Kevman2112 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Anyone have manic periods during their taper? I don’t want to call it a manic episode and they are probably much more mild than an actual manic episode. I am over 6 months into my taper and have been at my current dose, 6mg for 25 days, my longest hold yet, and was subsequent to an updose after accidentally reducing to 4.29mg from 12mg. I have not had these feeling at any other point during my taper. I have had 2 instances of feeling jolted, with some racing thoughts, more talkative than normal and having a lot of energy. They last a few hours and then disappear by afternoon. Hoping I can attribute this to withdrawal rather than worrying something concerning is emerging. Maybe it’s time to reduce to 5mg? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Multiple drugs for my teen years. ~10 years on Pristiq 100mg. January 2021: 50mg Pristiq to 43.75. Stopped Viibryd at 10mg March 2021: holding at 37.5mg. April 2021: 25mg. May 2021: 18.75 to 12.5. June 2021: 12.5 to (accidentally) 4.29mg. Updose to 6mg using compounded Pristiq August 2020: Crashed at day 35 of 5mg. Updose to 6mg September 2020: 5.5mg from 6 after 38 days 10/2021: 5mg, 11/2021: 4.5mg, 12/21:4mg, 3/22:3.75mg, Propranolol 10mg prn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentor Greatful Posted July 11, 2021 Mentor Share Posted July 11, 2021 @Kevman2112 What I get is a very intense brain, I don't really have thoughts that go from one to another, My thoughts just feel very intense, my body and brain feel very tense and I feel like I have to bolt, or explode. It can get so intense I feel frozen, I want to bolt but can't move. My brain want to explode. I am not sure what entails racing thoughts. Do your thoughts go one to another? What ever it is for either one of us, it can be unnerving. https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/24894-greatful-is-this-withdrawal-or-to-many-med-changes-at-once/ 1995? Prozac, tried several Paxil, Serzone, St John's Wart back to Prozac and Trazodone ct:d Traz Lexapro. Tried to stop Crash in 2015 Kindled Hospitalized, Vybrid, Seroquel, Effexor, Abilify Pristiq, Wellbutrin-- 2016 ended back on Prozac and Lamictal 200mg 5/2020 thru 12/2020 taper from 20mg Prozac down to 3mg. Crashed 12/13/2020 Zoloft 50mg 1/29ct 1/29/2021 Seroquel 50mg ct 2/12/2021 Wellbutrin 75mg. Became hypo manic 2/1 6ct Trazodone 50mg 4/25 25mg 2/5/ 2021 Lamictal 150mg. 2/24 100mg 4/9 75mg 4/21 37.5 2/16/2021 Seroquel 50xr 3/3 100mg 3/17 150mg side effects ct 4/3 2021 Lexapro 5mg 4/14 7.5mg 4/30 10mg 5/10 7.5mg 2021/ 5/16 5mg Lexapro 37.5 Lamictal 25mg trazadone, xanax .0625mg 3x a day Lexapro Taper> Sept/01/2021 4.90mg> Sept/25 4.75mg> Oct/19 4.69mg > Nov/14 4.2mg Jan/30/2022-- Split dosing 2x a day All liquid 4.2mg (2.20mg at 8am & 2mg at 4pm) 2/17 4mg> 2/24 3.8mg slow taper to Aug/12/2022 2.04mg 2023> 2mg, 1.90mg, 1.80mg, 1.70mg, 1.5mg, 1.4mg, 1.3mg 1.2mg, 1.1mg, 1mg, 0.9mg, 0.8mg, 0.7mg 0.65mg, 0.6mg, 0.55mg, 0.5mg, 0.45mg, 0.4mg, 0.35mg, 0.3mg, 0.25,mg, back to once a day dosing 0 .1mg, 0.07mg , 0.05mg 4/1/2024 0 Lamictal taper 4/17/ 2022 25mg, 9/9/ 22 -20mg, 9/25/22- 15mg , 10/20/22- 0 Trazodone..2023.>down to 14mg, 7mg, 6mg July 2023 0 Xanax 0.0625 3 x a day, 2023> 0.042 3x a day Supplements Magnesium glycinate, Omega 3, D3, vitamin c , zinc, NAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mva96 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Yeah i've definitely had periods of what felt like hypomania, it was quite scary but it did pass Started Lexapro 5mg Mid March 2020 Came off Completely September 2020 Hospitalised september 2021 Slowly worked up to 50mg lamictal and 60mg Prozac reduced to 20mg Prozac September 2021 Holding 20mg Prozac and 50mg Lamictal for a good while to stabilise. November 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty1 Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 On 7/8/2021 at 6:30 AM, Kevman2112 