Iatrogenesis Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Hi, I've noticed the "follow user feature" only works if you manually toggle "Someone I'm following makes a post" under "General" in "Notification Settings". Is that a bug only affecting me? 1 year risperidone, 1 year olanzapine (10 mg). attempted first withdrawal cold turkey, failed. 2 more years olanzapine, switched to abilify which was very disruptive so attempted quitting cold turkey, failed. then 4 years amisulpride at 150 mg and about 3 zoloft at 150 mg. attempted withdrawal from both in 3 weeks, failed. reinstated zoloft and bridged to olanzapine (10 mg), successfully withdrew it over 10 months. tried withdrawing zoloft over 12 months, failed. bridged to prozac, at 40 mg, now at 12 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted August 14, 2018 Author Administrator Share Posted August 14, 2018 It's not a bug, it's an individual setting. You make the choice if you want to follow particular members. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iatrogenesis Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Thanks for the answer, but I still don't understand... There is a button on every user's profile that I can click to follow them. What I mean though, that it won't give me notifications or send me emails unless I toggle that on under that separate notification menu I can access by clicking on the bell icon. It took some time to figure that out, I would have expected to get notifications by default when I chose to follow somebody. 1 year risperidone, 1 year olanzapine (10 mg). attempted first withdrawal cold turkey, failed. 2 more years olanzapine, switched to abilify which was very disruptive so attempted quitting cold turkey, failed. then 4 years amisulpride at 150 mg and about 3 zoloft at 150 mg. attempted withdrawal from both in 3 weeks, failed. reinstated zoloft and bridged to olanzapine (10 mg), successfully withdrew it over 10 months. tried withdrawing zoloft over 12 months, failed. bridged to prozac, at 40 mg, now at 12 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted August 14, 2018 Author Administrator Share Posted August 14, 2018 Good point. I see in the global settings that has been left out by mistake. I have enabled Someone I am following makes a post This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iatrogenesis Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 That's nice! I wanted to ask as well, are you blocking the Tor Browser or is Comcast doing that? 1 year risperidone, 1 year olanzapine (10 mg). attempted first withdrawal cold turkey, failed. 2 more years olanzapine, switched to abilify which was very disruptive so attempted quitting cold turkey, failed. then 4 years amisulpride at 150 mg and about 3 zoloft at 150 mg. attempted withdrawal from both in 3 weeks, failed. reinstated zoloft and bridged to olanzapine (10 mg), successfully withdrew it over 10 months. tried withdrawing zoloft over 12 months, failed. bridged to prozac, at 40 mg, now at 12 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted August 14, 2018 Author Administrator Share Posted August 14, 2018 We're not blocking it as far as I know. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iatrogenesis Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Oh, are you using Invision with Amazon's CloudFront? It appears the requests are being blocked by Amazon's Web Application Firewall. https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/cloudfront-error-request-blocked/ 1 year risperidone, 1 year olanzapine (10 mg). attempted first withdrawal cold turkey, failed. 2 more years olanzapine, switched to abilify which was very disruptive so attempted quitting cold turkey, failed. then 4 years amisulpride at 150 mg and about 3 zoloft at 150 mg. attempted withdrawal from both in 3 weeks, failed. reinstated zoloft and bridged to olanzapine (10 mg), successfully withdrew it over 10 months. tried withdrawing zoloft over 12 months, failed. bridged to prozac, at 40 mg, now at 12 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted August 15, 2018 Author Administrator Share Posted August 15, 2018 This may be deliberate by IPS. I'll ask them but don't get your hopes up. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iatrogenesis Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Thanks. Oh yes, I've read about Comcast making some rather absurd statements about the Tor Network. It's a shame if they just started blocking it, I imagine some people would like to use it to connect to this site as it's a convenient way to avoid being tracked by corporations and governments as well which I understand could be important for those who live in countries that are (getting increasingly) authoritarian and whose governments like to snoop on their own citizens. 1 year risperidone, 1 year olanzapine (10 mg). attempted first withdrawal cold turkey, failed. 