Purplestars22 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Brassmonkey, I just posted your quote 'The Best of SA' on the off topic section of the reply to Kitty's thread. Hope you don't mind. I just found it powerful and brilliant. Celexa 20mg 2008-2012 for Social Anxiety Failed attempt to stop reinstated 1 year taper skipping doses Celexa free 12/2013 1/2014-5/2014 took 5 htp every other day Failed Reinstatement 5mg of Celexa on 12/2014 for 5 days only Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 1, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2015 Purplestars22-- I'm glad you're so impressed as to want to share it, please feel free. I think the personal changes we all have to go through are very important and need discussed. Even though it is personal growth talking things through helps to clarify and cement things in ones mind and each discussion makes you look at something from just a little different angle and reevaluate the interactions in a different light. Like WD it helps to know that you're not on the journey alone. Hope your reinstatement is going well. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 2, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 2, 2015 Hit mile marker 2 today. Started my next slide by cutting to 2 mg. I'll stay here for a few weeks and then slide to 1.9 for my hold. I can't believe that this is finally happening, as I have had my eye on this level for some time now. Things have been all over the place lately, not to the extremes, but noticeably up and down, with a bias to the upside. I did have some pretty loud tinnitus last night, loudest in a long time. It has quieted down to normal levels this morning. Also had the "creepy crawlies" over the weekend, kind a like twitches but milder and over much larger areas, like my whole chest. Very disconcerting. I am still getting the twitches along with it. Scared Monica pretty badly Friday night, we were cuddled up and just drifting off to sleep when I gave a huge jerk and startled the both of us. Been having rather disturbing dreams too, not too clear and vivid, luckily, but enough to leave me upset when I wake up right after them. I'll be interested to see what this slide does to things. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
mustangwoman Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Congrats on your drop! You have come so very far!! At what point do you think you will drop off? Some people have posted that they have to slow down at this point a bit so I know you are already well aware of this. Congrats again. I remember when you first started posting at "prior place" and now look at you. You are so inspirational! zoloft 2004-08 tapered too fast(2 weeks) Luvox 5/08 100 mg 07/10 40mg via small reductions, 08/10 39mg, 09/10 38mg, 10/10 37mg, 11/10 36mg,2/11 35mg, 5/11 34mg, 8/11 33mg, 11/11 32mg, 01/12 31mg, 03/12 30mg, 4/12 29mg, 5/12 28 mg, 8/12 27 mg, 11/12 26 mg, 1/13 25 mg, 3/13 24 mg, 4/13 23 mg,6/13 22 mg, 7/13 21 mg, 8/13 20mg, 10/13 19 mg, 11/13 18 mg, 12/13 17 mg, 1/14 16 mg, 3/14 13 mg, 9/14 10.9 mg, 1/15 10 mg, 3/15 9 mg, 5/15 8 mg. 11/15 7.12 mg. 4/16 5 mg, 6/16 4.5 mg, 9/16 4.2 mg, 1/17 3.48 mg, 2/17 3.2 mg, 4/17 2.2 mg, 5/17 2.0 mg, 6/17 1.74 mg, 7/17 1.58 mg, 9/17 1.27 mg, 11/17 1.0 mg, 1/18 0.79 mg Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 3, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thanks Mustangwoman. I still have a ways to go. Current thinking is to jump somewhere under 1mg, maybe about .5mg. That will be some where around next fall making it a full four years to taper. I'm not going to rush because like you mentioned I need to slow down a bit now and pay closer attention. These low numbers are really touchy. Looks like you're making some steady progress, hope all is going well. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
mustangwoman Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Doing good! Thank you. Sounds like you have a good plan in place! zoloft 2004-08 tapered too fast(2 weeks) Luvox 5/08 100 mg 07/10 40mg via small reductions, 08/10 39mg, 09/10 38mg, 10/10 37mg, 11/10 36mg,2/11 35mg, 5/11 34mg, 8/11 33mg, 11/11 32mg, 01/12 31mg, 03/12 30mg, 4/12 29mg, 5/12 28 mg, 8/12 27 mg, 11/12 26 mg, 1/13 25 mg, 3/13 24 mg, 4/13 23 mg,6/13 22 mg, 7/13 21 mg, 8/13 20mg, 10/13 19 mg, 11/13 18 mg, 12/13 17 mg, 1/14 16 mg, 3/14 13 mg, 9/14 10.9 mg, 1/15 10 mg, 3/15 9 mg, 5/15 8 mg. 11/15 7.12 mg. 4/16 5 mg, 6/16 4.5 mg, 9/16 4.2 mg, 1/17 3.48 mg, 2/17 3.2 mg, 4/17 2.2 mg, 5/17 2.0 mg, 6/17 1.74 mg, 7/17 1.58 mg, 9/17 1.27 mg, 11/17 1.0 mg, 1/18 0.79 mg Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 5, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 5, 2015 Well the WDs are having a lot of fun playing with my head today. I'll be feeling fine, then all of a sudden dizzy, nauseous, shaky. then a few minutes later back to fine. Brain fog is up today too and it seems that I have to work to keep my eyes focused. That could be having to switch glasses constantly all day, its caused problems in the past. Right now I just want to go to sleep, but there is still an hour of work and a trip to the dentist before dinner. Luckily the bosses are really pleased with a project I did yesterday so I have been getting kudos all day, which has been nice. Short break today, have to get things done before leaving early to get my jaw broken. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
