akakoom Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 i like that idea March 5, 6 2015 1 10mg Paxil each day - only 2 pills total - experienced huge tingle in my head on first pill numbness in my hands and feet, skin less sensitive over all... not ticklish anymore **anhedonia, blank emotions PSSD, anorgasmia heartbeat rhythm problems "To err is human. To really foul things up requires a psychiatrist." http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/8554-akakoom-lost-in-no-mans-land/ "When you are going through hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill (the only way out is through) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akakoom Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 guys gettng off antidepressants need peer support too March 5, 6 2015 1 10mg Paxil each day - only 2 pills total - experienced huge tingle in my head on first pill numbness in my hands and feet, skin less sensitive over all... not ticklish anymore **anhedonia, blank emotions PSSD, anorgasmia heartbeat rhythm problems "To err is human. To really foul things up requires a psychiatrist." http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/8554-akakoom-lost-in-no-mans-land/ "When you are going through hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill (the only way out is through) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 My mom was suggesting that it would be great to get a group of females together who are going through antidepressant withdrawal and go somewhere tropical and cheap, like the dominican republic, to recover together and offer peer support. Its hard when loved ones dont understand. Would anyone be interested? Come to Costa Rica.... 4 years aprox. on 150mgs.Effexor for situational major depression.No AD before.Tapered 150-0mgs in 3 months. Tapered Quetiapine,Xanax in the last 18 months.NO med of any kind anymore.First 3 months off acute w/dProtracted w/d ever since.Symptoms:Anxiety,anhedonia,insomnia,tinnitus,PSSD 04/13/2014 Awful Relapse.Recovered fairly fast. 3 years and 4 months off. waves and windows.Very much recovered. November 2015,health issue.Setback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Your mom is in good company. This went up a couple of days ago. http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/04/sunrise-center-place-adults-recover-psychiatric-drugs/ Psychotropic withdrawal just isn't in the playbook of ordinary recovery facilities or other mental health programs. It is in a universe where nothing conventional applies. Can't blame them, of course. Can't blame us, either, for not wanting to be "helped" within the system that didn't work very well,for us in the first place. Regarding the gender question. I think some would like a same-sex retreat, others would prefer mixed, and then there are more than two gender identities to consider. 2009: Cancer hospital said I had adjustment disorder because I thought they were doing it wrong. Their headshrinker prescribed Effexor, and my life set on a new course. I didn't know what was ahead, like a passenger on Disneyland's Matterhorn, smiling and waving as it climbs...clink, clink, clink. 2010: Post surgical accidental Effexor discontinuation by nurses, masked by intravenous Dilaudid. (The car is balanced at the top of the track.) I get home, pop a Vicodin, and ... Whooosh...down, down, down, down, down...goes the trajectory of my life, up goes my mood and tendency to think everything is a good idea.2012: After the bipolar jig was up, now a walking bag of unrelated symptoms, I went crazy on Daytrana (the Ritalin skin patch by Noven), because ADHD was a perfect fit for a bag of unrelated symptoms. I was prescribed Effexor for the nervousness of it, and things got neurological. An EEG showed enough activity to warrant an epilepsy diagnosis rather than non-epileptic ("psychogenic") seizures. 2013-2014: Quit everything and got worse. I probably went through DAWS: dopamine agonist withdrawal syndrome. I drank to not feel, but I felt a lot: dread, fear, regret, grief: an utter sense of total loss of everything worth breathing about, for almost two years. I was not suicidal but I wanted to be dead, at least dead to the experience of my own brain and body. 2015: I began to recover after adding virgin coconut oil and organic grass-fed fed butter to a cup of instant coffee in the morning. I did it hoping for mental acuity and better memory. After ten days of that, I was much better, mood-wise. Approximately neutral. And, I experienced drowsiness. I could sleep. Not exactly happy, I did 30 days on Wellbutrin, because it had done me no harm in the past. I don't have the DAWS mood or state of mind. It never feel like doing anything if it means standing up. In fact, I don't especially like moving. I'm a brain with a beanbag body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btdt Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 What a wonderful idea for those well enough to go!!!!!!!!!!!! For those who are not a caravan to pick them up where they can all have silent blacked