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anytriptaline

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I've been doing 4 tapers since September, so far so good, no real benefit really but the side effects continue to be the same

 

I've done it with an analytical scale and this pill grinder https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D3X37L8/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Something I've noticed (as show in my attachment) is that the consistency is not homogeneous, it's not great picture, but the darker, more colorful particles are considerably bigger than the ones you see as more pale, who have the consistency of pretty fine dust

 

Just to be sure, I mix the resulting grind before filling the capsules in an attempt to make them more homogeneous

 

I do kinda wonder if it's just the quality of the grinder or the particle size represents something I should be more careful about (filling vs active substance for example)

 

In this case the mix is amitriptyline 

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2007-2018 25mg-50mg Amitriptyline, 4mg Perphenazine, 500mg Valproic Acid

Nov 2018-February 2019 quetiapine, mirtazapine, pregabaline, estazolam, agomelatine, levomepromazine, trazodone, sulpiride

March 2019 - 37.5mg Amitriptyline, 4mg Perphenazine, waiting to tapper off slowly

February 2023 - Finished taper

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17 hours ago, anytriptaline said:

I mix the resulting grind before filling the capsules in an attempt to make them more homogeneous

 

It's a good idea to mix to distribute the active ingredient with the filler, as you're doing.

 

Here's another pill crusher that might work better:

 

see this post

 

I crush my Lexapro between two spoons.

Gridley Introduction

 

Lexapro 20 mg since 2004.  Begin Brassmonkey Slide Taper Jan. 2017.   

End 2017 year 1 of taper at 9.25mg 

End 2018 year 2 of taper at 4.1mg

End 2019 year 3 of taper at 1.0mg  

Oct. 30, 2020  Jump to zero from 0.025mg.  Current dose: 0.000mg

3 year, 10 month taper is 100% complete.

 

Ativan 1 mg to 1.875mg 1986-2020, two CT's and reinstatements

Nov. 2020, 7-week Ativan-Valium crossover to 18.75mg Valium

Feb. 2021, begin 10%/4 week taper of 18.75mg Valium 

End 2021  year 1 of Valium taper at 6mg

End 2022 year 2 of Valium taper at 2.75mg 

End 2023 year 3 of Valium taper at 1mg

Jan. 24, 2024: Hold at 1mg and shift to Imipramine taper.

Taper is 95% complete.

 

Imipramine 75 mg daily since 1986.  Jan.-Sept. 2016 tapered to 14.4mg  

March 22, 2022: Begin 10%/4 week taper

Aug. 5, 2022: hold at 9.5mg and shift to Valium taper

Jan. 24, 2024: Resume Imipramine taper.  Current dose as of April 1: 6.8mg

Taper is 91% complete.  

  

Supplements: multiple, quercetin, omega-3, vitamins C, E and D3, magnesium glycinate, probiotics, zinc, melatonin .3mg, iron, serrapeptase, nattokinase


I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice but simply information based on my own experience, as well as other members who have survived these drugs.

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