mustangwoman Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Sorry you are having such a time. You got are getting your jaw broken? Wow! That's horrible not dealing with withdrawal! Today is friday and hopefully you can get some rest and peace over the weekend! zoloft 2004-08 tapered too fast(2 weeks) Luvox 5/08 100 mg 07/10 40mg via small reductions, 08/10 39mg, 09/10 38mg, 10/10 37mg, 11/10 36mg,2/11 35mg, 5/11 34mg, 8/11 33mg, 11/11 32mg, 01/12 31mg, 03/12 30mg, 4/12 29mg, 5/12 28 mg, 8/12 27 mg, 11/12 26 mg, 1/13 25 mg, 3/13 24 mg, 4/13 23 mg,6/13 22 mg, 7/13 21 mg, 8/13 20mg, 10/13 19 mg, 11/13 18 mg, 12/13 17 mg, 1/14 16 mg, 3/14 13 mg, 9/14 10.9 mg, 1/15 10 mg, 3/15 9 mg, 5/15 8 mg. 11/15 7.12 mg. 4/16 5 mg, 6/16 4.5 mg, 9/16 4.2 mg, 1/17 3.48 mg, 2/17 3.2 mg, 4/17 2.2 mg, 5/17 2.0 mg, 6/17 1.74 mg, 7/17 1.58 mg, 9/17 1.27 mg, 11/17 1.0 mg, 1/18 0.79 mg Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 6, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 6, 2015 Just a term of speech MW. Dentists are sometimes referred to as jawbreakers. I was just getting a crown fitted, again, and he did manage to break it, the crown, again. So we are back to square one on that front. He fired his lab that makes the crowns and we will use a new one. I was rather miffed about it and expressed my displeasure, politely I may add, and will be getting free whitening treatments for my troubles and missed work. I will say that the dentist had been really good about the whole thing and I told him I understood that the problem has been with the lab and not his treatment. This has been dragging on since before Christmas so I am getting tired of the whole thing. It did lead to my buying a package of brownies for stress eating, which I am enjoying very much. On the WD front things settled down for the evening, except for the twitches. By the time I was ready for bed my legs were jumping al over the place. I have noticed that it is only when I have been sitting in my recliner for a couple of hours that it starts, and it doesn't continue once I get to bed. I'm starting to think that the recliner is putting pressure on some muscle group or nerve and that is causing the twitching. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Martina23 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Brassmonkey, I decided that when I do tapering I will do it with your method, 2,5 every week for four weeks and then two without tapering, I find it very wise 05/2013 Lyrica 100 mg / per day for pain + PGAD resulting from caesarian delivery11/2014 started to taper: 50 mg per day/ for one week then c/tafter one month reinstated at 50 mg /per days of 10 July 2015 drug free- symptoms OCD Link to comment
nz11 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 congrats on hitting the 2mg mark. Take it slow dont rush. As MW says not far now. Thought for the day: Lets stand up, and let’s speak out , together. G Olsen We have until the 14th. Feb 2018. URGENT REQUEST Please consider submitting for the petition on Prescribed Drug Dependence and Withdrawal currently awaiting its third consideration at the Scottish Parliament. You don't even have to be from Scotland. By clicking on the link below you can read some of the previous submissions but be warned many of them are quite harrowing. http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01651 Please tell them about your problems taking and withdrawing from antidepressants and/or benzos. Send by email to petitions@parliament.scot and quote PE01651 in the subject heading. Keep to a maximum of 3 sides of A4 and you can't name for legal reasons any doctor you have consulted. Tell them if you wish to remain anonymous. We need the numbers to help convince the committee members we are not isolated cases. You have until mid February. Thank you Recovering paxil addict None of the published articles shed light on what ssri's ... actually do or what their hazards might be. Healy 2013. This is so true, with anything you get on these drugs, dependance, tapering, withdrawal symptoms, side effects, just silent. And if there is something mentioned then their