Moomoocat: Sertraline tapering- difference in what is recommended on line to what psychiatrist has told me to do

[Moomoocat]

Hey this is my first post on this site and wanted to post about ability. I feel it has made my illness, if you want to call it that, much worse than I was in the past. I am impulsive, compulsive, and more serial than I was. I feel it has torn my 20s away. I feel it is setting me back. I was alarmed when I saw lawsuits about it on commercials.  Anyway I am on 10mg of abilify since April 2011. Finally had a psychiatrist convinced I need to reduce it even though she was hesitant. She increased it back to 10mg when I told her I smoked bud, which I want to stop as well. (Too much going illicit or not). I want to talk to her about going back to 7mg even though I have enough of the 5mg and 2mg to wean off of. Also, I am on 75 MG of welbutrin which I am told is the lowest dose. Also clonezepam.5 MG,  2x a day as needed.  I take about 1 MG a day. 

I would like to first wean off the abilify.  Then welbutrin. Then clonezepam. How do I go about this with the 10% reduction in meds  ( I'm not great at math) and at what point do I stop smoking, or slowly wean off as well.

 

Thanks in advance, all answers are appreciated.

Edited June 24, 2017 by mammaP
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[mammaP]

Hi Moomoocat, welcome to SA.  You might be best to get off the bud first, then your psychiatrist will be happier about tapering the others. I have no experience of this and we don't cover it so we can't advise on the best way to get off bud. Why are you thinking of abilify first? With the psych drugs we usually recommend tapering the anti depressant first. I will get some links for you. 

 

Read through the information so that you are well prepared and ready. You will also need to learn non drug ways of coping with things so that you don't end up back on the drugs.  This will take time, it needs to be very slow to allow your brain to adjust between drops. It is well worth it to be free of the drugs with little discomfort. There will be some withdrawal symptoms but if it is done slowly they are manageable. 

We have a members only benzo forum, where you can get info on the use of clonazepam and the best way to taper. We usually suggest tapering the benzo last because it can help with any withdrawal symptoms that may appear while tapering the others. 

http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/forum/29-members-only-benzo-forum/

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[nz11]

Any update moomoocat?

There sure area lot of cats in this site