Icandothis Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Thank you Altostrata 08/2014 10 mg 8/28/14 switched to liquid 2.5 timeline-9/6/14 2.30=9.2 ...10/03/14 2.07=8.28 ...11/1/14 1.9=7.611/3014 1.72=6.88 ... 12/26 1.54=6.16... 2/16 1.46=5.84 switch to 5% per 3 wks3/14/15 1.38=5.52 ... 4/4/15 1.30=5.2 ...4/25/15 1.24=4.965/16/15 1.18=4.72 ... 6/6/15 1.12=4.48...6/26/15 1.06=4.24 switch to 5%ish per two weeks7/15/15 1.0=4. 7/30/15 .96=3.84 8/13/15 .91=3.64 or .90=3.60 8/29/15 .86=3.44 9/12/15 .82= 3.28 9/26/15 .78=3.12 10/11/15 .74=2.96 10/25/15 .70=2.8 hit a wall been holding since12/26/15 2.5% decrease .68=2.72 1/9/16 .66=2.64 2/6/16 .63=2.52 3/3/16 ,60=2.4 3/26/16 57=2.28 4/30/16 .54=2.16mg 6/4/16 .52=2.08 8/5/16 updose .75=3.0. 9/6/16 1.00=4.0 5mg 2/10/17 6mg 2/17/17 8 mg 3/17/17 7mg ? 3/18/17 6mg 4/1/17 5mg @4/17 4.5mg=1.12 5/19/17 4 mg=1.00ml 7/15/17 .98=3.96 Link to comment
Icandothis Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Hello I know this is a site for tapering but have a question about potentially adding a medicine to aid in tapering having difficulty getting off fluoxetine current dose 3.96 mg from 10. Have not made reduction in 3 months -Health anxiety awful unrelenting- was given Buspar to help has anyone taken it and can provide any feedback ?? Have anxiety about taking medicine as well but am feeling like I need some relief did not get relief but upping fluoxetine months ago .... please if anyone has any experience with Buspar good-bad side effects trouble discontinuing thanks 08/2014 10 mg 8/28/14 switched to liquid 2.5 timeline-9/6/14 2.30=9.2 ...10/03/14 2.07=8.28 ...11/1/14 1.9=7.611/3014 1.72=6.88 ... 12/26 1.54=6.16... 2/16 1.46=5.84 switch to 5% per 3 wks3/14/15 1.38=5.52 ... 4/4/15 1.30=5.2 ...4/25/15 1.24=4.965/16/15 1.18=4.72 ... 6/6/15 1.12=4.48...6/26/15 1.06=4.24 switch to 5%ish per two weeks7/15/15 1.0=4. 7/30/15 .96=3.84 8/13/15 .91=3.64 or .90=3.60 8/29/15 .86=3.44 9/12/15 .82= 3.28 9/26/15 .78=3.12 10/11/15 .74=2.96 10/25/15 .70=2.8 hit a wall been holding since12/26/15 2.5% decrease .68=2.72 1/9/16 .66=2.64 2/6/16 .63=2.52 3/3/16 ,60=2.4 3/26/16 57=2.28 4/30/16 .54=2.16mg 6/4/16 .52=2.08 8/5/16 updose .75=3.0. 9/6/16 1.00=4.0 5mg 2/10/17 6mg 2/17/17 8 mg 3/17/17 7mg ? 3/18/17 6mg 4/1/17 5mg @4/17 4.5mg=1.12 5/19/17 4 mg=1.00ml 7/15/17 .98=3.96 Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted October 14, 2017 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 14, 2017 If you are experiencing withdrawal symptoms it usually means that you are tapering too quickly. Using the information from your signature I have shown the % decreases v. 2/10/17 6mg 2/17/17 8 mg 7 days later 33% ^ 3/17/17 7mg 1 month later 12.5% v 3/18/17 6mg 1 day later 14.3% v 4/1/17 5mg 2 weeks later 16.6% v @4/17 4.5mg=1.12 ? 10% v 5/19/17 4 mg=1.00ml ? 11.1% v 7/15/17 .98=3.96mg 2 months later 10% v Between February and April 2017 you made some very big dose changes and the withdrawal symptoms you are experiencing now may be due to those changes. It is better not to add any new drug into the mix. Doing this muddies the waters and you won't be able to work out whether any issues are withdrawal from the 1st drug or start up/side effects or possibly bad reaction to the new drug. If your symptoms are bearable it would be good to do a long hold, maybe another 2 or 3 months and give your brain a chance to catch up. If the symptoms are unbearable you could do a very tiny dose increase, maybe even going back up to 4mg and then hold for 2-3 or possibly 4 months. It is better to hold for longer than to try and reduce too quickly and end up having to updose. * 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
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