Colonial Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, Greatful said: The mind will never be able to cure the anxiety because it is causing it. You must shift your focus (attention) outside the mind. Your brain has convinced you that you must think about it. But it’s your brain that created problem so it will never fix it. That's a great quote from Mia about the thought-anxiety symptom loop we can accidentally create. I have found the most important time NOT to think about a symptom is when your having it, as it revs up an emotional connection as well. When your having a window is the best time to look at things from a clinical detached fashion, like your a life coach helping someone else, and then those are the new thought patterns you force yourself to incorporate throughout the day and especially in a wave. One really can get quite creative about the number of even seemingly nonsensical things to think about, as long as it's something OTHER than the symptom or wave. When I learned I could over ride a wave and cut its length and intensity in half by FORCING my brain to think about analyzing all of the thread count of my sheets on all the different sets in the house, AND IT WORKED at taking me out of a wave, I knew then that the brain really can be retrained by what we put into it. That along was a HUGE extra stress relief as well, knowing you were empowered to change what was happening. As soon as the next wave would hit I'd force my brain into some other nonsensical exercise and make it think this was now of utmost importance to survival, and it continued to work. Once my brain decided categorizing the thread count of all my sheets was move important to survival than my symptom, it stopped powering the symptom and put all it's energy to the sheets. Now, it seems like a stupid example, but the point is you really CAN distract yourself is you choose, the problem is we hardly ever recognize what we do think about all day to begin with. That's the key issue. Retraining what we think about. And this usually means investigating and coming to terms, to some extent, with the more existential, philosophical and spiritual questions that form the basis of so many of our beliefs systems that produce 75% of the thoughts of our brain that run on auto pilot all day long. Glad your doing better! Edited August 27, 2021 by Colonial Starting ds 2 (12.5 CR'S) = 25 MG PAXIL CR 1/21/15: 1 Pill + 10mg liquid (2 weeks) 2/4: 1 Pill + 9mg Lq (3 weeks) 2/25: 1 Pill + 8 mg lq (1 week) 3/4: 1 Pill + 6 mg lq (2 weeks) 3/18/15 1 Pill + 4 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/1/15 1 Pill + 3 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/14/15 1 Pill + 2 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/29/15 1Pill + 1 mg lq (16 days) 5/15/15 1 12.5 mg Pill ONLY (9 days) 5/24/15 12 mgs liquid (8 days) 6/1/15 11mg lq (12 days) 6/13/15 10 mg. 12/3/15 Drop from 8mg to 7.6 (24 days to) 12/27/15 7.2mgs 8/4/16 6.8mgs, 11/1/16 6.4mgs, 2/5/17 6 mgs 4/3/17 5.6mgs, 4/24/17 5.2mg, 6/13/17 4.8mgs, 9/20/17 4.4mgS, 11/23/17 4 mgs, 1/1/18 3.6 mgs, 2/15/18 3.2 mgs. 4/13/18 2.8mgs, 5/11/18 2.4mgs, 6/10/18 2.0 mgs, 8/4/18 1.6mgs, 9/27/18 1.2mgs, 12/24/18 0.8mg, 3/24/19 0.64 mg,(syringe change issue date?) 4/22/19 0.60 mg, 5/24/19 0.60 mg, 7/7/19 0.52 mgs, 8/4/19 0.44mgs, 11/4/19 0.36mgs, 2/1/20 0.28mgs, 3/1/20 0.24mgs (crash April 6) Compound started 6/28/21: 0.24mgs, 8/29/21: 0.22mgs, 10/31/21: 0.20mgs, 1/03/22: 0.18mgs, 3/5/22: 0.16mgs, 5/5/22: 0.14mgs. Original Wellbutrin Dose: 6 months from 9/14 to 3/2015, 300 XL 3/15/15: Half to 150 XL ( severe symptoms started on day 12) 4/16/15: 125mg for 20 days to: 5/6/15: 100mg for 15 days to: 5/21/15 75mg for 10 days to: 6/1/15: 56.25mg 13 days to: 6/13/15: 37.25mg 7 days to: 6/20/15 28.12mg 14 days to: 7/4/15 18.75mg, 7 days to: 7/11/15; RAISE BACK TO: 28.12 to 8/14/15: 18.75mg 20 days to :9/3/15 : 12.5mg, 8/4/16 9mg 1/9/17: 8.5mg 2/8/17 8mg, 3/9/17: 7.6 4/9/17 7.2 5/27/17 6.4 6/24/17 5.8, 8/1/17 5.0, 8/29/17 4.2mgs, 10/2/17 3.5mgs, 12/28/17 2.5mgs, 2/27/18 1.7mgs, 4/19/18 0.8 mgs, LAST DOSE: 6/11/18: 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS, 27 DAYS... Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 8/24/2021 at 1:13 AM, wantrelief said: I am very happy to read this, Cheeky! You hung in there bravely and it payed off. I am really glad you are feeling better. As a side note, @Paquita: I love the "encourage mint" - so cute! Enjoy feeling good again, Cheeky! 💜 I talked too soon, had a great week felt back to normal then my periods came with my Pfizer vaccination and I’m back in a wave again. This is so disheartening 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 7 hours ago, Kat66 said: I'm so sorry you're in a wave again, you said you felt like you'd stabilised a bit recently. So that sucks. Thank you for checking in on me too by the way. It feels never ending this battle doesn't it? I'm glad we've all got each other - a lot of the time I don't think many people really understand what WD really is, and it can feel quite lonely trudging through it. Your not on your own that’s for sure . We need to be here fir each other to make it through the hard days. I can’t believe I thought I was getting better now this ****. Windows 🪟 of freedom waves 🌊 of hell they should call it. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