is a serious disconnect between what is said and reality! "Every time I read of a multi-person shooting, I always presume that person had just started a SSRI or had just stopped." Dr Mosher. Me too! Over two decades later, the number of antidepressant prescriptions a year is slightly more than the number of people in the Western world. Most (nine out of 10) prescriptions are for patients who faced difficulties on stopping, equating to about a tenth of the population. These patients are often advised to continue treatment because their difficulties indicate they need ongoing treatment, just as a person with diabetes needs insulin. Healy 2015 I believe the ssri era will soon stand as one of the most shameful in the history of medicine. Healy 2015 Let people help people ... in a natural, kind, non-addictive (and non-big pharma) way. J Broadley 2017 Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 10, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2015 Things are going right along at WDnormal. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 12, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 12, 2015 I've really gotten up in my head the last several days and it is no fun at all. Starts with a mild intrusive thought and then just snowballs out of control. The suppressed anger is just crazy and every little thought just keeps on building it. It lasted a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. Once I was able to hide in the car for the drive home I did some tried and true relaxation techniques and was able to break out of the cycle before I got home, and was able to spend a pleasant evening. Then it started up again this morning just after I got up. Didn't get as nasty because I jumped on it a lot quicker, but still lasted almost two hours. The rest of the day has been pretty good. Been very busy playing catchup on a project my boss changed in mid stream, but as long as I ignore his imaginary deadlines it has been kinda fun. Just got word that I won't have to fill in running a friends seminar this weekend, as he will be able to make it after all. He'll be in a pretty frazzed state so I will lend a hand anyway, but won't have to lead. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
aberdeen Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I hate that angry stage...it helps me to remove myself from everyone and watch or read something light, kinda diffuses it. Its awful. We're getting there!! 2 Timothy 1-7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Effexor 75mg to 262.5mg 2005-2010 for post partum depression Started having poop out mid 2010, also switched generic brands, then crashed in Dec 2010 (anxiety/ "terror", intense DR, anhedonia, suicidal ideation, chills, insomnia, horrible intrusive thoughts, disorientation, ect)Rapid "tapered" from 262.5mg Effexor in 3 months Tried Celexa,Cipralex, then Paxil to deal with wd(this switching made things worse and added akathesia) Found online support and started tapering Paxil 7 months after quitting Effexor (at this point was having small windows). Paxil taper: dropped 10% every 4-8 weeks Year 1 October 2011 to Nov 2012 20mg to 10mg Year 2 March 2013 to Feb 2014 10mg to 4mg Year 3 April 2014 to May 2015 4mg to 1.1mg Year 4 June 2015 1.1mg , dropping by 10% until .5mg, after then dropped by 0.1mg every 5 weeks until 0.1mg. Finished! Official last dose of 0.1mg on June 15/16 Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 15, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 15, 2015 It's the one place that the distraction of work doesn't help. In fact I get some of the worst ones at work, but they are rarely about work. Having a beautiful spring day here and I get to stay inside and work on taxes. So far it is going more easily than last year, which isn't saying much. I'm am going to try and take a lot of short breaks to get outside so that should help a bit. Monica scared the c*** out of me last night. Woke me from a deep sleep by falling backward out of bed while trying to get in and hitting her head on the wall. She's fine, but the whole situation was pretty upsetting. Trying to decided if I want to make my next slide tomorrow. Except for a ton of situational stuff I have been feeling fairly good for the past several days. I'll see how it goes today. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Chantingjo Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Oh dear what a shock that must have been with Monica. Glad she is ok. You are doing well on your taper. When do you plan to stop or will you see how it goes? Was on Paxil from about 2001 to 2011. Then started a three year taper of 10% every 4 weeks. Went down to 5% drops between 7mg and 5mg as it got tough. Then back to 10% drops and few withdrawal effects below 5mg. At 2.8mg went to 2mg for 2 weeks with no side effects, then 1mg for 2 weeks with no side effects and then off. Last date was 29 December 2014. Reinstated 1mg on 13th march Link to comment