2 more years olanzapine, switched to abilify which was very disruptive so attempted quitting cold turkey, failed. then 4 years amisulpride at 150 mg and about 3 zoloft at 150 mg. attempted withdrawal from both in 3 weeks, failed. reinstated zoloft and bridged to olanzapine (10 mg), successfully withdrew it over 10 months. tried withdrawing zoloft over 12 months, failed. bridged to prozac, at 40 mg, now at 12 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iatrogenesis Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Oh, you meant Invision, I misread that as ISP. And apparently Comcast officially likes Tor, anyway. 1 year risperidone, 1 year olanzapine (10 mg). attempted first withdrawal cold turkey, failed. 2 more years olanzapine, switched to abilify which was very disruptive so attempted quitting cold turkey, failed. then 4 years amisulpride at 150 mg and about 3 zoloft at 150 mg. attempted withdrawal from both in 3 weeks, failed. reinstated zoloft and bridged to olanzapine (10 mg), successfully withdrew it over 10 months. tried withdrawing zoloft over 12 months, failed. bridged to prozac, at 40 mg, now at 12 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted August 18, 2018 Author Administrator Share Posted August 18, 2018 Our hosting service will not unblock the Tor browser, they think it's for exploits. Sorry. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iatrogenesis Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Exploits, pff... It's a great privacy tool. Well, anyway, thanks again for contacting them about this. 1 1 year risperidone, 1 year olanzapine (10 mg). attempted first withdrawal cold turkey, failed. 2 more years olanzapine, switched to abilify which was very disruptive so attempted quitting cold turkey, failed. then 4 years amisulpride at 150 mg and about 3 zoloft at 150 mg. attempted withdrawal from both in 3 weeks, failed. reinstated zoloft and bridged to olanzapine (10 mg), successfully withdrew it over 10 months. tried withdrawing zoloft over 12 months, failed. bridged to prozac, at 40 mg, now at 12 mg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenlady Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 How do I edit a tag on my topic? 2016-Aug-Prescribed 2 mg Ativan & 10 mg Ambien; Oct-c/o from 20 mg Lexapro to 60 mg Cymbalta; Nov-Dec-Tapered off 10 mg Ambien 2017-Jan-Feb c/o from 1.75 mg Ativan to 13 mg Valium & begin daily liquid micro taper; May-taper Cymbalta 60 mg to 48 mg with severe withdrawals. Begin 11 month Cymbalta hold. 2018-Jan 11 completed Valium taper; Apr-Resume Cymbalta taper. Interval dose progress: Apr 43 mg; May 40 mg; Jul 35 mg; Sep 29 mg; Dec 21 mg; 2019- Apr 14 mg; Jun 11 mg; Aug 9 mg; Oct 7 mg; Nov 6 mg 2020-Jan 5.2 mg; Feb 4.8 mg; Mar 4.3 mg; Apr 3.9 mg; May 3.5 mg; Jun 3.3 mg; Jul 2.9 mg; Aug 2.7 mg; 28 Sep 2.4 mg/12 beads; 25 Oct 2.2 mg/11 beads; 22 Nov 2.0 mg/10 beads; 20 Dec 1.8 mg/9 beads 2021- 17 Jan 1.6 mg/8 beads; 14 Feb 1.4 mg/7 beads; 18 Mar 1.2 mg/6 beads; 18 Apr 1.0 mg/5 beads; 16 May 0.8 mg/4 beads; 13 Jun 0.6 mg/3 beads; 11 Jul 0.5 mg/2 beads; 8 Aug .03 mg/1 bead; 5 Sep 0 mg. Brutal, agonizing, slow 4.5 year Cymbalta taper completed as of 5 Sep 2021. 100% psych drug free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted December 3, 2018 Author Administrator Share Posted December 3, 2018 Only a mod can edit a tag once a topic is published. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevertoolate Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Just a general question out of curiosity how many members are on this site please? Lexapro 10MG Almost continually for 25 odd years Reduced to 5MG beginning July 2018- end August 2018 August 2018 til now off completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted January 5, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted January 5, 2019 On 1/1/2019 at 8:19 AM, Altostrata said: Latest statistics: - 11,424 registered members since founding in March 2011 - Currently, about 150 new registrations per month - 3,000 registered members visited this last year - 5, 796 case histories in the Introductions forum - Since 2011, most viewed topics regarding Tapering (views include unregistered Guests): Tips for Tapering Wellbutrin (500,000 views) Tips for Tapering Lexapro (312K) Tips for Tapering Pristiq (276K) Tips for Tapering Effexor (246K) Tips for Tapering Cymbalta (243K) Tips for Tapering Prozac (224K) Tips for Tapering Celexa (187K) Why taper by 10% of my dosage? (147K) Tips for Tapering Lamictal (131K) How to make a liquid from tablets or capsules (130K) Tips for Tapering Seroquel (130K) Tips for Tapering Ability (113K) - Estimates of “engagement” for last 6 months from https://www.similarweb.com/website/survivingantidepressants.org#overview Total Visits 88.76K Avg. Visit Duration 00:15:01 Pages per Visit 7.14 Bounce Rate 