wantrelief Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Cheeky said: I talked too soon, had a great week felt back to normal then my periods came with my Pfizer vaccination and I’m back in a wave again. This is so disheartening Oh I am so sorry, Cheeky. The fact that you had such a good week and felt normal means you will get there again. However I know how disheartening it must feel to be back in a wave.....that really sucks. I really hope this wave is short lived and you get back to where you were very very soon. 💖 -1/06 - 3/07 Cymbalta. Fast taper (essentially CT); withdrawal symptoms after 4 mos (didn't realize was WD) -10/07: 100 mg Zoloft; 1 mg Klonopin - tapered off Klonopin after 4 mos. Several unsuccessful slow tapers of Zoloft; went up and down in dose a lot -Spring 2013 back on 1 mg Klonopin to counter WD symptoms; switched over 5-6 mos from Zoloft to 35 mg citalopram -Two attempts at slow tapering citalopram, always increased dose due to WD; also increased Klonopin to 1.25 mg in 2014, then to 1.5 mg in 2015 -8/17-9/17: After holding one year at 20 mg, feeling withdrawal symptoms due to stress - slowly increased to 25 mg. No change in symptoms after 6 months (? tolerance ?) - decided to start citalopram taper February 2018 (still on Klonopin 1.5 mg). Supplements: fish oil; magnesium; vitamin D3; curcumin Citalopram taper: 2/2018 - 12/2019: 25 mg - 11.03 mg I 2020: 10.89 mg - 7.9 mg I 2021: 7.8 mg - 5.26 mg I 2022: 5.2 mg - 3.36 mg I 2023: 3.3 mg - 1.47 mg 2024: 1/5/24: 1.44 mg; 1/19/24: 1.40 mg; 1/26/24: 1.37 mg; 2/2/24: 1.34 mg; 2/9/24: 1.31 mg; 2/23/24: 1.28 mg; 3/1/24: 1.25 mg; 3/8/24: 1.22 mg; 3/15/24: 1.19 mg; 3/29/24: 1.17 mg; 4/5/24: 1.14 mg; 4/13/24: 1.11 mg; 4/20/24: 1.09 mg Link to comment
Colonial Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Ugh.. I was one of the supposed 10% who would go into a wave towards the end of the cycle. If I was gonna get slammed it would be day 4... So at the beginning, Every month it was like holding my breath to see if it would put me in a wave or not. Interestingly, at least for me, I learned there was a connection between IF I was holding long enough between med drops and stable in my wd and if my cycle would throw me in a tail spin. If it did, I knew I wasn't near ready for another med drop. The longer I held in between drops and if made smaller % cuts, the cycle wouldn't set me off. It kinda became a helpful guide of sorts. If I THOUGHT I was ready to drop and my cycle was within 2 weeks, I would hold and if it didn't throw me then I'd make another modest drop. But there were a few times I was about to drop again and I said: "Maybe I better wait till after the cycle, and "boom", took me down. Then I knew to hold another 6 weeks before dropping again. Feel better. Starting ds 2 (12.5 CR'S) = 25 MG PAXIL CR 1/21/15: 1 Pill + 10mg liquid (2 weeks) 2/4: 1 Pill + 9mg Lq (3 weeks) 2/25: 1 Pill + 8 mg lq (1 week) 3/4: 1 Pill + 6 mg lq (2 weeks) 3/18/15 1 Pill + 4 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/1/15 1 Pill + 3 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/14/15 1 Pill + 2 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/29/15 1Pill + 1 mg lq (16 days) 5/15/15 1 12.5 mg Pill ONLY (9 days) 5/24/15 12 mgs liquid (8 days) 6/1/15 11mg lq (12 days) 6/13/15 10 mg. 12/3/15 Drop from 8mg to 7.6 (24 days to) 12/27/15 7.2mgs 8/4/16 6.8mgs, 11/1/16 6.4mgs, 2/5/17 6 mgs 4/3/17 5.6mgs, 4/24/17 5.2mg, 6/13/17 4.8mgs, 9/20/17 4.4mgS, 11/23/17 4 mgs, 1/1/18 3.6 mgs, 2/15/18 3.2 mgs. 4/13/18 2.8mgs, 5/11/18 2.4mgs, 6/10/18 2.0 mgs, 8/4/18 1.6mgs, 9/27/18 1.2mgs, 12/24/18 0.8mg, 3/24/19 0.64 mg,(syringe change issue date?) 4/22/19 0.60 mg, 5/24/19 0.60 mg, 7/7/19 0.52 mgs, 8/4/19 0.44mgs, 11/4/19 0.36mgs, 2/1/20 0.28mgs, 3/1/20 0.24mgs (crash April 6) Compound started 6/28/21: 0.24mgs, 8/29/21: 0.22mgs, 10/31/21: 0.20mgs, 1/03/22: 0.18mgs, 3/5/22: 0.16mgs, 5/5/22: 0.14mgs. Original Wellbutrin Dose: 6 months from 9/14 to 3/2015, 300 XL 3/15/15: Half to 150 XL ( severe symptoms started on day 12) 4/16/15: 125mg for 20 days to: 5/6/15: 100mg for 15 days to: 5/21/15 75mg for 10 days to: 6/1/15: 56.25mg 13 days to: 6/13/15: 37.25mg 7 days to: 6/20/15 28.12mg 14 days to: 7/4/15 18.75mg, 7 days to: 7/11/15; RAISE BACK TO: 28.12 to 8/14/15: 18.75mg 20 days to :9/3/15 : 12.5mg, 8/4/16 9mg 1/9/17: 8.5mg 2/8/17 8mg, 3/9/17: 7.6 4/9/17 7.2 5/27/17 6.4 6/24/17 5.8, 8/1/17 5.0, 8/29/17 4.2mgs, 10/2/17 3.5mgs, 12/28/17 2.5mgs, 2/27/18 1.7mgs, 4/19/18 0.8 mgs, LAST DOSE: 6/11/18: 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS, 27 DAYS... Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 7 hours ago, wantrelief said: Oh I am so sorry, Cheeky. The fact that you had such a good week and felt normal means you will get there again. However I know how disheartening it must feel to be back in a wave.....that really sucks. I really hope this wave is short lived and you get back to where you were very very soon. 💖 Today is a better day but who knows with this merry-go/ round 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Colonial said: Interestingly, at least for me, I learned there was a connection between IF I was holding long enough between med drops and stable in my wd and if my cycle would throw me in a tail spin. If it did, I knew I wasn't near ready for another med drop. That what has happened to me the last 4 periods I had, I should’ve realised it was withdrawal but just dismissed it as me getting older and maybe my hormones were changing. There was so many signs , I was just so busy working and dealing with the death of my nephew that I dismissed it all. It really is reading your body signs . 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Colonial said: I THOUGHT I was ready to drop and my cycle was within 2 weeks, I would hold and if it didn't throw me then I'd make another modest drop. I’m going to try that myself. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 7 hours ago, Colonial said: Ugh.. I was one of the supposed 10% who would go into a wave towards the end of the cycle. If I was gonna get slammed it would be day 4... So at the beginning, Every month it was like holding my breath to see if it would put me in a wave or not. Interestingly, at least for me, I learned there was a connection between IF I was holding long enough between med drops and stable in my wd and if my cycle would throw me in a tail spin. If it did, I knew I wasn't near ready for another med drop. The longer I held in between drops and if made smaller % cuts, the cycle wouldn't set me off. It kinda became a helpful guide of sorts. If I THOUGHT I was ready to drop and my cycle was within 2 weeks, I would hold and if it didn't throw me then I'd make another modest drop. But there were a few times I was about to drop again and I said: "Maybe I better wait till after the cycle, and "boom", took me down. Then I knew to hold another 6 weeks before dropping again. Feel better. Thanks your experience with this has taught me a lot. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Colonial Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Your very welcome. Good news! Every last Saturday in August one lucky winner receives a FREE Rabbit. I cannot believe your good fortune in this promotion considering the thousands of members eligible. Enjoy! 🐰 Starting ds 2 (12.5 CR'S) = 25 MG PAXIL CR 1/21/15: 1 Pill + 10mg liquid (2 weeks) 2/4: 1 Pill + 9mg Lq (3 weeks) 2/25: 1 Pill + 8 mg lq (1 week) 3/4: 1 Pill + 6 mg lq (2 weeks) 3/18/15 1 Pill + 4 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/1/15 1 Pill + 3 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/14/15 1 Pill + 2 mg lq (2 weeks) 4/29/15 1Pill + 1 mg lq (16 days) 5/15/15 1 12.5 mg Pill ONLY (9 days) 5/24/15 12 mgs liquid (8 days) 6/1/15 11mg lq (12 days) 6/13/15 10 mg. 12/3/15 Drop from 8mg to 7.6 (24 days to) 12/27/15 7.2mgs 8/4/16 6.8mgs, 11/1/16 6.4mgs, 2/5/17 6 mgs 4/3/17 5.6mgs, 4/24/17 5.2mg, 6/13/17 4.8mgs, 9/20/17 4.4mgS, 11/23/17 4 mgs, 1/1/18 3.6 mgs, 2/15/18 3.2 mgs. 4/13/18 2.8mgs, 5/11/18 2.4mgs, 6/10/18 2.0 mgs, 8/4/18 1.6mgs, 9/27/18 1.2mgs, 12/24/18 0.8mg, 3/24/19 0.64 mg,(syringe change issue date?) 4/22/19 0.60 mg, 5/24/19 0.60 mg, 7/7/19 0.52 mgs, 8/4/19 0.44mgs, 11/4/19 0.36mgs, 2/1/20 0.28mgs, 3/1/20 0.24mgs (crash April 6) Compound started 6/28/21: 0.24mgs, 8/29/21: 0.22mgs, 10/31/21: 0.20mgs, 1/03/22: 0.18mgs, 3/5/22: 0.16mgs, 5/5/22: 0.14mgs. Original Wellbutrin Dose: 6 months from 9/14 to 3/2015, 300 XL 3/15/15: Half to 150 XL ( severe symptoms started on day 12) 4/16/15: 125mg for 20 days to: 5/6/15: 100mg for 15 days to: 5/21/15 75mg for 10 days to: 6/1/15: 56.25mg 13 days to: 6/13/15: 37.25mg 7 days to: 6/20/15 28.12mg 14 days to: 7/4/15 18.75mg, 7 days to: 7/11/15; RAISE BACK TO: 28.12 to 8/14/15: 18.75mg 20 days to :9/3/15 : 12.5mg, 8/4/16 9mg 1/9/17: 8.5mg 2/8/17 8mg, 3/9/17: 7.6 4/9/17 7.2 5/27/17 6.4 6/24/17 5.8, 8/1/17 5.0, 8/29/17 4.2mgs, 10/2/17 3.5mgs, 12/28/17 2.5mgs, 2/27/18 1.7mgs, 4/19/18 0.8 mgs, LAST DOSE: 6/11/18: 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS, 27 DAYS... Link to comment
