bubbles Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Revealed: One in four people are taking addictive prescription drugs as official review calls for national helpline and new guidance for GPs to end pill crisis / https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7445657/One-four-people-hooked-prescription-drugs-official-review-calls-national-helpline.html Prescription drug dependency worrying - health chiefs / https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49639914 Good to see this difficult topic getting some airplay. Both articles are well worth a read. The Daily Mail article above goes as far as to call antidepressants "addictive". Not sure I care for the wording in the BBC article of "misusing", since I personally got to this point by taking my tablets as prescribed. Good to see gabapentinoids listed as problematic. Quote Five classes of medicines were included in the review - asked for by government amid concern that large numbers of people were misusing prescription drugs. They were: Antidepressants Opioid painkillers for acute pain and injury (excluding use in cancer patients) Gabapentinoids (used to treat epilepsy, anxiety and nerve-related pain) Benzodiazepines (mostly prescribed for anxiety) Z-drugs (sleeping tablets) 2005 St John's Wort / 2006-2012 Lexapro 20mg, 2 failed attempts to stop, tapered over 4.5 months in early 2012 January 2013 started Sertraline, over time worked up to 100mg July 2014 Sertraline dropped from 100mg to 75mg, held for six months, slower tapering until 2019 22 Dec 3.2mg 2020 Sertraline 19 Jan 3.1mg, 26 Jan 3.0mg; 1 Mar 2.9, 7 Mar 2.8, May (some drops here) 24 May 2.5, May 29 2.4, June 21 2.3, June 28 2.2mg, July 4 2.1mg, July 24 (or maybe a bit before) 2mg, early Nov switched to home made suspension; 29 Nov 1.8mg; approx 25 Dec 1.6mg) 2021 Some time in about Jan/Feb realised probably on more like 1.8mg and poss mixing error in making suspension; doses after 10 Feb accurate; 10 Feb 1.6mg; 7 Mar 1.4, continued monthly 10% drops until 1mg, then dropped 0.1mg monthly. May 2022,0.1mg, now dropping 0.01mg per week 29 August 2022 - first day of zero! My thread here at SA: https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/1775-bubbles/page/21/ Current: Armour Thyroid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlehermione Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Hear, hear!! Effexor XR 75mg 1997-2012 Effexor XR 37.5mg 2012-2017 (tapered off over six months - finished taper July 2017) SCA Aug 12th, 2017 Cymbalta 30mg Aug 2017 - Nov 2017 (CT Nov. 17th for medical reasons) Metoprolol 50mg Aug 2017 - Feb 2019 tapered down to 25mg June 2019 then tapered down to zero. Off Metoprolol as of Jan 2020 Amiodarone (anti-arrhythmic med) 200mg Nov 2017- May 2018 Supplements: Omega 3, vitamin D3, magnesium What helps me: Manual lymphatic drainage massage, acupressure, meditation, homeopathy (my psychiatrist is also a certified homeopath), a healthy diet when possible organic, yoga, walking my dogs every day and gardening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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