Taree Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Hi how can we do a %10 decrease with Clozapine? is it ok to cut the pill? use a scale? Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted September 17, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 17, 2019 Hi Taree and welcome to SA, I've moved your post and created your own Introduction topic. Q: Are you taking any other drugs and/or supplements? To help us out please create your drug signature using the following format. Keep it simple. NO diagnoses or symptoms please - thank you. details for last 2 years - dates, ALL drugs, doses summary for older than 2 years - just years and drug/s Account Settings – Create or Edit a signature This is your own introductions topic where your can ask questions about your own situation and journal your progress. * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft;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
Taree Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 Hi its my son he has been on Clozapine,luvox and lithium for around 2 years he was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia thank you Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted September 18, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 18, 2019 How old is your son? Is he able to join SA so that we can assist him directly? SA prefers to assist a person directly because it can be difficult to assist a person through an intermediary. What are his current symptoms? What doses of the drugs is he taking, and at what time does he take them? Are any of his symptoms better or worse at specific times of the day? Do you notice any daily pattern of the symptoms related to when he takes his drugs? * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft;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
Moderator Emeritus Shep Posted September 18, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted September 18, 2019 13 hours ago, Taree said: Hi its my son he has been on Clozapine,luvox and lithium for around 2 years he was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia thank you Taree, did your son go on Luvox first and experience an adverse reaction that caused that diagnosis? Link to comment
Taree Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 Hello everyone, this is the first time I post here! I just wanted to ask if it’s ok/(safe) to cut or file a film coated pill! thank you Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus getofflex Posted May 25, 2021 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted May 25, 2021 Previous post moved to your intro topic to keep your history all in one place. Please post questions and discussion about your situation in this one thread, to avoid confusion and duplication of efforts. Thank you. @TareeWe must have more information before we can help you. Please see the post above (second post) by ChessieCat, and follow these instructions. Thank you. Please do not private message me. Only tag me for urgent questions about tapering and reinstating - thank you. ***Please note this is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a doctor who understands psych meds and how to withdraw from them, if you can find one. Lexapro Started Apr 15 2010 - 10 mg; started taper August 2017, recent taper info: Apr 2 '20 0.18 mg; Jul 16 0.17 mg, Aug 23 0.16 mg, Oct 7 0.15 mg, Nov 8 - 0.14, Jan 16 '21 - 0.13, Feb 7 - 0.12, Feb 22 - 0.11, Mar 26 - 0.10, May 21 - 0.09, June 15 - 0.08 Aug 16 - 0.07, Oct 6 - 0.06, Nov 21 0.05, Dec. 17 0.04, Jan 14 '22 0.03, Feb 19 0.02, Apr 18 0.01, May 15 0.005, Jul 8, 0.00. Psych Drug Free as of July 8, 2022!! Woohoo!!! other meds: Levothyroxine 75 mg magnesium in small amounts at 4 AM, before bed suppl AM: fish oil, flax oil, vit C, vit E, multivitamin, zinc suppl 8 PM: magnesium 350 mg, extended release vitamin C, melatonin 2 mg Paxil 2002 - 2010, switched to Lexapro 2010 Trazodone 50 mg. 2002 - 2019, fast tapered in 2019 Xanax 0.5 mg as needed 2002 - 2019, up to 3x weekly Link to comment
Taree Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 Is it possible to taper using the zydis form?my pills are also not scored! i was also wondering if the active ingredients are distributed equally all over the pill! im afraid to file the part that has the most amount of active ingredients! thank you Link to comment
Moderator hayduke Posted August 20, 2021 Moderator Share Posted August 20, 2021 Hi Taree, Yes, you can make a liquid from the orodispersable tablets and meter out dosages that way. Please have a read of https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/3743-tips-for-tapering-off-zyprexa-olanzapine/ especially the first post under Using orally disintegrating Zyprexa tablets or wafers to taper Please also create a signature with relevant drug history and let us know of any other drugs or supplements in the picture now, following instructions in ChessieCat's initial reply to your thread. We will need to know this stuff to be able to help. Thanks. I am not a health professional - your actions are your own. Please do not seek tapering support via private message - "Any reason to hold is a good one" My taper visualised as a graph | My intro thread Backdrop: 2003 10mg olanzapine | 2004 2-3mg risperidone | end 2014 3wks aripiprazole 2015: olanzapine 10 -> 7½ -> 6⅔ -> 5mg by crude pill cutter 2018: Mar 5.00mg -> water titrated taper -> Aug2.5mg tablet and hold Jan 2019 2.50mg water titration -> Jan 2020 1.214 -> Jan 2021 0.44 -> 2 Oct 0.205 ->3 Oct ZERO🥂 Jun 2023 💉150mg paliperidone "loading" depot shot, 100mg 1wk after Jul 100mg Aug-Dec 75mg/4wks Jul 2023 2.50mg aripiprazole/day attempt to lower prolactin^ Jan-Feb 2024 cross taper off shots to 1mg risperidone Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country did to you" -- KMFDM Link to comment
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