Rosetta Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Thinking of you, Cheeky. I had the awful period-wave conjunction, too. Wouldn’t it be amazing if Colonial’s plan to hold until a period happens without a wave worked for you, too? https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16629-rosetta-ct-may-2011-too-fast-taper-feb-2017/?page=25 2001-2011 Celexa 10 mg raised to 40 mg then 60 mg over this time period May 2011 OB Doctor's Cold switch Celexa 60 mg to 10 mg Zoloft sertraline (baby born) 2012-2016 - Doctors raised dose of Zoloft up to 150 mg 2016 - Xanax prescribed - as needed - 0.5 mg about every 3 days (bad reaction) 2016 - Stopped Xanax Late 2016- Began (too fast) taper of Zoloft Early 2017 - Trazodone prescribed for bedtime (doseage unknown) Feb 2017 - Completed taper/stopped Trazodone Drug free since Feb 2017 2017 - Unisom otc very rarely for sleep Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 51 minutes ago, Rosetta said: Thinking of you, Cheeky. I had the awful period-wave conjunction, too. Wouldn’t it be amazing if Colonial’s plan to hold until a period happens without a wave worked for you, too? Yeah I will try that out. Sounds good 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 okay update.... yesterday I was feeling quite good, Im on day 5 for my period and today feeling anixious, slight buzzing in my feet and little head zaps. Im managing but feeling a bit tired of thinking I'm going to be okay then a setback returns. last night I was great, watching tv enjoying the moment. I zoomed with friends and felt normal. I can't stop feeling of jealously that my friends can live there life happily and I have to go through this . Why has God done this to me. Its very hard. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 9 hours ago, Colonial said: Your very welcome. Good news! Every last Saturday in August one lucky winner receives a FREE Rabbit. I cannot believe your good fortune in this promotion considering the thousands of members eligible. Enjoy! 🐰 Thankyou 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Tom37 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 I struggle a lot with watching friends live there life so I stay away….hurts too much. Another gift from withdrawal. 20mg Lexapro 2007 10mg Lexapro 2012 Started tapering approx (October 2017) 12 months ago from 10mg to 9mg then 8 then 7 then 6 then 5 then 4 then 3. Held for approx 4 to 6 weeks min on each reduction. Hit severe symptoms (started 7th Nov) after dropping to 3mg. Dropped to 3mg approx 22nd October. Back to 4mg (7th November) and stabilising. Current symptoms started 23rd November 2018 Used diazepam (2018) 10mg 10th Nov, 5mg 11th Nov, 2.5mg 12 Nov, 2mg 13th Nov. Used diazepam 10mg 24th Nov, 7.5 25th Nov and 5mg 26th November 2018 Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Just now, Tom37 said: I struggle a lot with watching friends live there life so I stay away….hurts too much. Another gift from withdrawal. How are you @Tom37 ? Have you stabilised yet. I know you started to going into a wave the same time I did and thats nearly 3 months . 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Tom37 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Still not great but better…still not at pre wave level yet….but is what it is….can’t do anything about it. All I know is that things will change as that is withdrawal it’s just a question what will happen next. 20mg Lexapro 2007 10mg Lexapro 2012 Started tapering approx (October 2017) 12 months ago from 10mg to 9mg then 8 then 7 then 6 then 5 then 4 then 3. Held for approx 4 to 6 weeks min on each reduction. Hit severe symptoms (started 7th Nov) after dropping to 3mg. Dropped to 3mg approx 22nd October. Back to 4mg (7th November) and stabilising. Current symptoms started 23rd November 2018 Used diazepam (2018) 10mg 10th Nov, 5mg 11th Nov, 2.5mg 12 Nov, 2mg 13th Nov. Used diazepam 10mg 24th Nov, 7.5 25th Nov and 5mg 26th November 2018 Link to comment
Cheeky Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Just now, Tom37 said: Still not great but better…still not at pre wave level yet….but is what it is….can’t do anything about it. All I know is that things will change as that is withdrawal it’s just a question what will happen next. Yeah it’s like that, I’m not as bad as I was and have good days and then bad. There really is no pattern to this . Just sucks having to go through it. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Mentor Greatful Posted August 30, 2021 Mentor Share Posted August 30, 2021 @Cheeky I see your up. How have you been doing? Are you still in lock down? https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/24894-greatful-is-this-withdrawal-or-to-many-med-changes-at-once/ 1995? Prozac, tried several Paxil, Serzone, St John's Wart back to Prozac and Trazodone ct:d Traz Lexapro. Tried to stop Crash in 2015 Kindled Hospitalized, Vybrid, Seroquel, Effexor, Abilify Pristiq, Wellbutrin-- 2016 ended back on Prozac and Lamictal 200mg 5/2020 thru 12/2020 taper from 20mg Prozac down to 3mg. Crashed 12/13/2020 Zoloft 50mg 1/29ct 1/29/2021 Seroquel 50mg ct 2/12/2021 Wellbutrin 75mg. Became hypo manic 2/1 6ct Trazodone 50mg 4/25 25mg 2/5/ 2021 Lamictal 150mg. 2/24 100mg 4/9 75mg 4/21 37.5 2/16/2021 Seroquel 50xr 3/3 100mg 3/17 150mg side effects ct 4/3 2021 Lexapro 5mg 4/14 7.5mg 4/30 10mg 5/10 7.5mg 2021/ 5/16 5mg Lexapro 37.5 Lamictal 25mg trazadone, xanax .0625mg 3x a day Lexapro Taper> Sept/01/2021 4.90mg> Sept/25 4.75mg> Oct/19 4.69mg > Nov/14 4.2mg Jan/30/2022-- Split dosing 2x a day All liquid 4.2mg (2.20mg at 8am & 2mg at 4pm) 2/17 4mg> 2/24 3.8mg slow taper to Aug/12/2022 2.04mg 2023> 2mg, 1.90mg, 1.80mg, 1.70mg, 1.5mg, 1.4mg, 1.3mg 1.2mg, 1.1mg, 1mg, 0.9mg, 0.8mg, 0.7mg 0.65mg, 0.6mg, 0.55mg, 0.5mg, 0.45mg, 0.4mg, 0.35mg, 0.3mg, 0.25,mg, back to once a day dosing 0 .1mg, 0.07mg , 0.05mg 4/1/2024 0 Lamictal taper 4/17/ 2022 25mg, 9/9/ 22 -20mg, 9/25/22- 15mg , 10/20/22- 0 Trazodone..2023.>down to 14mg, 7mg, 6mg July 2023 0 Xanax 0.0625 3 x a day, 2023> 0.042 3x a day Supplements Magnesium glycinate, Omega 3, D3, vitamin c , zinc, NAC Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 8:58 AM, Greatful said: @Cheeky I see your up. How have you been doing? Are you still in lock down? Hi @Greatful, Yeah Im doing okay, in a window at the moment so Im trying to get things done for my family. Yes were still in lockdown thankfully, its been great timing for me. This experience has really traumatised me and I wake you every day wondering how Im going to be. In a window I feel great but I know they can be short lived. Have you started your Lexapro taper yet? Im going to wait til next year to start mine, I don't want to rock the boat. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Mentor Greatful Posted September 1, 2021 Mentor Share Posted September 1, 2021 @Cheeky We are going to start with about 2% and see how I do. 14 minutes ago, Cheeky said: This experience has really traumatised I am glad you are feeling better. It makes me mad and frustrated that we have to go through a life changing experience to get off these drugs..😖 https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/24894-greatful-is-this-withdrawal-or-to-many-med-changes-at-once/ 1995? Prozac, tried several Paxil, Serzone, St John's Wart back to Prozac and Trazodone ct:d Traz Lexapro. Tried to stop Crash in 2015 Kindled Hospitalized, Vybrid, Seroquel, Effexor, Abilify Pristiq, Wellbutrin-- 2016 ended back on Prozac and Lamictal 200mg 5/2020 thru 12/2020 taper from 20mg Prozac down to 3mg. Crashed 12/13/2020 Zoloft 50mg 1/29ct 1/29/2021 Seroquel 50mg ct 2/12/2021 Wellbutrin 75mg. Became hypo manic 2/1 6ct Trazodone 50mg 4/25 25mg 2/5/ 2021 Lamictal 150mg. 2/24 100mg 4/9 75mg 4/21 37.5 2/16/2021 Seroquel 50xr 3/3 100mg 3/17 150mg side effects ct 4/3 2021 Lexapro 5mg 4/14 7.5mg 4/30 10mg 5/10 7.5mg 2021/ 5/16 5mg Lexapro 37.5 Lamictal 25mg trazadone, xanax .0625mg 3x a day Lexapro Taper> Sept/01/2021 4.90mg> Sept/25 4.75mg> Oct/19 4.69mg > Nov/14 4.2mg Jan/30/2022-- Split dosing 2x a day All liquid 4.2mg (2.20mg at 8am & 2mg at 4pm) 2/17 4mg> 2/24 3.8mg slow taper to Aug/12/2022 2.04mg 2023> 2mg, 1.90mg, 1.80mg, 1.70mg, 1.5mg, 1.4mg, 1.3mg 1.2mg, 1.1mg, 1mg, 0.9mg, 0.8mg, 0.7mg 0.65mg, 0.6mg, 0.55mg, 0.5mg, 0.45mg, 0.4mg, 0.35mg, 0.3mg, 0.25,mg, back to once a day dosing 0 .1mg, 0.07mg , 0.05mg 4/1/2024 0 Lamictal taper 4/17/ 2022 25mg, 9/9/ 22 -20mg, 9/25/22- 15mg , 10/20/22- 0 Trazodone..2023.>down to 14mg, 7mg, 6mg July 2023 0 Xanax 0.0625 3 x a day, 2023> 0.042 3x a day Supplements Magnesium glycinate, Omega 3, D3, vitamin c , zinc, NAC Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Greatful said: @Cheeky We are going to start with about 2% and see how I do. I am glad you are feeling better. It makes me mad and frustrated that we have to go through a life changing experience to get off these drugs..😖 Yep, the suffering we have to endure and not being acknowledged is the hardest thing. If only we could go back in time , I would’ve never of taken these drugs. I spent half my life tired all the time . The one good thing about coming to a lower dose is I have more energy . I have so far to go but Im not going to give in to these drugs. I understand your frustration. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Greatful said: @Cheeky We are going to start with about 2% and see how I do. I am glad you are feeling better. It makes me mad and frustrated that we have to go through a life changing experience to get off these drugs..😖 @Greatful have a look at this , it’s about how these drugs were sold at the beginning. It’s really interesting. A good website too. https://www.drugawareness.org/history-of-antidepressants-just-where-did-your-medication-come-from/?fbclid=IwAR0wLNVr31ZLjinOpHdUqB6rPNUToqXd1yIlPh8y3xFFH8wALpyKr7B2reg 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Rusty1 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Have you got your second dose of the vaccine yet? How are you feeling? 