Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted June 12, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) Do you mean pasting a link to your Introduction topic? If this is what you want to do, go to the first page of your Introduction topic and copy the URL aka address and paste it in the post. If you don't want it to appear in a summary box but just as a link, immediately after pasting the URL you click on Display as Link at the bottom of the Reply Box. Some members include the link to their Introduction topic in their drug signature. This way you can just state that the link is there instead of posting the link in the post. I hope that helps. If it's something else that you wish to do, please explain more fully. Thank you. Edited June 12, 2020 by ChessieCat NEW!!! INTERVIEW with Altostrata, SA's founder NEW!!! Plodding along inch by inch: 12" = 1', 3' = 36 " or 1 yard, 1760 yards = 63,360" or 1 mile Current from 17 Apr 2021: Pristiq 0.2665mg now holding each dose for 3 weeks 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 Oct 2015 My tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites
Artistic1 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Two questions: 1. How do I use the "quote" option? I see people selecting quotes from other members' posts, and the quote appears in a box in their message, then they can post a reply to it. 2. How do I get the "@(member name)" option to work? I see posts with the @ symbol and the member's name in a black box so that they will receive notification of a reply. I typed @(member name) into one of my replies, and it didn't appear in a black box when posted. Thanks. Celexa - 20 mg May 2015 - March 2016 (Felt quite good)..... Celexa taper from May 2016 - Nov 2016.....Depression and Anxiety returned June 2017 July, 2017: Zoloft = 25 mg; Aug. 2017 = 37.5 mg; Nov. 2017 = 50 mg thru Jan. 23, 2018. Jan. 2018 - May 6, 2019 = taper Zoloft from 50 mg to 12.5 mg. Aug. 11, 2019 - felt so bad that I reinstated at 25mg. Hold at this dose until Feb. 3, 2020 Feb. 4, 2020 = reduce dose to 21.875 mg. Hold for 10 weeks. April 14, 2020 = 18.75 mg. Hold for 10 weeks. June10, 2020 - start cycle of 2 weeks to taper slowly from old dose to new dose, then hold at new dose for 6-7 weeks. June 23, 2020 = 16.666 mg.........August 26, 2020 = 14.75 mg ....... October 28, 2020 = 13.15 mg 2021: Jan. 1 = 11.85 mg....Feb. 26 = 10.5 mg....April 23 = 9.3 mg Link to post Share on other sites
Mentor Frogie Posted July 9, 2020 Mentor Share Posted July 9, 2020 Hi: I will try to answer your questions. 57 minutes ago, Artistic1 said: How do I use the "quote" option? I see people selecting quotes from other members' posts, and the quote appears in a box in their message, then they can post a reply to it. Highlight what you want to quote. A box will come up that says “quote selection”. Select that and it will copy your quote. 59 minutes ago, Artistic1 said: How do I get the "@(member name)" option to work? I see posts with the @ symbol and the member's name in a black box so that they will receive notification of a reply. I typed @(member name) into one of my replies, and it didn't appear in a black box when posted. Just type @and the persons name. Names will drop down. Select the name you wish to tag and will show up like @Artistic. It will be highlighted in blue. Hope this answers your questions. Take care, Frogie xx PREVIOUS medications and discontinuations: Have been on medications since 1996. Valium, Gabapentin, Lamictal and Prilosec from 2000 to 2015 with a fast taper by a psychiatrist. Liquid Lexapro Nov, 2016 to 31-March, 2019 Lexapro free!!! (total Lexapro taper was 4 years-started with pill form) ---CURRENT MEDICATIONS:Supplements:Milk Thistle, Metamucil, Magnesium Citrate, Vitamin D3, Levothyroxine Xanax 1mg three times a day June, 2000 to 19-September, 2020 Went from .150 grams (average weight of 1 Xanax) three times a day to .003 grams three times a day. 19-September, 2020 Xanax free!!! (total Xanax taper was 15-1/2 months-1-June, 2019-19-September, 2020) I am not a medical professional. The suggestions I make are based on personal experience. Link to post Share on other sites
