Administrator KenA Posted August 15, 2021 Author Administrator Share Posted August 15, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 3:16 PM, Greatful said: @KenA Thank you for standing by us and encouraging us, when you could move on and put this all behind you. You have a big and caring heart❤️ @Greatful Of course my friend!! We are all in this together. I always said that once I healed I was gonna make sure to help others. I had a very dear friend help me through the healing process, so I feel like that is something I want to do for others as well. I know how important that one person can be shining the light in the darkness of withdrawal! That one hand out can make all the difference 3 2010-2011 - Tramadol - Can't remember dosage 2011 - CT Quit Tramadol 2011-2019 - St Johns Wart - Started out at 3 Pills a day (300 MG) and increased to 6 per day over the years August 2019 - CT Quit St Johns (Told by Hospital Dr to Stop Taking due to increased BP) September 2019 - Citalopram 10mg - Approx 2 weeks - CT Quit September 2019 - October 2019 - Clonazepam .5mg - Approx 3 weeks - CT Quit Drug Free Since October 5th 2019 Link to comment
Administrator KenA Posted August 15, 2021 Author Administrator Share Posted August 15, 2021 On 7/27/2021 at 12:03 PM, Hanna72 said: @KenAFantastic news, I am so happy for you. Keep on thriving and enjoying your drug free life. All my best to you. Love the butterfly poem by the way. @Hanna72I sure will my friend!! Thank you so much!!! Glad you liked the poem I thought it very fitting 1 2010-2011 - Tramadol - Can't remember dosage 2011 - CT Quit Tramadol 2011-2019 - St Johns Wart - Started out at 3 Pills a day (300 MG) and increased to 6 per day over the years August 2019 - CT Quit St Johns (Told by Hospital Dr to Stop Taking due to increased BP) September 2019 - Citalopram 10mg - Approx 2 weeks - CT Quit September 2019 - October 2019 - Clonazepam .5mg - Approx 3 weeks - CT Quit Drug Free Since October 5th 2019 Link to comment
Administrator KenA Posted August 15, 2021 Author Administrator Share Posted August 15, 2021 On 8/7/2021 at 12:33 AM, username001 said: @KenAyoure an inspiration of strength and determination. Keep going, nothing is in your way. I wish you fast healing and a lovely life, thank you for all your help. @username001 I try my best lol That truly is very very true!! You have to keep going each and every day no matter what!!! You can never give up or give in!!! A truly amazing future awaits us all and we will all get there one day!! Thank you for the well wishes. I'm finally starting to feel better from the Covid battle I went through!! That was crazy for sure!! 2 2010-2011 - Tramadol - Can't remember dosage 2011 - CT Quit Tramadol 2011-2019 - St Johns Wart - Started out at 3 Pills a day (300 MG) and increased to 6 per day over the years August 2019 - CT Quit St Johns (Told by Hospital Dr to Stop Taking due to increased BP) September 2019 - Citalopram 10mg - Approx 2 weeks - CT Quit September 2019 - October 2019 - Clonazepam .5mg - Approx 3 weeks - CT Quit Drug Free Since October 5th 2019 Link to comment
Administrator KenA Posted August 15, 2021 Author Administrator Share Posted August 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Moonpie said: Ken thank you so much for sharing your story. I can't tell you what a blessing it was! I really needed it and it gave me a boost. I am going to go back and copy all your statements and save them in a document so I can go back and read them when I am down. I am sorry to hear you have Covid but glad to hear you are recovering. You are an amazing person with a fantastic outlook! @Moonpie You are most welcome!!! Glad to hear that it helped you in some way and has given you encouragement!!! You are doing amazing my friend and are going to make it through this with flying colors!! I did respond to your message you sent. Sorry for the delay. Kinda catching back up with everything after being down for a few weeks with Covid. I used to do the exact same thing with survivor stories!! I would print out the ones that helped encourage me and put them in my folder of positivity!! That way on the hard days I could go and read and encourage myself to keep pushing through!!! Life truly is about staying positive my friend!!! No matter how bad things get, they can always turn around and get better. Life is like a roller coaster. You have to go down to get back up and you have to go up to get back down. Can't stay in the same place all the time You are going to be ok my friend!!! Just keep pushing through day by day as long as it takes!! You've got this and you know it!! Ken 2 2010-2011 - Tramadol - Can't remember dosage 2011 - CT Quit Tramadol 2011-2019 - St Johns Wart - Started out at 3 Pills a day (300 MG) and increased to 6 per day over the years August 2019 - CT Quit St Johns (Told by Hospital Dr to Stop Taking due to increased BP) September 2019 - Citalopram 10mg - Approx 2 weeks - CT Quit September 2019 - October 2019 - Clonazepam .5mg - Approx 3 weeks - CT Quit Drug Free Since October 5th 2019 Link to comment