40 yo Male. Started Paxil about 15 years ago. 10 mg (pill weight .125 - .129 g). 5 yrs wanted less side effects, doctor took me off Paxil over couple week period and put me on Wellbutrin. Not good. Went back on Paxil. Relieved my symptoms, but didn't work as well and more side effects. Severe reaction between Paxil and Zomig Summer of 2012. Head was affected during warmer days (cloudiness, confusion, pressure). Began 10% withdrawal 10/24/12. Withdrawel helped many symptoms, but also added side effects: nausea, dizziness, tiredness. Hyper-anxiety started January 2014. Went through a 2 year period of de-realization (2016-2018). Rarely any windows. Current dose: 0.00 as of 4/10/21. Made a lot of progress in my withdrawal symptoms the last 2 years of my taper. I think doing a liquid taper helped stabilize things on the lower doses. A lot of my symptoms have reduced significantly. Hoping for even more improvement now that I am off. My thread: http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/8909-rusty1-paxil-withdrawal-help-and-advice-welcome/#entry150222 Link to comment
Mentor Greatful Posted September 3, 2021 Mentor Share Posted September 3, 2021 @Cheeky Thanks for the link, It really is amazing the world doesn't know more about this. I guess I was in the dark until I had to learn how to get out of the mess I am in. Here is another link I found on inner composes web site. https://withdrawal.theinnercompass.org/blog/are-psychiatric-medications-safe-fdas-answer-may-surprise-you You will be shocked to read that the FDA really doesn't assess the safety of the Physic drugs, Let me know what you think How are you doing❤️ https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/24894-greatful-is-this-withdrawal-or-to-many-med-changes-at-once/ 1995? Prozac, tried several Paxil, Serzone, St John's Wart back to Prozac and Trazodone ct:d Traz Lexapro. Tried to stop Crash in 2015 Kindled Hospitalized, Vybrid, Seroquel, Effexor, Abilify Pristiq, Wellbutrin-- 2016 ended back on Prozac and Lamictal 200mg 5/2020 thru 12/2020 taper from 20mg Prozac down to 3mg. Crashed 12/13/2020 Zoloft 50mg 1/29ct 1/29/2021 Seroquel 50mg ct 2/12/2021 Wellbutrin 75mg. Became hypo manic 2/1 6ct Trazodone 50mg 4/25 25mg 2/5/ 2021 Lamictal 150mg. 2/24 100mg 4/9 75mg 4/21 37.5 2/16/2021 Seroquel 50xr 3/3 100mg 3/17 150mg side effects ct 4/3 2021 Lexapro 5mg 4/14 7.5mg 4/30 10mg 5/10 7.5mg 2021/ 5/16 5mg Lexapro 37.5 Lamictal 25mg trazadone, xanax .0625mg 3x a day Lexapro Taper> Sept/01/2021 4.90mg> Sept/25 4.75mg> Oct/19 4.69mg > Nov/14 4.2mg Jan/30/2022-- Split dosing 2x a day All liquid 4.2mg (2.20mg at 8am & 2mg at 4pm) 2/17 4mg> 2/24 3.8mg slow taper to Aug/12/2022 2.04mg 2023> 2mg, 1.90mg, 1.80mg, 1.70mg, 1.5mg, 1.4mg, 1.3mg 1.2mg, 1.1mg, 1mg, 0.9mg, 0.8mg, 0.7mg 0.65mg, 0.6mg, 0.55mg, 0.5mg, 0.45mg, 0.4mg, 0.35mg, 0.3mg, 0.25,mg, back to once a day dosing 0 .1mg, 0.07mg , 0.05mg 4/1/2024 0 Lamictal taper 4/17/ 2022 25mg, 9/9/ 22 -20mg, 9/25/22- 15mg , 10/20/22- 0 Trazodone..2023.>down to 14mg, 7mg, 6mg July 2023 0 Xanax 0.0625 3 x a day, 2023> 0.042 3x a day Supplements Magnesium glycinate, Omega 3, D3, vitamin c , zinc, NAC Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Rusty1 said: Have you got your second dose of the vaccine yet? How are you feeling? @Rusty1 yeah I’ve been doing good but when I had the first shot it brought a wave on for a few days so I’m really worried about the second shot. I have to get it done so will just see what happens. Thankfully I’ve had big windows, so that give me the strength to ride the waves. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Greatful said: @Cheeky Thanks for the link, It really is amazing the world doesn't know more about this. I guess I was in the dark until I had to learn how to get out of the mess I am in. Here is another link I found on inner composes web site. https://withdrawal.theinnercompass.org/blog/are-psychiatric-medications-safe-fdas-answer-may-surprise-you You will be shocked to read that the FDA really doesn't assess the safety of the Physic drugs, Let me know what you think How are you doing❤️ Hey @Greatful, I’ve been doing good , keeping myself busy and watching a lot of movies. I still have slight symptoms that come and go but nothing I can’t handle. Have you decided how your going to start your taper? 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Rusty1 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 46 minutes ago, Cheeky said: @Rusty1 yeah I’ve been doing good but when I had the first shot it brought a wave on for a few days so I’m really worried about the second shot. I have to get it done so will just see what happens. Thankfully I’ve had big windows, so that give me the strength to ride the waves. I wouldnt be too worried. That is too bad it brought on a wave. But from what you said you got through it. So expect that after a few days you will be back to WD normal. How was your reaction to the vaccine side effects, headache, bodyaches, sore arm, etc? 40 yo Male. Started Paxil about 15 years ago. 10 mg (pill weight .125 - .129 g). 