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Hi Survivor. You've certainly had your setbacks, but it looks like you are improving. Just keep holding and you will be better. The good news is your only taking a low dose of trazodone. I had a reaction to the flu shot last year and it messed me up for a few weeks. Marie.

10/13--10/14 Ambien. Started tapering 1/14  Jumped 10/14.  Done.                                                                              

3/14        7.5 Remeron  still taking this.                              

2/14         75 Trazodone   -    Tapered by dry cutting all the way down.

1/16        4 mg Trazodone  -  Jumped. Bad mistake. Got hit with late withdrawal 6 weeks later. Reinstated.

4/16        Reinstated 1 mg, updose to 2 mg Trazodone

2/19        .04 Trazodone. Walked off.  Done.

10/3/19  Started 7.5 Mirtazapine taper cut to .073 gram weight, pill weighs .076

4/5/20    New Mirtazapine Taper - Compound Liquid 7.35 mg April '20, 7.25 mg May, 7.05 mg June, 6.99 mg June, 6.78 mg July, 6.57 mg Aug, Sept 6.35 mg, Sept 6.24 mg, Sept 6.21 mg, Oct 5.99 mg, Oct 5.90 mg, Oct 5.70 mg.

1/11/21 6.05 mg Messed up taper due to syringe change. Must remember the 1 ml syringe contains 1.5mg! 1/16/21 5.99 mg

2/21 5.75 mg, 3/21 5.6 mg, 4/7 5.45, 4/14 5.30, 5/12 5.15, 5/25/21 4.99 mg, 6/29 4.87 mg, 7/14/21 4.74 mg, 8/5 4.62 mg 8/17 4.5 mg, 8/30 4.38 mg,9/16 4.26 mg,10/9 4.14 mg, 10/23 4.05 mg, 11/6 3.96 mg,11/17 3.87mg.***Jan 22 Liquid was changed/couldn't tolerate***Changed back to pills. Feb 22/3.9 mg, 2/17/22 3.8 mg, 3/23 3.7 mg, 4/7 3.6 mg, 5/10 3.5mg,6/10/22 3.4 mg, 7/4 3.3 mg, 7/25 3.2 mg, 8/20/22 3.1 mg, 9/15 3 mg, 10/8/22 2.9 mg., 12/15 2.8 mg, 1/6/23 2.7 mg, 2/16/23 2.6 mg, 3/9 2.5 mg, 4/4 2.4 mg, 4/29/23 2.3 mg, 5/26 2.2 mg, 6/22/23 2.1 mg, 10/14 2 mg, 11/12 1.9 mg, 11/28 1.8 mg , 12/14/23 1.7, 12/31/23 1.6 mg, 1/20 1.5 mg, 2/6/24 1.4 mg, 2/12 updose 1.5 mg. Taking multi-vitamin, vit. D, cholestoff, psyllium husk, and fish oil.

 

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18 hours ago, marie123 said:

Hi Survivor. You've certainly had your setbacks, but it looks like you are improving. Just keep holding and you will be better. The good news is your only taking a low dose of trazodone. I had a reaction to the flu shot last year and it messed me up for a few weeks. Marie.

 

Hi Marie, it's good to hear from you.  Thanks for your support.  yeah, this surely sucks.  I got on this forum several years ago to taper Trazodone and still can't get to a point where I can begin. Oh well, can't be like this forever, but gotta admit it's teaching me real patience!

 

I see you are plugging along with the mirt taper.  None of this taper business is easy. But hang in there, you will do it; at least you have begun your last taper.  Good luck with it!

 

Best.

PAST

Gabapentin:  about 6 months in 2015, 300-900 mg, cold turkeyed Sept 2015 (at same time dc'd Klonopin)

Klonopin: June 2014- Sept 2015; 1mg tapered over 6 mths, dc'd at 0.25mg, withdrawal hellish (perhaps because of concurrent dc of gabapentin)

Mirtazepine: Jumped off at 2.4 mg. (stable in 8 months).

