CrazyMom Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 I'm dissolving a .025mg wafer in 50ml of water. Then I remove my AM dose of 17ml and set aside. Then I remove 14ml. The remaining 19ml is my PM dose. Thanks! This is something people always face at the end of a taper--when should I just quit? I think you're on track, if you know that 0.0005 mg reductions are still hitting you hard then you may need to get lower before you step off. I've only stepped all the way off one med so far (Neurontin) and I stopped it at the same increment I had been reducing by towards the end, 0.5 mg. And big congratulations on your successful taper so far, you're doing great, good for you! Oh, PS, if you'll tell me what dose of wafer (1 mg, 2 mg?) you are dissolving in what volume of water (10 mL, 20 mL, whatever) I can double check your math if you like. Lamotrigine 150mgLithium ER 600mgclonazepam 3mg 0.0185mg (water taper) Buproprion XL 150mg Seroquel 200mgI've been taking drugs for "bipolar II" for about 9 years after post partum depression led to a med merry-go-round nightmare of meds and side effects which flipped me out and led to major drugging. Homeopathy has been amazing for me, Bach flowers, occastionally herbs, vitamins/minerals and meditation. I have a chronic disease which is known to cause psychiatric illness too and when my treatment of the disease has stopped in the past, the psych stuff has raged. I'm much healthier now (and more respectful of my disease) and more knowledgeable. I've been weaning off of clonazepam for years and have had a very hard time with the physical withdrawal symptoms plus the need to balance that with raising a young daughter. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Rhiannon Posted July 6, 2014 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted July 6, 2014 Are you sure about those decimal places? It looks like clonazepam comes in 0.125 and 0.25 wafers. I don't see anything about 0.025 wafers, which would be a very small dose indeed and unusual to come in such a small dose. Can you double check that decimal place? http://www.walgreens.com/marketing/library/finddrug/druginfo.jsp?particularDrug=Klonopin Started on Prozac and Xanax in 1992 for PTSD after an assault. One drug led to more, the usual story. Got sicker and sicker, but believed I needed the drugs for my "underlying disease". Long story...lost everything. Life savings, home, physical and mental health, relationships, friendships, ability to work, everything. Amitryptiline, Prozac, bupropion, buspirone, flurazepam, diazepam, alprazolam, Paxil, citalopram, lamotrigine, gabapentin...probably more I've forgotten. Started multidrug taper in Feb 2010. Doing a very slow microtaper, down to low doses now and feeling SO much better, getting my old personality and my brain back! Able to work full time, have a full social life, and cope with stress better than ever. Not perfect, but much better. After 23 lost years. Big Pharma has a lot to answer for. And "medicine for profit" is just not a great idea. Feb 15 2010: 300 mg Neurontin 200 Lamictal 10 Celexa 0.65 Xanax and 5 mg Ambien Feb 10 2014: 62 Lamictal 1.1 Celexa 0.135 Xanax 1.8 Valium Feb 10 2015: 50 Lamictal 0.875 Celexa 0.11 Xanax 1.5 Valium Feb 15 2016: 47.5 Lamictal 0.75 Celexa 0.0875 Xanax 1.42 Valium 2/12/20 12 0.045 0.007 1 May 2021 7 0.01 0.0037 1 Feb 2022 6 0!!! 0.00167 0.98 2.5 mg Ambien Oct 2022 4.5 mg Lamictal (off Celexa, off Xanax) 0.95 Valium Ambien, 1/4 to 1/2 of a 5 mg tablet I'm not a doctor. Any advice I give is just my civilian opinion. Link to comment
CrazyMom Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Yes, you're right it's .125mg wafers! Lamotrigine 150mgLithium ER 600mgclonazepam 3mg 0.0185mg (water taper) Buproprion XL 150mg Seroquel 200mgI've been taking drugs for "bipolar II" for about 9 years after post partum depression led to a med merry-go-round nightmare of meds and side effects which flipped me out and led to major drugging. Homeopathy has been amazing for me, Bach flowers, occastionally herbs, vitamins/minerals and meditation. I have a chronic disease which is known to cause psychiatric illness too and when my treatment of the disease has stopped in the past, the psych stuff has raged. I'm much healthier now (and more respectful of my disease) and more knowledgeable. I've been weaning off of clonazepam for years and have had a very hard time with the physical withdrawal symptoms plus the need to balance that with raising a young daughter. Link to comment
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