username001 Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Hey @KenAdid you struggle with imagination, mental visualization, creativity issues during withdrawl? 2019-2020 Zoloft 200mg and Wellbutrin 150mg fast tapered off. 2020 20mg Lexapro for 8 months, tapered to 15mg then 10mg then 5mg then 2.5 and then every other day. Fast tapered off of Lexapro. -poor cognition-uneasy feeling -burning brain -people startle me -can’t read facial expressions-Brain fog-can’t detect emotion -can’t hear voice intonations -so many more Link to comment
Administrator KenA Posted August 19, 2021 Author Administrator Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 9:54 PM, username001 said: Hey @KenAdid you struggle with imagination, mental visualization, creativity issues during withdrawl? @username001 I had some of de-realization where thing would not seem real. My mental functions did slow down a bit during the worst of it, but I mainly had problems with my short term memory and had a hard time concentrating! I would get the most realistic and vivid dreams though that would wake me out of a dead sleep! It was crazy! Just remember almost anything mentally that you are going through right now is probably related to withdrawals. All the symptoms I had mentally ended up going away and have not come back. Just a sign your brain is healing! 1 2010-2011 - Tramadol - Can't remember dosage 2011 - CT Quit Tramadol 2011-2019 - St Johns Wart - Started out at 3 Pills a day (300 MG) and increased to 6 per day over the years August 2019 - CT Quit St Johns (Told by Hospital Dr to Stop Taking due to increased BP) September 2019 - Citalopram 10mg - Approx 2 weeks - CT Quit September 2019 - October 2019 - Clonazepam .5mg - Approx 3 weeks - CT Quit Drug Free Since October 5th 2019 Link to comment
Moderator Go2zero Posted August 26, 2021 Moderator Share Posted August 26, 2021 KenA succesfully healed after CT. See his success story here: 1 1993 Anafranil (Clomipramine) for a few months. Later in 1993 Paxil for a few months 1993- 2006 No medication 2006 Effexor, Cymbalta, some Benzo’s. All for short periods. Later in 2006 Lexapro (escitalopram) 10 mg and shortly after Wellbutrin XR 150mg, against side effects Lexapro Since 2006 until end of 2015: Several times on and off Lexapro and Wellbutrin and several slight dosage changes. Mostly taken dosages: 5mg Lexapro and 150mg Wellbutrin 2016 Dosage change Lexapro from 5mg to 2,5 mg. Wellbutrin stayed om 150mg November 2016 – April 2017 Down from 2,5mg to 0,6mg Lexapro (in steps) without much problems. Wellbutrin down from 150mg to 66mg. Also without much problems. April 2017 – March 2019 Lexapro 0,6 mg April 2017 - August 2018 Wellbutrin in small steps down from 66mg in to 37,5 mg . Quite heavy WD after each step. March 2019 – May 2019 Lexapro down from 0,6 to 0,3mg then Prozac to 0,6 mg switch because severe discontinuation effects (may also have been from Wellbutrin..) Wellbutrin down from 37,5mg to 35,3mg October 2019 Seroquel 12,5 mg for 4 weeks because of extreme sleeping problems, then weaning off in 2 weeks Prozac up dosage to 1,2 mg March 2020 Wellbutrin in 2 steps down from 35,3mg to 33,3mg Extreme withdrawal effects during 8 months. Stopped tapering Wellbutrin until total off Prozac. February 2020 – November 2020 Prozac down in steps from 1,2mg to 0,57mg. Jan 2021 : Prozac down to: 0,55> 0,53>0,51mg, Feb 0,47mg , Mar 0,42mg, Apr 0,37, longer hold because of WD symptoms July 0,36 and hold again, Sept 19 0,35, Sept 26 0,34mg, Oct 3 0,33mg Long hold of 172 days until March 2022 January 20, 2022: Wellbutrin from 33,3 to 32,3mg March 22, 2022 Prozac down from 0,33mg to: 0,30mg, Apr 0,29, May 0,28, 0,27, June 0,26, 0,25, July 0,24, 0,23, 0,22, 0,21, Aug 0,20, 0,19 Sep 0,18, Oct 0,17. 0,16, 0,15, Nov 0,14 Jan 2023 0,13, 0,12, 0,11 Feb 0,10, 0,09 Mar 0,08 , June 0,07 , July 0,06, 0,05, Aug 0,04, 0,03, Sept 0,026, 0,024 Nov 0,022, 0,019, 0,016, 0,013 Dec 0,012, 0,011, 0,010, 0,009 Jan 2024 0,008, 0,007, 0,006, 0,005, 0,004, 0,003, 0,002, 0,001, Feb 0,0007. 0,0005, 0,0003, 0,0001, Feb 23, 2024: 0,00000 Supplements: Fish Oil (3000mg), Magnesium 100 mg, 2 drops of Lavender Oil, only when feeling extreme anxiety. 50mg of L-Theanine only when severe discontinuation effects caused by Wellbutrin Please note this is NOT a medical advice. Discuss all your medical issues with a doctor who understands psychical drugs and really knows how to withdraw from them. I wish that you will find one. Link to comment
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