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Farout: brief exposures to pysch drugs led to long withdrawal

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Hi Farout 

 

Your story sounds eerily familiar to mine. I had a terrible reaction to Pristiq and then ended up hospitalised for a month. 

 

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0.5mcg Clonidine and 1.25 Diazepam PRN for treatment of iatrogenic hypertension. 

2010 .Prescribed Pristiq 100 mg in July by GP

2010 .Reduced to 50mg by splitting and weighing. Held at 50mg

2014. Reduced from 50-35 .Held at 35mg. 

2017. Taper from 35mg commenced using compounded Desvenlafaxine

2018. 23/06 13.5mg. 21/07  12.5mg. 25/08 11.5mg. 09/2018 10mg. 14/11 11mg (updose) 21/11 -12mg (updose)

2019. Still holding at 12mg and stuck. 

2020. January 2019 Prozac Bridge-- Prozac 2.5 to 10mg and

Pristiq 23rd Jan 6mg/ 27th Jan 5mg/ 28th Jan 3mg/ 30 Jan 0

Prozac 6th Feb 9.5mg. Vitamin D3 5000iu with K2

Magnesium Glycinate with Glycine and Passionflower  600mg 

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Hello, Farout, how are you doing? Are you ready to write a success story?

 

Please also update your signature.

This is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a knowledgeable medical practitioner.

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On 8/7/2020 at 8:19 AM, Altostrata said:

Hello, Farout, how are you doing? Are you ready to write a success story?

 

Please also update your signature.

 

Sorry. I have just seen this.  I am very well thank you - fully recovered.

I have been meaning to write a success story for some time but keep putting it off for another day.  I will try to set aside some time next week to write one.

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March 2003 took two sartroline tablets after a traumatic incident and had a reaction so stopped.  I am not sure now whether what I had for the next 18 months was WD after the reaction or the emotional fallout from the traumatic event.  Some of it was very similar to WD in hindsight.  

 

February 2014 - Took five pristiq (50mg) tablets and three Ativan and had a severe reaction.
Extreme withdrawal symptoms for three weeks compounded by visit to naturopath -

One week later took 900mg St John's Wort x 3 daily for six weeks - more negative effects and suspected serotonin syndrome - before tapering over three weeks. Last tablet late May 2014.

Waves and windows cycle of recovery with longer windows and manageable waves.

May 2015 - already in a mild wave, following a usual pattern, I took clarithromicin and amoxicillin for two weeks for a sinus infection which I also seem to have had quite a reaction to.

 

February 2016 - Feeling much better.  I still have waves and windows but they are manageable.  I'm largely enjoying life again.

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Happy to point people to Farout's Success Story here 

 

 

As is our custom, I will close this topic now. Please offer your congratulations in the Success Story topic.

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