5 yrs wanted less side effects, doctor took me off Paxil over couple week period and put me on Wellbutrin. Not good. Went back on Paxil. Relieved my symptoms, but didn't work as well and more side effects. Severe reaction between Paxil and Zomig Summer of 2012. Head was affected during warmer days (cloudiness, confusion, pressure). Began 10% withdrawal 10/24/12. Withdrawel helped many symptoms, but also added side effects: nausea, dizziness, tiredness. Hyper-anxiety started January 2014. Went through a 2 year period of de-realization (2016-2018). Rarely any windows. Current dose: 0.00 as of 4/10/21. Made a lot of progress in my withdrawal symptoms the last 2 years of my taper. I think doing a liquid taper helped stabilize things on the lower doses. A lot of my symptoms have reduced significantly. Hoping for even more improvement now that I am off. My thread: http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/8909-rusty1-paxil-withdrawal-help-and-advice-welcome/#entry150222 Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Rusty1 said: I wouldnt be too worried. That is too bad it brought on a wave. But from what you said you got through it. So expect that after a few days you will be back to WD normal. How was your reaction to the vaccine side effects, headache, bodyaches, sore arm, etc? I had a slight headache and just a sore arm the next day. 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 17 hours ago, Greatful said: @Cheeky Thanks for the link, It really is amazing the world doesn't know more about this. I guess I was in the dark until I had to learn how to get out of the mess I am in. Here is another link I found on inner composes web site. https://withdrawal.theinnercompass.org/blog/are-psychiatric-medications-safe-fdas-answer-may-surprise-you You will be shocked to read that the FDA really doesn't assess the safety of the Physic drugs, Let me know what you think How are you doing❤️ Hi @Greatful, ive been doing good and doing slot of soul searching. I came across this video I highly recommend about healing trauma. You will get slot out of this . 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Mentor Greatful Posted September 19, 2021 Mentor Share Posted September 19, 2021 @Cheeky Hi, I am stopping by to see how you are doing? On 9/4/2021 at 7:01 AM, Cheeky said: I came across this video I highly recommend about healing trauma. What video? Can you post a link. https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/24894-greatful-is-this-withdrawal-or-to-many-med-changes-at-once/ 1995? Prozac, tried several Paxil, Serzone, St John's Wart back to Prozac and Trazodone ct:d Traz Lexapro. Tried to stop Crash in 2015 Kindled Hospitalized, Vybrid, Seroquel, Effexor, Abilify Pristiq, Wellbutrin-- 2016 ended back on Prozac and Lamictal 200mg 5/2020 thru 12/2020 taper from 20mg Prozac down to 3mg. Crashed 12/13/2020 Zoloft 50mg 1/29ct 1/29/2021 Seroquel 50mg ct 2/12/2021 Wellbutrin 75mg. Became hypo manic 2/1 6ct Trazodone 50mg 4/25 25mg 2/5/ 2021 Lamictal 150mg. 2/24 100mg 4/9 75mg 4/21 37.5 2/16/2021 Seroquel 50xr 3/3 100mg 3/17 150mg side effects ct 4/3 2021 Lexapro 5mg 4/14 7.5mg 4/30 10mg 5/10 7.5mg 2021/ 5/16 5mg Lexapro 37.5 Lamictal 25mg trazadone, xanax .0625mg 3x a day Lexapro Taper> Sept/01/2021 4.90mg> Sept/25 4.75mg> Oct/19 4.69mg > Nov/14 4.2mg Jan/30/2022-- Split dosing 2x a day All liquid 4.2mg (2.20mg at 8am & 2mg at 4pm) 2/17 4mg> 2/24 3.8mg slow taper to Aug/12/2022 2.04mg 2023> 2mg, 1.90mg, 1.80mg, 1.70mg, 1.5mg, 1.4mg, 1.3mg 1.2mg, 1.1mg, 1mg, 0.9mg, 0.8mg, 0.7mg 0.65mg, 0.6mg, 0.55mg, 0.5mg, 0.45mg, 0.4mg, 0.35mg, 0.3mg, 0.25,mg, back to once a day dosing 0 .1mg, 0.07mg , 0.05mg 4/1/2024 0 Lamictal taper 4/17/ 2022 25mg, 9/9/ 22 -20mg, 9/25/22- 15mg , 10/20/22- 0 Trazodone..2023.>down to 14mg, 7mg, 6mg July 2023 0 Xanax 0.0625 3 x a day, 2023> 0.042 3x a day Supplements Magnesium glycinate, Omega 3, D3, vitamin c , zinc, NAC Link to comment
Mentor Greatful Posted September 19, 2021 Mentor Share Posted September 19, 2021 @Cheeky I was trying to find the title of the book you recently recommended. Could you post it again? https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/24894-greatful-is-this-withdrawal-or-to-many-med-changes-at-once/ 1995? Prozac, tried several Paxil, Serzone, St John's Wart back to Prozac and Trazodone ct:d Traz Lexapro. Tried to stop Crash in 2015 Kindled Hospitalized, Vybrid, Seroquel, Effexor, Abilify Pristiq, Wellbutrin-- 2016 ended back on Prozac and Lamictal 200mg 5/2020 thru 12/2020 taper from 20mg Prozac down to 3mg. Crashed 12/13/2020 Zoloft 50mg 1/29ct 1/29/2021 Seroquel 50mg ct 2/12/2021 Wellbutrin 75mg. Became hypo manic 2/1 6ct Trazodone 50mg 4/25 25mg 2/5/ 2021 Lamictal 150mg. 