out rooms just to be a part of it... to know they are there. And we will charge it all to Big Pharma... I am sure they could write it off... and I want to go to a good place since they are paying to one of the places in Hawaii they send the doctors to learn about their wonder drugs. WARNING THIS WILL BE LONG Had a car accident in 85 Codeine was the pain med when I was release from hosp continuous use till 89 Given PROZAC by a specialist to help with nerve pain in my leg 89-90 not sure which year Was not told a thing about it being a psych med thought it was a pain killer no info about psych side effects I went nuts had hallucinations. As I had a head injury and was diagnosed with a concussion in 85 I was sent to a head injury clinic in 1990 five years after the accident. I don't think they knew I had been on prozac I did not think it a big deal and never did finish the bottle of pills. I had tests of course lots of them. Was put into a pain clinic and given amitriptyline which stopped the withdrawal but had many side effects. But I could sleep something I had not done in a very long time the pain lessened. My mother got cancer in 94 they switched my meds to Zoloft to help deal with this pressure as I was her main care giver she died in 96. I stopped zoloft in 96 had withdrawal was put on paxil went nutty quit it ct put on resperidol quit it ct had withdrawal was put on Effexor... 2years later celexa was added 20mg then increased to 40mg huge personality change went wild. Did too fast taper off Celexa 05 as I felt unwell for a long time prior... quit Effexor 150mg ct 07 found ****** 8 months into withdrawal learned some things was banned from there in 08 have kept learning since. there is really not enough room here to put my history but I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things especially any of the drugs mentioned above. One thing I would like to add here is this tidbit ALL OPIATES INCREASE SEROTONIN it is not a huge jump to being in chronic pain to being put on an ssri/snri and opiates will affect your antidepressants and your thinking. As I do not update much I will put my quit date Nov. 17 2007 I quit Effexor cold turkey. http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1096-introducing-myself-btdt/ There is a crack in everything ..That's how the light gets in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycdreamer Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I think we should get a group together, seriously. That Sunrise Center looks interesting. It's free? We really need a place to go and be supportive of one another to get through this! Zoloft from 2006-2014. Suffered hypomanic episode in 2014 and tried a multitude of meds. Ended up on low dose Prozac for 1 month. Currently withdrawing off of Prozac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btdt Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I think we should get a group together, seriously. That Sunrise Center looks interesting. It's free? We really need a place to go and be supportive of one another to get through this! Do you have a link for that? WARNING THIS WILL BE LONG Had a car accident in 85 Codeine was the pain med when I was release from hosp continuous use till 89 Given PROZAC by a specialist to help with nerve pain in my leg 89-90 not sure which year Was not told a thing about it being a psych med thought it was a pain killer no info about psych side effects I went nuts had hallucinations. As I had a head injury and was diagnosed with a concussion in 85 I was sent to a head injury clinic in 1990 five years after the accident. I don't think they knew I had been on prozac I did not think it a big deal and never did finish the bottle of pills. I had tests of course lots of them. Was put into a pain clinic and given amitriptyline which stopped the withdrawal but had many side effects. But I could sleep something I had not done in a very long time the pain lessened. My mother got cancer in 94 they switched my meds to Zoloft to help deal with this pressure as I was her main care giver she died in 96. I stopped zoloft in 96 had withdrawal was put on paxil went nutty quit it ct put on resperidol quit it ct had withdrawal was put on Effexor... 2years later celexa was added 20mg then increased to 40mg huge personality change went wild. Did too fast taper off Celexa 05 as I felt unwell for a long time prior... quit Effexor 150mg ct 07 found ****** 8 months into withdrawal learned some things was banned from there in 08 have kept learning since. there is really not enough room here to put my history but I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things especially any of the drugs mentioned above. One thing I would like to add here is this tidbit ALL OPIATES INCREASE SEROTONIN it is not a huge jump to being in chronic pain to being put on an ssri/snri and opiates will affect your antidepressants and your thinking. As I do not update much I will put my quit date Nov. 17 2007 I quit Effexor cold turkey. http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1096-introducing-myself-btdt/ There is a crack in everything ..That's how the light gets in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyTuesday Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 sign me up!!! oh, but wait: I have no money. still waiting for my disability. but seriously, I once made some phone calls looking for a free rehab for psych meds. one lady was very rude to me. she told me to talk to my doctor. I said, very rapidly "actually I am talking to my doctor but thank you so much for the information CLICK." after I got off the phone I screamed at the wall: "you would have been nicer to me if I was a meth head!!!" 2002: "Situational depression" 2002-2010:Prozac.Birth Control.2011 Short trials: Paxil, Celexa, Lexipro, Wellbutrin, Xanax, Ativan- Gee, Doc never mentioned protracted AD wd syndrome. Imagine that. 2011-2015. Lamictal. Seroquel. Remiron. 2012: "Complex post traumatic stress disorder." Fast taper of Remiron jumped off June 2013. Slow tapers ever since of Seroquel & Lamictal. crippling muscle spasms. crying fits. panic attacks. akathisia. nerve twitches. the jitters. the heebie jeebies. de-personal/realization. numbness. tingling. fatigue. lethargy. nightmares.insomnia. weird images. eye pain.vertigo. dizziness. brain zaps. and on and on and on. withdrawal? side effects? which drug? impossible to know. Stopped Seroquel October 2015. Stopped Lamictal March 2016. Had more severe muscle/joint spasms that paralyzed me for 3 days at a time, last episode was March 2017.Going back to work as of February 2018 after 14 years off full-time work due to the crippling effects of psych meds. Check out Robert Whittaker "Anatomy of an Epidemic" for his breakdown of the rates of mental disability since the introduction of Prozac into the human population. Best solutions for me: Social support via AA meetings. Acupuncture. Meditation. Dance. Nature. Yoga. Social support online with psych med survivor community. Nutrition. Exercise. More outdoor time. Go sit in the sunshine for 5 minutes. Touch a tree. Breathe deeply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShellyHart22 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Has anyone tried inpatient rehab for anti depressant withdrawal? I may have a family member willing to pay for me to go to a 90 day inpatient rehab. I don't know how I can be away from my girlies (6 and 4 years old) for 90 days!!!! BUT I don't know how I can continue to allow them to live in a hostile, toxic environment that I am creating with my drug-induced insanity! So, I'm curious if anyone thinks this would even be worth it? We all know that it is unlikely that ANY physician will understand about antidepressant withdrawal, but, I can't hold my life together while ensuring these symptoms! Prescribed anti depressants after birth of first child, March 2009. Started with Celexa, changed to Zoloft, to Wellbutrin, now Effexor for 3+ years. Unable to wean off of Effexor due to severe withdrawal symptoms. Current medications: Effexor XR 37.5 mg for depression and anxiety, Lamictal 200 mg as a mood stabilizer, Viibryd 40 mg antidepressant Metoprolol 25 mg bid high blood pressure and pvcs caused by vyvanse, Weaned off of vyvanse 11-2015 with severe exhaustion, hypertension and pvcs remain. Desperate to wean off and find out if I still exist. I am a depressed, mean and angry woman, I am worse than ever on all of these meds and believe I am suffering mild serotonin syndrome due to interactions from meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus Fresh Posted January 13, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hi Shelley , I think if you read through the posts above , you'll see that no-one sees inpatient detox. as a solution. "Well, if you want an institutional experience with a near-cold turkey by doctors who don't have a clue about withdrawal syndrome, followed by heavy medication to deal with withdrawal, go for it." . 1987-1997 pertofran , prothiaden , Prozac 1997-2002 Zoloft 2002-2004 effexor 2004-2010 Lexapro 40mg 2010-2012Cymbalta 120mg Sept. 2012 -decreased 90mg in 6months. Care taken over by Dr Lucire in March 2013 , decreased last 30mg at 2mg per week over 3 months. July 21 , 2013- last dose of Cymbalta Protracted withdrawal syndrome kicked in badly Jan.2014 Unrelenting akathisia until May 2014. Voluntary hosp. admission. Cocktail of Seroquel, Ativan and mirtazapine and I was well enough to go home after 14 days. Stopped all hosp. meds in next few months. July 2014 felt v.depressed - couldn't stop crying. Started pristiq 50mg. Felt improvement within days and continued to improve, so stayed on 50mg for 8 months. Began taper 28 Feb. 2015. Pristiq 50mg down to 45mg. Had one month of w/d symptoms. Started CES therapy in March. No w/d symptoms down to 30mg. October 2015 , taking 25mg Pristiq. Capsules compounded with slow-release additive. March 2016 , 21mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort81 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Dont do it. It will a major shock to an ultra sensitive system. I did a minor homeopathic