29.29% * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevertoolate Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Wow Thank you Lexapro 10MG Almost continually for 25 odd years Reduced to 5MG beginning July 2018- end August 2018 August 2018 til now off completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoreMeditateLessMedicate Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 What's a typical timeframe from when members submit a post and administrators approve? I ask because I still have two replies I made on my Intro thread still pending - one of them from last Thursday. I'm mainly asking for managing my expectations and whether it is ever prudent to post anything that is time-sensitive on here. Thanks y'all! David July 15th, 2020 to PRESENT Prozac 40mg Wellbutrin SR 300mg tapering off of Lamotrigine 75mg (down from 200mg; have only been on this medication for four months) Medicine History: February 2010 to July 15th, 2020 a) SSRI has ALWAYS been on board: Zoloft (2010-2015) and Prozac (2015-Now). As high as 250mg Zoloft and 60mg Prozac in the past; b) Wellbutrin has ALWAYS been on board since 2013; c) Lithium for 8 weeks in 2020 (mid-May to mid-July); d) other mood stabilizers: Abilify for 8 weeks in 2017, Olanzapine for 1 week in 2019, Vraylar for 1 month in 2020 and Latuda for 1 week in 2020; e) Imipramine, a TCA in 2011-12; f) Mirtazapine for sleep in 2012-14; g) Buspar in 2013-14; h) Trazadone for sleep in 2014; i) Stimulants during medical school in 2013-14: Vyvanse, Provigil and Straterra; j) Benzos approved only by a few doctors include Serax in 2012, Xanax in 2018, Ativan 2019 and Klonopin 2020; I'm also a recovering alcohol and opioid/opiate abuser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted April 9, 2019 Author Administrator Share Posted April 9, 2019 The first two posts of new members are reviewed, approved, and responded to by staff to make sure initial withdrawal questions are answered. It may take a couple of days before our staff works through our queue of posts from new members. In your case, it seems during a software upgrade your posts did not appear in the moderator queue. Apologies for this one-off software glitch. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Button Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Can some tell me how to get to the admin cp and you the default tool in the topics area thank you 2018- June diazepam 2mg twice a day for approx 2-3 weeks in June. Then taking occasionally when needed. 2018- June temazapam 10mg every night for 2 weeks then occasionally when needed. 2018- June 10mg Celapram a day 2018- July 15mg Celapram a day 2018- July to November 20 mg Celapram Tapered off for approx 3 to 4 months 2019- since stopping occasionally temazapam 10mg for sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted April 27, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted April 27, 2019 Hi Button, I assume that you are asking this question because you are receiving the following error message: [[Template forums/front/topic is throwing an error. This theme may be out of date. Run the support tool in the AdminCP to restore the default theme.]] Some of the mods are receiving this error message when an @ tag is included in a post and we have had to remove it in order for the post to submit. I've just tried it and I am still getting the error message. * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Button Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 ok thank you, dose that mean I can't tag you guys in anything at the moment. 2018- June diazepam 2mg twice a day for approx 2-3 weeks in June. Then taking occasionally when needed. 2018- June temazapam 10mg every night for 2 weeks then occasionally when needed. 2018- June 10mg Celapram a day 2018- July 15mg Celapram a day 2018- July to November 20 mg Celapram Tapered off for approx 3 to 4 months 2019- since stopping occasionally temazapam 10mg for sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Button Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 is there another way I can get information to altro and yourself? 2018- June diazepam 2mg twice a day for approx 2-3 weeks in June. Then taking occasionally when needed. 2018- June temazapam 10mg every night for 2 weeks then occasionally when needed. 2018- June 10mg Celapram a day 2018- July 15mg Celapram a day 2018- July to November 20 mg Celapram Tapered off for approx 3 to 4 months 2019- since stopping occasionally temazapam 10mg for sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted April 29, 2019 Author Administrator Share Posted April 29, 2019 Software will be upgraded today to repair that error message. You can use the Contact Us link at the bottom of every page. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted January 9, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted January 9, 2020 How to find Introductions topics with "☼" in the title? When people have turned the corner in recovering from withdrawal from psychiatric drugs, we mark their Introductions topics with "☼" (We ask these people to please post Success Story topics when they are fully recovered.) To find those topics, In Google search, enter site:survivingantidepressants.org "☼" You will get all posts on SurvivingAntidepressants.org in topics with "☼". If you want to see all "☼" topics about venlafaxine, for example, enter site:survivingantidepressants.org "☼" venlafaxine Highly recommended! 1 This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carefulprayerful Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hi I was wondering how I can make tags appear next to the title of my Introductions topic on the page "Introduction and updates" https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/forum/3-introductions-and-updates/ listing all the Introductions topics. I want to add tags that say the names of my drugs. I am so grateful for this website. Thanks! My psychiatric drug history goes back, on and off, to 1999. This is my taper chronology: Jan. 2018: 900 mg Lithium 1 mg Risperidone 250 mg Lamotrigine Jan. 2018: 0 mg Lithium* 1 mg Risperidone 250 mg Lamotrigine Jan. 2019: 0 mg Lithium 0.625 mg Risperidone 175 mg Lamotrigine Jan. 2020: 0 mg Lithium 0.260 mg Risperidone 175 mg Lamotrigine Feb. 2021: 0 mg Lithium 0 mg Risperidone 175 mg Lamotrigine August 2021 0 mg Lithium 0 mg Risperidone 0 mg Lamotrigine *I had to cold turkey lithium because of life-threatening side effects. Measuring doses: The Withdrawal Project at the Inner Compass Initiative website, which explains how to do the microtaper to make it as smooth as possible Nutrition: The Clean Gut Diet by Alejandro Junger, MD, and Viva Naturals Omega 3 Fish Oil Supplements. Psychological: "Dr. Bruce H. Lipton Explains How To Reprogram The Subconscious Mind" (on YouTube) and PSYCH-K (an alternative healing modality). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus Gridley Posted February 3, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted February 3, 2020 7 hours ago, carefulprayerful said: how I can make tags appear next to the title of my Introductions topic Go to your first post in your Introductions topic. On the left under your screen name you'll see a small rectangle with "+ tags." Type the first drug name you want to enter. Then click on the black "save" icon. Another "+ tag" will appear next to the drug name you've just saved. Type your second drug, etc. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carefulprayerful Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 15 hours ago, Gridley said: Go to your first post in your Introductions topic. On the left under your screen name you'll see a small rectangle with "+ tags." Type the first drug name you want to enter. Then click on the black "save" icon. Another "+ tag" will appear next to the drug name you've just saved. Type your second drug, etc. For some reason, I don't see this on my page...the only thing under my screen name is the buttons to go to the next/last page/page 2/etc. My psychiatric drug history goes back, on and off, to 1999. This is my taper chronology: Jan. 2018: 900 mg Lithium 1 mg Risperidone 250 mg Lamotrigine Jan. 2018: 0 mg Lithium* 1 mg Risperidone 250 mg Lamotrigine Jan. 2019: 0 mg Lithium 0.625 mg Risperidone 175 mg Lamotrigine Jan. 2020: 0 mg Lithium 0.260 mg Risperidone 175 mg Lamotrigine Feb. 2021: 0 mg Lithium 0 mg Risperidone 175 mg Lamotrigine August 2021 0 mg Lithium 0 mg Risperidone 0 mg Lamotrigine *I had to cold turkey lithium because of life-threatening side effects. Measuring doses: The Withdrawal Project at the Inner Compass Initiative website, which explains how to do the microtaper to make it as smooth as possible Nutrition: The Clean Gut Diet by Alejandro Junger, MD, and Viva Naturals Omega 3 Fish Oil Supplements. Psychological: "Dr. Bruce H. Lipton Explains How To Reprogram The Subconscious Mind" (on YouTube) and PSYCH-K (an alternative healing modality). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratitude Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Gratitude here, need help ro update, reply and basic how to for this site. I thought I saved my intro but didnt. Can anyone help? I really want to be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus Gridley Posted February 12, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Gratitude said: Gratitude here, need help ro update, reply and basic how to for this site Gratitude, Go to the Introductions and Updates forum. You will see your Introduction, my replies, and your second introduction merged into your original one. That's really where you need to post now, only there. Please don't forget to answer my questions, again in your Introduction thread. Here is a link that will take you