said: Anyone have manic periods during their taper? I don’t want to call it a manic episode and they are probably much more mild than an actual manic episode. I am over 6 months into my taper and have been at my current dose, 6mg for 25 days, my longest hold yet, and was subsequent to an updose after accidentally reducing to 4.29mg from 12mg. I have not had these feeling at any other point during my taper. I have had 2 instances of feeling jolted, with some racing thoughts, more talkative than normal and having a lot of energy. They last a few hours and then disappear by afternoon. Hoping I can attribute this to withdrawal rather than worrying something concerning is emerging. Maybe it’s time to reduce to 5mg? Any thoughts would be appreciated. I would say that is a symptom from withdrawal. Not sure if a typical one most feel, but no uncommon. I certainly had periods with racing thoughts that wouldnt stop. Also had periods where it was the opposite and my brain felt slow and unable to think. Just be patient and go slow. Looking at your taper schedule and projected taper scheduled, be careful. It appears as if you are planning to do a taper quicker than recommended. Try to do no more than 10% per month and even better fo something like the Brassmonkey slide method. As someone who has gone through this to the end I can tell you that I was able to move the fastest and easiest when I actually did smaller drops. On paper it seems like it will take lo her, but you dont have nearly the same amount of holds due to excessive symptoms. 1 40 yo Male. Started Paxil about 15 years ago. 10 mg (pill weight .125 - .129 g). 5 yrs wanted less side effects, doctor took me off Paxil over couple week period and put me on Wellbutrin. Not good. Went back on Paxil. Relieved my symptoms, but didn't work as well and more side effects. Severe reaction between Paxil and Zomig Summer of 2012. Head was affected during warmer days (cloudiness, confusion, pressure). Began 10% withdrawal 10/24/12. Withdrawel helped many symptoms, but also added side effects: nausea, dizziness, tiredness. Hyper-anxiety started January 2014. Went through a 2 year period of de-realization (2016-2018). Rarely any windows. Current dose: 0.00 as of 4/10/21. Made a lot of progress in my withdrawal symptoms the last 2 years of my taper. I think doing a liquid taper helped stabilize things on the lower doses. A lot of my symptoms have reduced significantly. Hoping for even more improvement now that I am off. My thread: http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/8909-rusty1-paxil-withdrawal-help-and-advice-welcome/#entry150222 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevman2112 Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 Thanks for the replies. It’s definitely hypomania and definitely related to the taper. It subsided after a few hours and occurs at similar times during the day. I would assume if it were an organic mental health issue, it would not follow that pattern. It is very scary, particularly before some confirmation that it was related to withdrawal. @Rusty1 thanks for your advice. My compounding pharmacy can only do 1mg/ml as the lowest possible formulation. This would make it challenging to do a micro taper with precision (as opposed to if it were say, 1mg/5ml). I’m thinking I’ll adjust my plan and continue reducing by 1mg per drop but hold for 6 weeks rather than a month. Multiple drugs for my teen years. ~10 years on Pristiq 100mg. January 2021: 50mg Pristiq to 43.75. Stopped Viibryd at 10mg March 2021: holding at 37.5mg. April 2021: 25mg. May 2021: 18.75 to 12.5. June 2021: 12.5 to (accidentally) 4.29mg. Updose to 6mg using compounded Pristiq August 2020: Crashed at day 35 of 5mg. Updose to 6mg September 2020: 5.5mg from 6 after 38 days 10/2021: 5mg, 11/2021: 4.5mg, 12/21:4mg, 3/22:3.75mg, Propranolol 10mg prn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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