liver and kidneys detox. Took a supplement for 2 months. It was not good at all. During Withdrawal you need to avoid anything like this. Most of us who didn't find this site right away usually try a bunch of different things to try and stop the heavy symptoms. Most of time its extremely counter productive Was on 30mg (Lexapro) for 7-8yrs20mg for 3 months (This was my choice my Doc wanted me to drop much faster)15 mg 2week10mg 2 weeks 5 mg 1 week0 since August 24th . PPI Dexlant 30 mg taper has begun. Cutting 20% currently. using zantac as needed. Benzo is currently 0.10mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz11 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Here is another members experience in a detox centre...went in on two meds, given 7 then left with 3 new ones...it was lucky he actually left alive... (a drug escalation centre might be a more accurate name for it) http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/11021-dave1030-new-here-wanting-to-be-drug-free-after-20yrs-polydrugged/?p=202162 Thought for the day: Lets stand up, and let’s speak out , together. G Olsen We have until the 14th. Feb 2018. URGENT REQUEST Please consider submitting for the petition on Prescribed Drug Dependence and Withdrawal currently awaiting its third consideration at the Scottish Parliament. You don't even have to be from Scotland. By clicking on the link below you can read some of the previous submissions but be warned many of them are quite harrowing. http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01651 Please tell them about your problems taking and withdrawing from antidepressants and/or benzos. Send by email to petitions@parliament.scot and quote PE01651 in the subject heading. Keep to a maximum of 3 sides of A4 and you can't name for legal reasons any doctor you have consulted. Tell them if you wish to remain anonymous. We need the numbers to help convince the committee members we are not isolated cases. You have until mid February. Thank you Recovering paxil addict None of the published articles shed light on what ssri's ... actually do or what their hazards might be. Healy 2013. This is so true, with anything you get on these drugs, dependance, tapering, withdrawal symptoms, side effects, just silent. And if there is something mentioned then their is a serious disconnect between what is said and reality! "Every time I read of a multi-person shooting, I always presume that person had just started a SSRI or had just stopped." Dr Mosher. Me too! Over two decades later, the number of antidepressant prescriptions a year is slightly more than the number of people in the Western world. Most (nine out of 10) prescriptions are for patients who faced difficulties on stopping, equating to about a tenth of the population. These patients are often advised to continue treatment because their difficulties indicate they need ongoing treatment, just as a person with diabetes needs insulin. Healy 2015 I believe the ssri era will soon stand as one of the most shameful in the history of medicine. Healy 2015 Let people help people ... in a natural, kind, non-addictive (and non-big pharma) way. J Broadley 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuiB Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I am looking for a place to help me with getting off drugs and attaining full health. (i.e. incorporates exercise, yoga, meditation, acupuncture etc.) Similar to being hospitalised at a mental health hospital, where many of us were introduced or had drugs/meds reinforced upon us, I am looking for something that does the same with an undivided attention on the patient/client and counselling that is more 'holistic' in nature. That is, targeting mind-body-spirit. Spiritual retreat centres come close to this segment, however, is not targeted towards helping you get off and stay off the 'meds'. They could be located anywhere in the world, preferably Canada or Europe. Canada is because I live here and Europe because due to my criminal record, I think it would be difficult to enter The States. Your thoughts on this matter is greatly appreciated. Taking 1050mg of Lithium, 1500mg of Devalproex Sodium, 75mg of Invega Sustenna injection once a month (This has been weened down twice- once from 150mg to 100mg in February '16 and 100mg to 75mg in August). The reason I ween this down more than 10% at a time is because it comes in an injection form and in set dosages. I also take Vitamin B, C, Rhodiola, and Omega 3. Check out my YouTube Channel for my rants on weaning off drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted February 9, 2019 Administrator Share Posted February 9, 2019 Wouldn't that be lovely! If there are any philanthropists reading this, contact me -- let's start such a thing in a nice location in Europe and another in North America. 