Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted October 28, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 28, 2020 Great news about Sunnyday - welcome! And good to hear that Glosmom has returned to full time work. 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
Moderator Emeritus Sunnyday Posted October 30, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 30, 2020 @Frogie, @ChessieCat thank you! 2011-2015: Escitalopram (Cipralex) 20 mg, Voxra 300 mg (quit Voxra in late 2015, no issues) 2016: Started tapering Escitalopram 5 mg at a time, every fourth week July 24th, 2016: Escitalopram 5 mg April 2nd, 2017: Quit last dosage (WD worsened a lot) Ca 6 last months of 2017: Taking Diazepam 15-25 mg irregularly, less than once a month Ca Dec 2017: Out of Diazepam, i.e free from all prescribed drugs Now: Still drug free Supplements: Irregular intake of Omega-3, magnesium, vitamin D. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator Altostrata Posted November 25, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted November 25, 2020 Software to be updated today. The site may be offline for 15 minutes while this process is completed. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to post Share on other sites
Mentor Amira Posted November 26, 2020 Mentor Share Posted November 26, 2020 The new software looks very nice, thank you @Altostrata. Cymbalta 30 mg- 60 mg 06/2016- 10/2018 ( Cold Turkey) Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted November 26, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted November 26, 2020 I think it will take some getting used to. 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
Administrator Altostrata Posted November 27, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted November 27, 2020 As do all changes! This is the default interface from the software provider, I had nothing to do with the design. People using tablets may find this easier to use. One change in the software: You may get e-mail alerts when new posts are made in topics you're following, when you get a personal message, or other events. If you do not want to get e-mail alerts 1. Click on your name in the top right corner of any page. 2. Click on Account Settings. 3. On your Account Settings page, on the right-hand side of the page, click on Notification Settings. 4. Choose Notification List if you don't want e-mail notifications. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted November 27, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted November 27, 2020 The edit is in the ellipsis, top right of post. 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
Administrator Shep Posted November 27, 2020 Administrator Share Posted November 27, 2020 The text is a lot lighter, making it hard to read. I found that enlarging the font can be helpful. Drug free May 22, 2015 after 30 years of neuroleptics, benzos, z-drugs, so-called "anti"-depressants, and amphetamines My Success Story: Shep's Success: "Leaving Plato's Cave" And what is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good — need we ask anyone to tell us these things? ~ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance I am not a medical professional and this is not medical advice, but simply information based on my own experience, as well as other members who have survived these drugs. Link to post Share on other sites
gdsequoia Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Love the new design! I am not a doctor. My posts are not medical advice. | CYP450 interactions | drug.com interactions Red means updose. Abilify: 34.46mg 26Apr20; 32.71mg 18May20; 31.75mg 13Jun20; 30.48mg 22Jun20; 29.56mg 28Jun20; 28.96mg 30Jul20; 28.09mg 20Aug20; 27.44mg 28Sep20; 26.80mg 20Oct20; 26.17mg 22Oct20; 25.53mg 28Oct20; 26.17mg 30Oct20; 26.81mg 4Nov20, 26.01mg 7Dec20, 26.81mg 13Dec20, 26.97mg 3Jan21, 27.29mg 25Jan21, 26.65mg 30Jan21, 26.01mg 28Feb21, 25.69mg 8Mar21, 25.85mg 10Mar21, 25.53mg 18Mar21, 25.21mg 28Mar21, 25.37mg 29Mar21, 25.53mg 30Mar21, 25.21mg 16Apr21 Paxil: Took it from Oct2019 to 15Apr20 with max dose 40mg. Lots of uneducated ups and downs (of the dosage) during that time. Then switched to Lexapro. Lexapro: Started with 15mg on 15Apr20. 18.54mg 28Jun20. Tapered to current dose (16.58mg) until 5Nov20 Anti-dystonia: tolperisone 300mg and biperiden 2.7mg Supplements: vitD3 800 IU, chelated magnesium 400mg (+100g pumpkin seeds), low-dose b-complex, melatonin, fish oil, vitE 12mg Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator Altostrata Posted February 25 Author Administrator Share Posted February 25 Our latest moderators: arbor and getofflex, both active members of our community arbor experienced more than 20 years of adverse effects of antidepressants, causing her serious physical illness. She went off fluoxetine in December 2018 and is now slowly recovering from protracted withdrawal syndrome and the other iatrogenic conditions. After several tries to go off different combinations of psychiatric drugs, getofflex has been carefully tapering 10mg Lexapro, her last drug, and learning non-drug coping skills. ChessieCat has become a Moderator Emeritus, with our profound thanks for the many, many helpful posts she has contributed to our community. This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to post Share on other sites
Edmunds Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 ChessieCat has been such a kind and insightful moderator. I wish him/her the best in retirement from this job. 1 Fluoxetine 1997-2014, 2015, 10-40 mg. GAD and DR symptoms returned April 2013. Bupropion 2013-14, 4 mos; Lexapro 2014; Cymbalta 2014. Gabapentin 2014; Mirtazapene 2014. Buspirone 2015. Venlafaxine Dec. 2015 – May 2019, 150 mg, tapered to 0 in 3 weeks, May-June 2019 Bupropion Mar 2017 – July 2019 300 mg, tapered to 0 in 3 weeks, July 2019 Fluoxetine/Prozac May 2019 – present, tapered from 20 mg started Jan 2020, linear 10% every 4 wks.; tapered 6 to 4 mg June, 2, 2020; 4 to 1.8 mg Aug. 26, 2020; updose from 1.8 mg to 2.0 Nov. 16, 2020. Holding at 2.0 mg as of Mar 14,2021. April 14, 2021 updosed to 2.5 mg. D3 2,000 mg; Omega 3 360 EPA/240 DHA; Magnesium Chelate 250 mg; Inositol powder started Nov 12, 2020; Theanine 400 mg; cranial electrotherapy stimulation device, self-treatments started Mar 14, 2021. Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted February 26 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted February 26 Welcome arbor and getofflex. 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
Administrator Altostrata Posted April 24 Author Administrator Share Posted April 24 Onmyway is our newest moderator. As with most of our moderators, Onmyway has personal experience with tapering and withdrawal. After a history of various psychiatric drugs, she has been tapering citalopram since 2018, with a few bumps after going to 0mg that caused her to reinstate a low dose in liquid form, which she is very gradually tapering. Please welcome Onmyway! 2 This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner. "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has surpassed our humanity." -- Albert Einstein All postings © copyrighted. Link to post Share on other sites
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