2/24 100mg 4/9 75mg 4/21 37.5 2/16/2021 Seroquel 50xr 3/3 100mg 3/17 150mg side effects ct 4/3 2021 Lexapro 5mg 4/14 7.5mg 4/30 10mg 5/10 7.5mg 2021/ 5/16 5mg Lexapro 37.5 Lamictal 25mg trazadone, xanax .0625mg 3x a day Lexapro Taper> Sept/01/2021 4.90mg> Sept/25 4.75mg> Oct/19 4.69mg > Nov/14 4.2mg Jan/30/2022-- Split dosing 2x a day All liquid 4.2mg (2.20mg at 8am & 2mg at 4pm) 2/17 4mg> 2/24 3.8mg slow taper to Aug/12/2022 2.04mg 2023> 2mg, 1.90mg, 1.80mg, 1.70mg, 1.5mg, 1.4mg, 1.3mg 1.2mg, 1.1mg, 1mg, 0.9mg, 0.8mg, 0.7mg 0.65mg, 0.6mg, 0.55mg, 0.5mg, 0.45mg, 0.4mg, 0.35mg, 0.3mg, 0.25,mg, back to once a day dosing 0 .1mg, 0.07mg , 0.05mg 4/1/2024 0 Lamictal taper 4/17/ 2022 25mg, 9/9/ 22 -20mg, 9/25/22- 15mg , 10/20/22- 0 Trazodone..2023.>down to 14mg, 7mg, 6mg July 2023 0 Xanax 0.0625 3 x a day, 2023> 0.042 3x a day Supplements Magnesium glycinate, Omega 3, D3, vitamin c , zinc, NAC Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/20/2021 at 8:57 AM, Greatful said: @Cheeky I was trying to find the title of the book you recently recommended. Could you post it again? Hi lovely, it’s called “The Happiness Trap”. It’s great, sorry for the late reply . 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Cheeky Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Okay update…… Things have been going pretty good , I’m pretty much stable on most days but I do occasionally have small waves that aren’t too distressing. I will be going back to work in a couple of weeks as Sydney’s been in lockdown for 3 months , I have spent the first two months in terrible withdrawals and minor ones the last month. My sleep patterns have been all over the place, I’ve been going to bed late watching movies and getting up early and having a sleep during the day. I’m not eating well and have put in weight due to all the sugar cravings. I need to get into routine because I feel a wave coming on. I think sleep and eating well makes a big difference to my well-being. I think the stress of having to go back to work is causing my aniexty. I’m just ranting today, feeling a bit off🙁 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
Rosetta Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 A big hug, Cheeky! (((((((Cheeky))))))) Yes, going back to work —anticipatory anxiety city! But remember that it will not actually be as bad as you think, you will get in a groove once you are there, and it’s all going to be ok. Anticipatory anxiety keeps me from doing what I need to do to make that dreaded day, whatever is scheduled for it, less hectic. I have to keep that in mind and prepare ahead —what will I wear, what will I have for breakfast, what do I need to take with me, what’s for lunch, does the car have gas, etc. Doing things to prepare, not the day before, but one thing a few days before, another 3 days before, and so on brings down the level of anxiety I feel for those few days! It’s amazing how much the level is reduced. Thinking of you! -R https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/topic/16629-rosetta-ct-may-2011-too-fast-taper-feb-2017/?page=25 2001-2011 Celexa 10 mg raised to 40 mg then 60 mg over this time period May 2011 OB Doctor's Cold switch Celexa 60 mg to 10 mg Zoloft sertraline (baby born) 2012-2016 - Doctors raised dose of Zoloft up to 150 mg 2016 - Xanax prescribed - as needed - 0.5 mg about every 3 days (bad reaction) 2016 - Stopped Xanax Late 2016- Began (too fast) taper of Zoloft Early 2017 - Trazodone prescribed for bedtime (doseage unknown) Feb 2017 - Completed taper/stopped Trazodone Drug free since Feb 2017 2017 - Unisom otc very rarely for sleep Link to comment
Cheeky Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Here we go again…………….. so things were looking up for me for a month and I was back to being the person I loved to be, the 1mg updose worked and got me out of the mini crash that occurred 3 months ago but I’m not sure what’s happening now. I feel like I’ve taken a step back and today I feel like I’m in a wave again. I woke up with aniexty and felt my hand slightly shake, no appetite and emotional, I know I’ve been worried about going back to work but can this worrying bring in a wave? When I’m like this I feel this is my permanent state and it scares me. I know too well that this is WD symptoms and not normal aniexty, at least I think so 🙃 I know I have been sensitive since my mini crash , but I have been feeling better the last month. Im just confused 😐 @Colonial @brassmonkey 1995 started Paxil 20mg slowly increasing to 50mg 2014 I decided to tapper myself not knowing how too and crashed , DR added 50mg of Seroquel Through the years made many mistakes tapering Started Tapering Both drugs at the same time 7.5% per month Paxil 9% Seroquel doing daily micro-taper Guided by Mark Horowitz 31/3/24 Paxil 10.31mg 31/3/24 Seroquel 9.9mg Link to comment
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