LeoD Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Hi All, What do we think about psycobiotics in tapering, specifically PS.128, which claims to "balance" serotonin and dopamine in the gut and help with a variety of conditions, including depression and anxiety? I've been taking it for 6 days now and... mixed results. Sometimes I feel that it actually makes my symptoms worse, but not sure. Lexapro started 2006, 10 mg 2007 tapered to 0 over a month. Felt poorly, got wd but did not know 2008 Put back on L, 20 mg 2015-16 tapered to 0 over several months. Severe Discontinuation symptoms several days after. 2016: 20 mg, 2016-April 2018 slow taper to 0. 2018 April: Drug - free!!! June: Withdrawal started 🤯 July: Back on Escitalopram, 10 mg, Nov: 15 mg, 2019: Feb 15 13.75 mg, Feb 23 updose to 15 mg, Sep 6 13.75 mg, Sep 16 12.5 mg, Oct 5 11.25 mg, Oct 23 updose 12 mg 2020: Jan 13 11.5 mg Jan 16 updose 11.9 mg, Feb-Dec slowly tapered from 11.6 to 6.6 mg. 2021: Oct 5 mg 2022: Jul 3.8 mg Holding due to bad symptoms of tiredness, brain fog, depression. Bupropion trial sep- nov 2019 no relief from wd. 100, 150, 100, 75, 50, 0 mg Testosterone Aug 2019-April 2021 - injections, stopped abruptly, experienced wd from T discontinuation . Nov 2021 - current - topical. Massive wave from T re-introduction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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