Seroquel:  June 14 - July 24, 2016, 25 mg alternate nights; smaller doses for shorter periods. Total use about 3 months 

Lamictal: March 19, 2018 - 1 mg; March 23 - 1.25 mg; April 6 - 2mg. Discontinued at 2 mgJuly 1, 2018 due to Steven Johnson Syndrome.

 

CURRENT

Supplements: Vit D, turmeric

Naturethroid: 65 mcg for hypothyroidism

Trazodone: Oct 2015 - June 2016; 75 mg tapered over 2 mths, intense w/d after 3 weeks. Reinstatement: 07/25/16 - 25 mg; updosed 08/03/16 - 50 mg;  10/01/16-  62mg; 03/24/17 dropped to 50 mg (stable in 2.5 months)

                           Current psych meds: Trazodone 50 mg

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No, I was not fully recovered before taking the tylenol. I was still dealing with some dp/dr, very minor issues with sugar, still some issues with extreme stress, minor anxiety off and on. Nothing like what I am dealing with now. Not even when I first stopped taking medication. The worst symptom for me is the never ending memories that bombard me and make me feel like I am in the situation again. Memories from all parts of my life just triggered by everything around me. This ties in with the dp/dr. There are other physical and mental symptoms but those two are by far the worst. 

 

My drug background is Tramadol (similar in makeup to Effexor) for several years. CT from that in 2017. Was almost exactly 2 years when I tried a tiny dose of baby tylenol and here I am again.

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On 6/15/2020 at 8:54 PM, cmm1180 said:

No, I was not fully recovered before taking the tylenol. I was still dealing with some dp/dr, very minor issues with sugar, still some issues with extreme stress, minor anxiety off and on. Nothing like what I am dealing with now. Not even when I first stopped taking medication. The worst symptom for me is the never ending memories that bombard me and make me feel like I am in the situation again. Memories from all parts of my life just triggered by everything around me. This ties in with the dp/dr. There are other physical and mental symptoms but those two are by far the worst. 

 

My drug background is Tramadol (similar in makeup to Effexor) for several years. CT from that in 2017. Was almost exactly 2 years when I tried a tiny dose of baby tylenol and here I am again.

 

It is incredible how we get affected by these "regular drugs".  I read your thread and saw that you were in a nasty wave after a window. Same with me.  The waves are just horrible.  Everytime I feel a little better, I think I am on my way to recovery and then I get hit with a wave that seems the worst yet.  My anxiety and fatigue are still off the charts, and this constipation - what gives?  Is your constipation better?  I tried mag citrate and that did absolutely nothing; now I'm scared to try something stronger in case that messes me up more. This morning I woke up feeling better from a week of relentless fatigue, but before I know it the 10/10 anxiety hit.  Don't know which way to turn.

 

Hang in there, it's all we can do.

PAST

Gabapentin:  about 6 months in 2015, 300-900 mg, cold turkeyed Sept 2015 (at same time dc'd Klonopin)

Klonopin: June 2014- Sept 2015; 1mg tapered over 6 mths, dc'd at 0.25mg, withdrawal hellish (perhaps because of concurrent dc of gabapentin)

Mirtazepine: Jumped off at 2.4 mg. (stable in 8 months).

Seroquel:  June 14 - July 24, 2016, 25 mg alternate nights; smaller doses for shorter periods. Total use about 3 months 

Lamictal: March 19, 2018 - 1 mg; March 23 - 1.25 mg; April 6 - 2mg. Discontinued at 2 mgJuly 1, 2018 due to Steven Johnson Syndrome.

 

CURRENT

Supplements: Vit D, turmeric

Naturethroid: 65 mcg for hypothyroidism

Trazodone: Oct 2015 - June 2016; 75 mg tapered over 2 mths, intense w/d after 3 weeks. Reinstatement: 07/25/16 - 25 mg; updosed 08/03/16 - 50 mg;  10/01/16-  62mg; 03/24/17 dropped to 50 mg (stable in 2.5 months)

                           Current psych meds: Trazodone 50 mg

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