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gato123 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Did this ever go anywhere? I don't remember the order or all the dosages but between 2002-2018 I was on... Wellbutrin, 2002-2005 150-300mg Paxil, Lexapro, Effexor, Prozac, Adavan, Xanax RECENT PAST: Cymbalta 2015 to 2017, rapid taper in Janaury-February 2017, started withdrawal February 2017 Bridged to Prozac 60 mg in late summer 2017 Taper from Prozac 60 mg to 0 in spring 2018 Entered another withdrawal starting in August 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuiB Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 On 2/9/2019 at 2:36 AM, Altostrata said: Wouldn't that be lovely! If there are any philanthropists reading this, contact me -- let's start such a thing in a nice location in Europe and another in North America. Yes, starting this up is a necessity, Altostrata. A GoFundMe.com project? Taking 1050mg of Lithium, 1500mg of Devalproex Sodium, 75mg of Invega Sustenna injection once a month (This has been weened down twice- once from 150mg to 100mg in February '16 and 100mg to 75mg in August). The reason I ween this down more than 10% at a time is because it comes in an injection form and in set dosages. I also take Vitamin B, C, Rhodiola, and Omega 3. Check out my YouTube Channel for my rants on weaning off drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 It would take years, wouldn’t it? To get off psych meds? At least, it’s taking me years. I’m not sure I’d want to be an inpatient for that long! 2005 St John's Wort / 2006-2012 Lexapro 20mg, 2 failed attempts to stop, tapered over 4.5 months in early 2012 January 2013 started Sertraline, over time worked up to 100mg July 2014 Sertraline dropped from 100mg to 75mg, held for six months, slower tapering until 2019 22 Dec 3.2mg 2020 Sertraline 19 Jan 3.1mg, 26 Jan 3.0mg; 1 Mar 2.9, 7 Mar 2.8, May (some drops here) 24 May 2.5, May 29 2.4, June 21 2.3, June 28 2.2mg, July 4 2.1mg, July 24 (or maybe a bit before) 2mg, early Nov switched to home made suspension; 29 Nov 1.8mg; approx 25 Dec 1.6mg) 2021 Some time in about Jan/Feb realised probably on more like 1.8mg and poss mixing error in making suspension; doses after 10 Feb accurate; 10 Feb 1.6mg; 7 Mar 1.4, continued monthly 10% drops until 1mg, then dropped 0.1mg monthly. May 2022,0.1mg, now dropping 0.01mg per week 29 August 2022 - first day of zero! My thread here at SA: https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/1775-bubbles/page/21/ Current: Armour Thyroid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted February 16, 2019 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted February 16, 2019 I think it could be that members want somewhere to go for a short while to get started and be able to get follow up face to face support. * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 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 from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 4 hours ago, ChessieCat said: I think it could be that members want somewhere to go for a short while to get started and be able to get follow up face to face support. 2005 St John's Wort / 2006-2012 Lexapro 20mg, 2 failed attempts to stop, tapered over 4.5 months in early 2012 January 2013 started Sertraline, over time worked up to 100mg July 2014 Sertraline dropped from 100mg to 75mg, held for six months, slower tapering until 2019 22 Dec 3.2mg 2020 Sertraline 19 Jan 3.1mg, 26 Jan 3.0mg; 1 Mar 2.9, 7 Mar 2.8, May (some drops here) 24 May 2.5, May 29 2.4, June 21 2.3, June 28 2.2mg, July 4 2.1mg, July 24 (or maybe a bit before) 2mg, early Nov switched to home made suspension; 29 Nov 1.8mg; approx 25 Dec 1.6mg) 2021 Some time in about Jan/Feb realised probably on more like 1.8mg and poss mixing error in making suspension; doses after 10 Feb accurate; 10 Feb 1.6mg; 7 Mar 1.4, continued monthly 10% drops until 1mg, then dropped 0.1mg monthly. May 2022,0.1mg, now dropping 0.01mg per week 29 August 2022 - first day of zero! My thread here at SA: https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/1775-bubbles/page/21/ Current: Armour Thyroid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrugfreeProf Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Don't go to Alternative to Meds in Sedona, Arizona. Drugfree Prof Psychologist and Psychotherapist Prozac 20 mg for approx 3 months during 2000, withdrew, no w/d sx Prozac 10 - 30 mg Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2014 Ritalin 30-40 mg Jan. 2008 - Mar. 2015 W/d sx from Prozac started around 3 months after cessation--crying spells, depressed mood, lethargy; resolved in 8 - 12 mos. post cessation Used and continue to use a TON of alternative methods--meditation, mindfulness, nutrition. supplements, exercise, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiaK Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 25 minutes ago, DrugfreeProf said: Don't go to Alternative to Meds in Sedona, Arizona. What was your experience of alternatives to meds in Sedona? I've heard of a spectrum of experiences from having gone to alternative to meds from quite a lot of different people at this point. I think it's appropriate for some people but not for those with really long term and extreme outstanding issues. Everything