there. Gratitude: Introduction and updates Edited February 12, 2020 by Gridley 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenlady Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 How many members does this forum have? Is that info available anywhere on this site? 2016-Aug-Prescribed 2 mg Ativan & 10 mg Ambien; Oct-c/o from 20 mg Lexapro to 60 mg Cymbalta; Nov-Dec-Tapered off 10 mg Ambien 2017-Jan-Feb c/o from 1.75 mg Ativan to 13 mg Valium & begin daily liquid micro taper; May-taper Cymbalta 60 mg to 48 mg with severe withdrawals. Begin 11 month Cymbalta hold. 2018-Jan 11 completed Valium taper; Apr-Resume Cymbalta taper. Interval dose progress: Apr 43 mg; May 40 mg; Jul 35 mg; Sep 29 mg; Dec 21 mg; 2019- Apr 14 mg; Jun 11 mg; Aug 9 mg; Oct 7 mg; Nov 6 mg 2020-Jan 5.2 mg; Feb 4.8 mg; Mar 4.3 mg; Apr 3.9 mg; May 3.5 mg; Jun 3.3 mg; Jul 2.9 mg; Aug 2.7 mg; 28 Sep 2.4 mg/12 beads; 25 Oct 2.2 mg/11 beads; 22 Nov 2.0 mg/10 beads; 20 Dec 1.8 mg/9 beads 2021- 17 Jan 1.6 mg/8 beads; 14 Feb 1.4 mg/7 beads; 18 Mar 1.2 mg/6 beads; 18 Apr 1.0 mg/5 beads; 16 May 0.8 mg/4 beads; 13 Jun 0.6 mg/3 beads; 11 Jul 0.5 mg/2 beads; 8 Aug .03 mg/1 bead; 5 Sep 0 mg. Brutal, agonizing, slow 4.5 year Cymbalta taper completed as of 5 Sep 2021. 100% psych drug free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorall Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 I believe there's 13,000 registered users. Alto posts the stats somewhere on the site. 3/21/19 started Bupropion XL 150 mg 3/21/19 started Risperidone 2mg 7/7/19 start Abilify half dose 5 mg. discontinue Risperidone 7/9/19 full dose Abilify 10 mg 7/29/19 discontinued Abilify due to panicky side effects 8/2/19 Began Latuda 20 mg 8/5/19 discontinued Latuda due to similar side effects 8/10/19 discontinued Bupropion after realizing it was causing the insomnia From 8/10/19 no drugs whatsoever Currently taking vitamin C, D, E, a probiotic and fish oil. Message me here if you want: https://www.facebook.com/morra.lal.3/ I've been getting a lot of fake friend requests, so please send a message before friend requesting me, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus manymoretodays Posted February 17, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted February 17, 2020 Some stats are posted here: About SurvivingAntidepressants.org Down at the bottom of the topic, last posted October 2019 And yes, 13,000 were registered, as of then! Late 2023- gone to emeritus status, inactive, don't @ me, I can check who I've posted on, and I'm not really here like I used to be......thanks. Started with psycho meds/psychiatric care circa 1988. In retrospect, and on contemplation, situational overwhelm. Rounding up to 30 years of medications(30 medication trials, poly-pharmacy maximum was 3 at one time). 5/28/2015-off Adderal salts 2.5mg. (I had been on that since hospital 10/2014) 12/2015---just holding, holding, holding, with trileptal/oxcarb at 75 mg. 1/2 tab at hs. My last psycho med ever! Tapered @ 10% every 4 weeks, sometimes 2 weeks to 2016 Dec 16, medication free!! Longer signature post here, with current supplements. Herb and alcohol free since 5/15/2016. And.....I quit smoking 11/2021. Lapsed. Redo of quit smoking 9/28/2022. Can you say Hallelujah?(took me long enough)💜 None of my posts are intended as medical advice. Please discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical provider. My success story: Blue skies ahead, clear sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honingbij Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 How do I tag someone? I see user names tagged in a blue box, but I can't figure out how to do it. Thanks for any help! Drug History: 2014: 75 mg Amitriptyline [began taper] 2019: 22 mg 2020: 10.7 mg 2021: June: 4.29 mg 2021: Nov 21 [4.17 mg]; updosed to 4.18 mg [Dec 3] 2022: Tapered May 15 to 4.16 mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus Shep Posted April 23, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 3:28 PM, honingbij said: How do I tag someone? I see user names tagged in a blue box, but I can't figure out how to do it. Thanks for any help! If you type @ and then the person's username, you will "tag" them. Like this: @honingbij Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverknew Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 How can I copy my history into a post that I respond to somewhere other than introductions? On Prozac since 2004, 10 mg Began to taper, 2016, first time cold turkey unsuccessful, so soon after tried again kept having to go back on medication due to withdrawals tried to do it myself as couldn't find a dr to help me Currently on taper #4 from 2016, having changed to Lexapro and starting November 2018 from 5 mg As of April 2020 I am at 1/5th of a mg (.2 mg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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