asked my co worker what today I got racing heart beat(I think that heart palpitations) then I left my shop to home quickly When I reached home I sit in a chair I distracted my paranoid thoughts.

I didn't have any symptoms as I mentioned here was not in my Withdrawl.

From Thursday I felt paranoid in morning and today also I get paranoid.

I also gets brain fog, memory impairment.

I feels these symptoms aren't had in tapering Withdrawal.

From the day three I feels Symptoms.

Last night I went my bed to 9.30 and woke up at 11.30pm again went to bed at 12oclock wake up at 3 o clock Total 5 hrs sleep.

 

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[Miyan]

If anyone moderator sees this topic edit the spelling of Cigrates into Cigarettes.

[ChessieCat]

On 9/8/2021 at 3:24 PM, Miyan said:

How long weed effect wil last?

 

SA is a site for reducing/going off prescription psychiatric drugs.  SA staff does not provide support for members who choose to experiment other substances and have a bad reaction.

 

See the following:

  

On 6/16/2011 at 4:45 AM, Altostrata said:

 

We do not advocate experimenting with hallucinogenics, psychedelic mushrooms, herbs, adaptogenics, or any gray-market drug. You never know exactly what you're getting and results are unpredictable even in people whose nervous systems have not been compromised by adverse drug reactions.

 

If your nervous system has been sensitized by adverse effects from psychiatric drugs (or street drugs) or withdrawal, , you could make yourself a lot worse by experimenting with hallucinogenics, etc., and the only remedy is to cope with your symptoms until they go away. We don't have any magic potions for you.

 

Try such substances at your own risk.

 

 

[Altostrata]

@Miyan, weed is a drug. It seems it upset your nervous system, which is sensitive from withdrawal. Did you also drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes? Take any antibiotics? All of these things can upset a sensitized nervous system.

 

You will have to let your system settle from these experiments. We don't have any magic potions for your symptoms.

[Miyan]

No Smoke, no alcohol and I only smoke one joint weed for anhedonia.But everything goes downwards.

[Miyan]

@Altostrata How long wave will last?.

Is here anybody experienced this type of setbacks.

[Miyan]

@ChessieCat @AltostrataIt is advisable to reinstate the antidepressants after 5 months.

Any other psych drugs treat with my symptoms

[Miyan]

Pray for me guys.

God help me to get out from this.

I couldn't god I couldn't.

Would you change me you can only change me god change me?

[Miyan]

Its a hell on earth guys

[ChessieCat]

You have smoked marijuana and it has made your symptoms worse.  Reinstating the antidepressant that you stopped in April 2021 to try and fix the symptoms you have from the marijuana could possibly make things worse.

 

If you had not tried to fix the problem by smoking marijuana, then reinstating a very tiny dose of the antidepressant might have helped if you had antidepressant withdrawal symptoms.

 

I think you should stop trying to fix the symptoms you have now and do not take anything else.  I think it would be best to just wait and let your brain get better all by itself without you adding things that might make things worse as has happened by smoking the marijuana.

 

Alto said this before:

 

3 hours ago, Altostrata said:

You will have to let your system settle from these experiments. We don't have any magic potions for your symptoms.

 

[Miyan]

@ChessieCat .k mam

[Miyan]

@ChessieCat What is the half life of weed?.

If weed gets out from my body, Surely wave will stop na mam.

Which causes my symptoms worse thc or cbd ?

If thc causes the symptoms Can I detox it ?

[Miyan]

Any setback sucess stories If yes pin here man

[ChessieCat]

Please note that SA is staffed by unpaid volunteers who give of their time to help members reducing/stopping prescription psychiatric drugs.  The information they provide is about prescription psychiatric drugs. 

 

SA staff does not provide support or information to members about marijuana, thc or cbd.  There is a topic where members discuss this with each other.  There are also other websites on the internet where you can find information.

 

There are many warnings on this site which tell members that they try substances at their own risk.  If a member tries a substance and it makes them worse the SA staff cannot help you.  There is a warning in Post #1 of this topic:

 

cannabis-marijuana-hashish-thc-cbd-cannabidiol-or-hemp-oil

 

Please do not tag Alto or myself about your marijuana issues.  Thank you.

[Miyan]

I'm going to hospital for emergency Akathisia what would I say guys?

[Altostrata]

If you simply let your nervous system recover, it probably will settle down over a few weeks.

[Miyan]

@Altostrata I have severe akathisia I didn't sleep about 3 days now. I'm chatting with you. Here the time is 2o clock in the middle night.

Symptoms gets worse day by day alto. I know you are not advised me to take another drug. Pls provide some relief for sleep 

I have fish oil which has 300mg omega

I'm going to take this fish oil from tomorrow as 7 times a day 

I have Magnesium Glycinate 550mg and I'm going to take this 4 times a day.

Until my setback pass.

If tomorrow isn't good for me I'm going to take beta blockers for Akathisia.

I can't still alto I walk always.

I can't rest

[Altostrata]

15 minutes ago, Miyan said:

I have Magnesium Glycinate 550mg and I'm going to take this 4 times a day.

 

This is excessive. See https://survivingantidepressants.org/topic/15483-magnesium-natures-calcium-channel-blocker/

 

I'm not going to ask you about what your symptoms are like because the fact is, we can't do anything about symptoms that have been triggered by your smoking marijuana. We don't know anything about that.

 

Most likely, if you calm yourself as much as possible, your symptoms will fade and sleep will gradually come back.

[Miyan]

1 hour ago, Altostrata said:

if you calm yourself as much as possible, your symptoms will fade and sleep will gradually come back.

@Altostrata I couldn't resist mam, Whatever I try my symptoms exaggerating mam. If you gave black box warning about marijuana I never smoked mam and Marijuana has cbd it will help with Anhedonia I thought.

When I read the tao of brassmonkey monkey says alcohol worses the symptoms and gives setbacks.

That's why I stayed far from Alcohol.

If anyone jumped off to zero. please let them inform to don't use cigarettes, Alcohol, Marijuana, Antibotics and other psychoactive substances.

When I quit my snus I never used snus till now mam.

Pray for me mam.

 

 

[Miyan]

Got seizure like symptoms couldn't resist mam couldn't resist

[Miyan]

I got One supplement which has

Valerian root 150mg

Chamomile Extract 150mg

L Theanine 100mg

Tryptophan 100mg

L threonine 60mg

5HTP 10mg

Melatonin 6mg

Which I'm in terrible state.

Am I going to try this ?

 

[Altostrata]

5 hours ago, Altostrata said:

Most likely, if you calm yourself as much as possible, your symptoms will fade and sleep will gradually come back.

 

[Miyan]

what about beta blockers mam?

Can I try that?

I saw and joined a group Living with Akathisia Some people said beta blockers with that.

Can I reinstate my jump off dose ?

[Miyan]

I become more and more anxious.

I cry all day I feels wrong.

[Miyan]

I didn't sleep well last night

I'm purely numb

Depression and anxiety hits the roof.

Cry Cry cry always I cry.

Feels like acid running through nerves.

Can't sit still.

[Miyan]

6 hours ago, Altostrata said:

Most likely, if you calm yourself as much as possible, your symptoms will fade and sleep will gradually come back.

 

Couldn't Resist