Matters: Beyond Meds https://beyondmeds.com/ withdrawn from a cocktail of 6 psychiatric drugs that included every class of psych drug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuiB Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I have found a few resources along the lines of this thread, each with its own set of resources. Spiritual Emergence Network - http://www.spiritualemergence.org Spiritual Emergence Service - http://spiritualemergence.net Taking 1050mg of Lithium, 1500mg of Devalproex Sodium, 75mg of Invega Sustenna injection once a month (This has been weened down twice- once from 150mg to 100mg in February '16 and 100mg to 75mg in August). The reason I ween this down more than 10% at a time is because it comes in an injection form and in set dosages. I also take Vitamin B, C, Rhodiola, and Omega 3. Check out my YouTube Channel for my rants on weaning off drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lzieb Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Can anyone recommend a treatment center? Especially one that won't fill me with more medicine? Thx LZie, Zoloft 25 mg, 3/31/20-4/6/20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted April 22, 2020 Administrator Share Posted April 22, 2020 Sorry, there are none. 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted November 18, 2020 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted November 18, 2020 A member's BAD experience of a wellness centre: 6 hours ago, dadtobe said: It's been a 20ish days or so since I've posted. I had a window and immediately flew out to an outpatient wellness center that practices the Ashton method. I needed mental support if I had another wave since I was beginning to panic every time a wave hit. The place I'm at does an awesome job of this. The doctor has a lot of experience tapering people off Benzos. Anyway, they put me on an aggressive Lexapro taper schedule and I just trusted them simply because of their experience. They had me drop from 4mg to 2mg of Lexapro in the span of about 8 days. I was following your 10% rule until I went there. Needless to say, I'm pretty confident now that I never had benzo withdrawal at all, and that I'm sensitive to the Lexapro. The aggressive taper has me going back to all the usual symptoms last night of nausea, vomiting, headache, tachycardia, insomnia, and the weird burning skin after being stable for 3 or so weeks. I hate to ask since I went another direction, but anything I can do at this point besides just hold at 2mg of Lexapro? Maybe slight up dose? Full schedule of Lexapro is attached, the 2nd column is the mg of Lexapro, 4th column is Klonopin. I should have listened to you all, I thought I found a good place and thought I was going through Benzo withdrawal but pretty certain now it was the Lexapro now. I was tapering Klonopin from .06mg to .03mg but honestly in 3 weeks I noticed nothing from it. So really don't think it's that anymore. * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 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 from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N2deep Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Are there inpatient places with psychiatrists that are highly trained in what the hell to do with tapering, holding, updosing these drugs? ...Specifically AP's in my case. I just don't understand how street drug users have millions of places to look for help and guidance but I can't find anything for us. Are there places? Are there doctors somewhere that can help us? Where? I just want to get admitted somewhere I can't take the withdrawals anymore and want someone to tell me what the hell to do, I don't want to be flying be the seat of my pants anymore. I'm not a drug/withdrawal expert - WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY? I'm sorry you're all going through this, if I get out it will be the hill I die on that no one else meets this fate. Olanzapine (5mg) started June 2023 - This is the only drug I'm currently taking, haven't used any other psych drugs. After 4 weeks dropped to 2.5mg for 5 days then dropped to 1.25mg for 3 days, withdrawals commenced. I then took a single dose of 3.75mg. Then went to 2.5mg. since July 19 Hoping to hold at 2.5mg and GODWILLING I will STABILIZE. I can't tell WD symptoms from Long Covid symptoms. I think a bit of both, and I think my quick earlier taper has made the LC symptoms worse ... what to do. Update: Sept 28 2023: -2.5% Oct 5: -2.5% Oct 12: -2.5% Oct 19: -5% Oct 29: -5% Nov 10: -5% 2.0mg Nov 20: -5% 1.9mg Nov 30: -5% 1.8mg Dec 12: 1.75mg Dec 22: 1.70mg Dec 29: 1.65mg Jan 06/24: 1.60mg Jan 14: 1.55mg Jan 25: 1.50mg Feb 12: Updose to 1.55mg (percentage drops are from previous dose) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Altostrata Posted July 26, 2023 Administrator Share Posted July 26, 2023 @N2deep this discussion might answer your questions. 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 comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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