Artistic1 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 @Frogie Thanks so much. Both worked! Celexa - 20 mg May 2015 - March 2016 (Felt quite good)..... Celexa taper from May 2016 - Nov 2016.....Depression and Anxiety returned June 2017 July, 2017: Zoloft = 25 mg; Aug. 2017 = 37.5 mg; Nov. 2017 = 50 mg thru Jan. 23, 2018. Jan. 2018 - May 6, 2019 = taper Zoloft from 50 mg to 12.5 mg. Aug. 11, 2019 - felt so bad that I reinstated at 25mg. Hold at this dose until Feb. 3, 2020 Feb. 4, 2020 = reduce dose to 21.875 mg. Hold for 10 weeks. April 14, 2020 = 18.75 mg. Hold for 10 weeks. June10, 2020 - start cycle of 2 weeks to taper slowly from old dose to new dose, then hold at new dose for 6-7 weeks. June 23, 2020 = 16.666 mg.........August 26, 2020 = 14.75 mg ....... October 28, 2020 = 13.15 mg 2021: Jan. 1 = 11.85 mg....Feb. 26 = 10.5 mg....April 23 = 9.3 mg Link to post Share on other sites
Mentor Frogie Posted July 10, 2020 Mentor Share Posted July 10, 2020 5 hours ago, Artistic1 said: @Frogie Thanks so much. Both worked! Glad to hear that! PREVIOUS medications and discontinuations: Have been on medications since 1996. Valium, Gabapentin, Lamictal and Prilosec from 2000 to 2015 with a fast taper by a psychiatrist. Liquid Lexapro Nov, 2016 to 31-March, 2019 Lexapro free!!! (total Lexapro taper was 4 years-started with pill form) ---CURRENT MEDICATIONS:Supplements:Milk Thistle, Metamucil, Magnesium Citrate, Vitamin D3, Levothyroxine Xanax 1mg three times a day June, 2000 to 19-September, 2020 Went from .150 grams (average weight of 1 Xanax) three times a day to .003 grams three times a day. 19-September, 2020 Xanax free!!! (total Xanax taper was 15-1/2 months-1-June, 2019-19-September, 2020) I am not a medical professional. The suggestions I make are based on personal experience. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruci Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 How do I search for a phrase? I want to search for the phrase “low-dose lithium” but all I get are results with individual words: lithium, dose, low. How do I search for the entire phrase? Bruci 1980s: First diagnosed with depression. Treated with a tricyclic. 1988: Switched to Prozac 20 mg after triclyclic stopped working. 1990s to 2010: On and off Prozac. Increased dose led to side effects. 2010: Work stress led to increased depression/anxiety. Tried several SSRIs but tolerated none of them. Put on Zyprexa. 2011: Work burnout and breakdown. Hospitalized for suicidal depression. Switched to Seroquel. Prozac increased to 80 mg. 2017: Started psychotherapy. Helped a lot. Switched to Celexa 40 mg and lithium 300 mg. 2019: Stopped Seroquel. Lost weight. 2020 June: Added Wellbutrin to try and correct sexual dysfunction. Could not tolerate Wellbutrin. Taper (Lithium 300 mg maintained until off Celexa): 2020 July: Decreased Celexa to 30 mg in attempt to alleviate sexual dysfunction. Worked somewhat. 2020 August: Decreased Celexa to 20 mg. Sexual function improved but w/d effects started. 2020 September: Maintaining Celexa at 20 mg. Experiencing w/d effects - fatigue, dysphoria, mood instability 2020 September 13: Increased Celexa to 30 mg due to w/d effects. Still on lithium 300 mg/day. 2020 October 3: Reduced Celexa to 27 mg. Started taper. 10% per month as recommended. 2020 October 18: Reduced to 24 mg. 2020 December 4: Reduced to 21 mg. 2020 December 23: Reduced to 20 mg (spacing out taper intervals due to persistent w/d effects) Link to post Share on other sites
Mentor Frogie Posted October 29, 2020 Mentor Share Posted October 29, 2020 25 minutes ago, Bruci said: How do I search for a phrase? I want to search for the phrase “low-dose lithium” but all I get are results with individual words: lithium, dose, low. How do I search for the entire phrase? Bruci You might try a search engine like google.com. Type in “survivingantidepressants.org low dose lithium” Hopefully you can get more detailed results that way. PREVIOUS medications and discontinuations: Have been on medications since 1996. Valium, Gabapentin, Lamictal and Prilosec from 2000 to 2015 with a fast taper by a psychiatrist. Liquid Lexapro Nov, 2016 to 31-March, 2019 Lexapro free!!! (total Lexapro taper was 4 years-started with pill form) ---CURRENT MEDICATIONS:Supplements:Milk Thistle, Metamucil, Magnesium Citrate, Vitamin D3, Levothyroxine Xanax 1mg three times a day June, 2000 to 19-September, 2020 Went from .150 grams (average weight of 1 Xanax) three times a day to .003 grams three times a day. 19-September, 2020 Xanax free!!! (total Xanax taper was 15-1/2 months-1-June, 2019-19-September, 2020) I am not a medical professional. The suggestions I make are based on personal experience. Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted October 29, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Frogie said: Type in “survivingantidepressants.org low dose lithium” Sometimes this works better: site:survivingantidepressants.org And put "low dose lithium" in quotes So: site:survivingantidepressants.org "low dose lithium" I just tried it using duckduckgo.com and it brings up lots of posts. Edited October 29, 2020 by ChessieCat NEW!!! INTERVIEW with Altostrata, SA's founder NEW!!! Plodding along inch by inch: 12" = 1', 3' = 36 " or 1 yard, 1760 yards = 63,360" or 1 mile Current from 17 Apr 2021: Pristiq 0.2665mg now holding each dose for 3 weeks 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 Oct 2015 My tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites
MaryMoo429 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 How can I edit my intro? I didn’t have time to proof read it and I made some grammatical mistakes that are bothering me and have the year wrong on my last time in treatment. I put November 2020 and it should be 2019. I can’t seem to find a way to edit it. Does anyone know? Prozac: 20-40mg from 2006-2019. Zoloft: 2003-2005 off and on. Adderall XR: 20-50mg (abused so took more than prescribed often) 2006-2016. Amphetamine Salts 2006-2016 10-20mg (abused). Ativan: 2009-2010 1mg. Suboxone 16mg sublingual strips 2013-2016. Vyvanse: mg? (abused) 2014-2015. Alprazolam: December 2018- June 2019 1-2mg (abused). Diazepam: June 2019-November 2019 mg? (used to taper me off of Xanax). Lexapro: 2018-2020 10-20mg. Mitrazapine 30mg: Nov 2019-May 2020 (tapered off over 3 months) Trintillex: May 2019-December 2019 (mg?). Hormonal birth control 2003-2019. supplements (current): Morning: 400mg L-Theanine, 375mg magnesium. Night: 450mg Valerian Root, 2.5mg Melatonin Link to post Share on other sites
marie123 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Hello. What does it mean when someone "reacts" to my post? Thanks, Marie 10/13--10/14 Ambien. Started tapering 1/14 Jumped 10/14. Done. 3/14 7.5 Remeron still taking this. 2/14 75 Trazodone - Tapered by dry cutting all the way down. 1/16 4 mg Trazodone - Jumped. Bad mistake. Got hit with late withdrawal 6 weeks later. Had to reinstate. 4/16 Reinstated 1 mg, updose to 2 mg Trazodone 2/19 .04 Trazodone. Walked off. Done. 10/3/19 Started 7.5 Mirtazapine taper cut to .073 gram weight, pill weighs .076 4/5/20 New Mirtazapine Taper - Compound Liquid 7.35 mg April '20, 7.25 mg May, 7.05 mg June, 6.99 mg June, 6.78 mg July, 6.57 mg Aug, Sept 6.35 mg, Sept 6.24 mg, Sept 6.21 mg, Oct 5.99 mg, Oct 5.90 mg, Oct 5.70 mg. 1/11/21 6.05 mg Messed up taper due to syringe change. Must remember the 1 ml syringe contains 1.5mg! 1/16/21 5.99 mg 2/21 5.75 mg, 3/21 5.6 mg, 4/7 5.45, 4/14 5.30. Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted February 14 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted February 14 1 hour ago, marie123 said: Hello. What does it mean when someone "reacts" to my post? Thanks, Marie It means that someone acknowledges and/or likes your post. If you click on the notification it will take you to the post which has been "liked". NEW!!! INTERVIEW with Altostrata, SA's founder NEW!!! Plodding along inch by inch: 12" = 1', 3' = 36 " or 1 yard, 1760 yards = 63,360" or 1 mile Current from 17 Apr 2021: Pristiq 0.2665mg now holding each dose for 3 weeks 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 Oct 2015 My tapering program My Intro (goes to my tapering graph) My website PLEASE NOTE: I am not a medical professional. I provide information and make suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites
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