GGGG Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 The dr prescribed me vistatril to sleep I've been off antidepressants 2.7 years. Has anyone taking this after ct antidepressants? I can tolerate nothing natural and I have alot heartburn and insomnia 1 Year 2010 to 2020 remeron, Buspar, atenelol, Ativan as needed (once a week) remeron stopped working (pooped out) oct 2020 started amitryptyline took it 3 months Dec started wellbutrin, Stopped it 3 months later Started Paxil again for 3 months took vibryd for 1 month, Stopped it in 5 days Started sam e 100mgs 3x a day, Tyrosine 1000mgs 3 x a dayfor 6 months August 2020 - Off all antidepressants 16 th of Feb, 2023 started taperingsam e the 100mg 2 x a day of sam e. I stopped taking the afternoon one. And started every other day then every r day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Erimus Posted February 15, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 15, 2023 We’re not here to recommend medication to people. Here’s what comes up when you search for hydroxyzine in topics. https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/search/?&q=Hydroxyzine&type=forums_topic&search_and_or=and Active Monday-Friday UK time MEDICATION: 1) Sertraline: 50mg - Oct 2020, 100mg - Dec 2020, 50mg - April 2021, 75mg - May 2021, 50mg - Sep 2021; Failed taper attempt (50 -> 49) - Jan 2024; Second attempt to start taper - 17 Feb 2024 Current dose: 48.9mg (Feb 2024) 2) Mirtazapine: 15mg - Nov 2020 SUPPLEMENTS: Cod liver oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepan Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 I'm withdrawing from an anti-depressant now trying to stabilize at 4mg for awhile, after downdosing too fast, every 4 weeks, w/out listening to my body. I took some sleeping pills not every day and it did not help my insomnia on days I was not taking it. Maybe it contributed to make it worse, but I'm not certain. Now, I'm taking Maritime Pine Bark Extract by Omega Alpha, 1am and 1pm, and one sublingual Melatonin 3mg (I wish I tried a lower dose but for now it's working for me) after my night 4mg dose of antidepressant, and even if I'm not certain how much it contributed to helping me to better sleep and have dreams, as well as stabilizing on 4mg for 6 weeks now, but fact is it did not hurt at all. I'm experiencing some waves, but I'm hopeful in weeks, I'll be able to taper by 10% my anti-depressant again. It needs minimum 6 weeks to stabilize especially in low doses is what I'm discovering. And I started to have some sleep within a week after starting the two above supplements. I was grateful that it work. So be hopeful, whatever works for you best, your body will heal and you'll sleep again. You just need to find what works best for you. Big hugs. 1989, 25mg, Amitriptyline 1st prescribed for 1wk insomnia, 2020 october Cold turkey 20/12/21, 22.5mg reinstated; waited 1.5 year to start tapering 21/07/25, 20mg tapering started. 10% every 4 weeks 22/02/26, 9.5mg - Emergency surgery put chaos to tapering: chronic insomnia till May 22/04/11, 10mg tapering started. 10% every 4 week. Sleep came back but trickled away in Sep' 22 22/09/17, 5,1mg - 10/15, 4.6mg - 11/12, 4,1mg - 12/10, 3.7mg. Too fast. Permanent symptoms. 22/12/28, 4,0mg - partial updose where I'll remain until perfect stabilizing 22/12/30, 4,0mg - started Melatonin 3mg, Maritime Pine Bark Extract am & pm 23/02/03, 4,0mg - sleeping well every night with dreams, symptoms are diminishing 22/03/20, 4,0mg - insomnia is back on some nights. Waves. Anxiety. My dog is sick. Maritime Pine Bark Extract (Omega Alpha Labs) in capsules am & pm, Melatonin 3mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGGG Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 12:38 PM, Erimus said: We’re not here to recommend medication to people. Here’s what comes up when you search for hydroxyzine in topics. https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/search/?&q=Hydroxyzine&type=forums_topic&search_and_or=and Thanks Year 2010 to 2020 remeron, Buspar, atenelol, Ativan as needed (once a week) remeron stopped working (pooped out) oct 2020 started amitryptyline took it 3 months Dec started wellbutrin, Stopped it 3 months later Started Paxil again for 3 months took vibryd for 1 month, Stopped it in 5 days Started sam e 100mgs 3x a day, Tyrosine 1000mgs 3 x a dayfor 6 months August 2020 - Off all antidepressants 16 th of Feb, 2023 started taperingsam e the 100mg 2 x a day of sam e. I stopped taking the afternoon one. And started every other day then every r day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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