SouthernFreeze Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 3:53 AM, Paquita said: Which email? There are a few. I do not know if they can be sent to NZ. I emailed the guys we have from the Netherlands we have been talking about. They emailed me back, turns out you can get them prescribed here, I just need my doctor to sign the prescription they sent. Wether that's going to be a problem I'm not sure yet. 10 years on various anti-depressants 5 years Effexor xr tappered of 150mg in 6 months nothing for two weeks Reinstated 15 beads for 50 days Tappered off then clean 2-3months gradually went back up to 13 mg 3 years bridged fluoxetine 10mg 2 week tapper 1 year clean reinstated 5ml dispersed fluroxatine for 6months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paquita Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 10 hours ago, SouthernFreeze said: I emailed the guys we have from the Netherlands we have been talking about. They emailed me back, turns out you can get them prescribed here, I just need my doctor to sign the prescription they sent. Wether that's going to be a problem I'm not sure yet. And wil they send them to NZ? Or will a pharmacy in NZ make the prescription? I hope it doesn't get too expensive for you. Does insurance cover? 1996 - Paroxetine 20 mg 2019 - Start taper Paroxetine 2021 June - tapered till 5 mg Severe withdrawal symptoms 2021 July - added Fluoxetine 10 mg Lorazepam 0.5 mg when needed 2021 Aug - Further tapering Paroxetine Fast taper 5mg-0mg in 6 weeks plan 2021 Aug 6 - Fluoxetine increase to 15 mg 2021 Aug 14 - down to Paroxetine 3 mg / [taper in 0.1 steps] to Sep 1 - Paroxetine 1 mg / Sep 16 Paroxetine 0mg [2 weeks taper in 0.1 mg steps] Supplements: Multivitamine 1 daily, Omega 3-6-9 one every other day, Vit. D every day (had deficiency) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernFreeze Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 15 hours ago, Paquita said: And wil they send them to NZ? Or will a pharmacy in NZ make the prescription? I hope it doesn't get too expensive for you. Does insurance cover? They send it to new Zealand once the prescription is signed and sent through I think, I'm not entirely sure I have only just got around to printing the prescription out and haven't seen th doctor yet, I'm just waiting for lockdown restrictions to loosen which maybe today. It looks as though it will be expensive, like about $150 but I'm willing to pay. We don't have medical insurance over here 10 years on various anti-depressants 5 years Effexor xr tappered of 150mg in 6 months nothing for two weeks Reinstated 15 beads for 50 days Tappered off then clean 2-3months gradually went back up to 13 mg 3 years bridged fluoxetine 10mg 2 week tapper 1 year clean reinstated 5ml dispersed fluroxatine for 6months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryffe74 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Hi All, Thought i would come back on and update on how I faired with the tapering strips as I see a few people are intrested in them, I finished my taper from Sertraline in January and have felt totally fine ever since, the strips made the whole process pretty smooth and took the worry out of dosing. My advise would be if you can afford it go with the strips it just makes a difficult situation so much easier. The feeling of being off medication and actually feeling things again is so worth it. Thanks and good luck, Garry. Currently on - 25mg of Sertraline Original dose - 50mg started Oct 2017 Dosege reduced - March 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benesh Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Has anyone in the USA been successful in obtaining these? My doctor is willing to prescribe but would likely be more inclined if I had a bit more success stories with these strips..in terms of obtaining them here in the USA. Various antidepressants since 1995.Prozac,paxil. 2004-2021 lexapro 10 mg 2009 added drug Wellbutrin 150mg, 2016 bupropian300 mg XL 2019 start taper June bupropion Staying at 52.4 mg bupropion.HOLDING 2021 January 29 liquid lexapro done by compound pharmacist. 2021 February 4 began lexapro taper at 10% 9.0mg. 2021 June 14 2.5% reduction, 8.8 mg. 2021 June 28 2.5% reduction 8.6mg. 2021 September 13 2.5% reduction 8.4 mg HOLDING 2022 April 7 start 10 mg fluoxetine as bridge. hyperbolic taper. Liquid lexapro 6.60, 2022 April 27 dropped to 5 mg fluoxetine SUPPLEMENTS- Vit d3, B-12, Magnesium 200 mg, Ashwagandha 475mg, lithium oratate 5 mg,L methyfolate 15mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandnit Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Hi, all!! i'm actually from the netherlands and i'm planning to use the tapering strips when i resume my taper. I wish i had used them from the start of my taper, but back than i had no clue of the consequences .......and so had my doctor either. I'm wondering why it is not standard procedure over here and so little doctors know of these tapering strips. Thank god, I now found a psychiatrist that acknowledges the WD symptoms and the importance of tapering slow. She will prescribe the tapering strips for me. There are multiple taper kits to choose from, this is one: Here are the links: https://www.taperingstrip.com/prescribing-and-ordering/?cp_18=2# https://cdn.taperingstrip.org/presordfrm/antidepressives/SCTL_bestel_GB.pdf I'm on 5mg and i think the 252 days kit comes close to what is SA recommending right? I had to switch health insurer because actually only 2 of all the health insurers cover the tapering strips. The other health insurers do not cover them because they say there is no science based proof of the necessity of tapering strips. This all makes me really angry! This site should be enough proof, when are they going to wake up. Ps. I could use some help in figuring out when it is a good time for me to start the taper again. Any advice on my question about when to start the taper again on my introduction page would be really helpful !! In 2016 Paroxetine 20mg for 3 months then stopped more or less cold turkey Started 10mg Escitalopram 4 Mar 2022From 10 to 20mg on 19 Apr 2022From 20 to 15mg on 23 Jun 2022From 15mg to 7,5mg on 5 Sept 2022 (I was supposed to drop from 15mg to 12,5mg but I accidentally used 5mg and half of 5mg pills instead of 10mg and half of 5mg pills, when I found out 2 weeks later I decided to keep to 7,5mg since most of the WD symptoms subsided by then, I now regret this. During this period I thought I also caught a stomach bug but after reading up here I think this was also WD symptoms)From 7,5mg to 5mg on 23 Sept 2022 Holding on 5mg dealing with WD (i think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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