alaskamom Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I am so happy that you were able to use techniques to get away from that stuff in your head. I wish I could. I get so caught up in everything, it's hard to take that time out. Very good of you to help your friend with the seminar. It's good for you and motivating to us that you can take this on even while tapering. 1998- Began taking 20 mg. of Paxil for homesickness 2001-CT and crash/hospitalized 1 week for anxiety. Tried quitting, changing to other ADs, gave up. 2014 -Weaned @ 10% every 4 weeks. Latest 5-14 11.7 mg., 6-14 10.5 mg., 8-21 9.5 mg., 9-17 7.7 mg.,10-14 6.9 mg., 11-14 6.2 mg., 12-14 5.6 mg., 1-15 5.0 mg. 2-15 4.5 mg. (miscalculated may actually be 3.3), up-dosed to 3.7 3-17-15. Hydroxyzine HCl 25 mg. as needed (antihistamine) for anxiety. Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 16, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 16, 2015 Thank you ladies for the well wishes for Monica. She came through unscathed. In fact she didn't really remember that it had happened. She has a love/hate relationship with Ambien. Some nights it knocks her right out, some nights she stays awake but doesn't remember it, and other nights it does nothing for her. This ended up being one of the "don't remember it" type of nights. Still we are going to look into modifying the bed or making a step or something to keep it from happening again. The seminar went well, Mike ended up handling the whole thing with no problems so I just got to socialize the whole time. Now Monica and I have a month to pull together the seminar we volunteered to cover for Mikes wife who won't be able to do it. It's a long story about her cancer suddenly returning, when we got the news we said, go do what needs to be done we'll cover the other stuff. I went ahead and started the next part of my slide so I am officially below 2mg now by dropping to 1.9mg. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
AmyK Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Wow, Tom! Below 2 mg, that's great! Current dose: 0! Free! Quit June 2017. 2017: Last dose zoloft: 17 June 0,00065 mg 18 May 0, 001 mg 14 May 0,002 mg 9 May 0,003 mg 28 April 0,006 mg 19 April 0,009 mg 8 April 0,013 mg 25 March 0,019 mg 22 March 0,039 mg 18 March 0,052 mg 16 March 0,079 mg 4 March 0,086 1 March 0,099 mg 22 February 0,11 mg 15 February 0,13 mg 6 February 0,145 mg 24 January 0,15 mg 19 January 0,19 mg 10 January 0,20 mg 3 January 2016: 0,98 to 0,22 mg; 2015: 2,35 to 1,01 mg; 2014: 4,9 to 2,5 mg; 2013: 9,1 to 5,1 mg; 2012: 15,7 to 9,7 mg; 2011: Started on 25 mg - then 50 mg- dropped to 25- to 12.5 mg - back to 25 mg - after 18.75 mg started tiny tapering to 16.6 mg Started on 25 mg Zoloft in March 2011 due to stressrelated tinnitus that gave me panicattacks. Had a terrible reaction to Zoloft from start, but was told to "hold on". After four months I was stuck. Therefore the long taper. Crazy, I know... Super sensitive to drops and have dropped by 4-6 % from the previous dose. Link to comment
mustangwoman Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 What an accomplishment! Thank you ladies for the well wishes for Monica. She came through unscathed. In fact she didn't really remember that it had happened. She has a love/hate relationship with Ambien. Some nights it knocks her right out, some nights she stays awake but doesn't remember it, and other nights it does nothing for her. This ended up being one of the "don't remember it" type of nights. Still we are going to look into modifying the bed or making a step or something to keep it from happening again. The seminar went well, Mike ended up handling the whole thing with no problems so I just got to socialize the whole time. Now Monica and I have a month to pull together the seminar we volunteered to cover for Mikes wife who won't be able to do it. It's a long story about her cancer suddenly returning, when we got the news we said, go do what needs to be done we'll cover the other stuff. I went ahead and started the next part of my slide so I am officially below 2mg now by dropping to 1.9mg. zoloft 2004-08 tapered too fast(2 weeks) Luvox 5/08 100 mg 07/10 40mg via small reductions, 08/10 39mg, 09/10 38mg, 10/10 37mg, 11/10 36mg,2/11 35mg, 5/11 34mg, 8/11 33mg, 11/11 32mg, 01/12 31mg, 03/12 30mg, 4/12 29mg, 5/12 28 mg, 8/12 27 mg, 11/12 26 mg, 1/13 25 mg, 3/13 24 mg, 4/13 23 mg,6/13 22 mg, 7/13 21 mg, 8/13 20mg, 10/13 19 mg, 11/13 18 mg, 12/13 17 mg, 1/14 16 mg, 3/14 13 mg, 9/14 10.9 mg, 1/15 10 mg, 3/15 9 mg, 5/15 8 mg. 11/15 7.12 mg. 4/16 5 mg, 6/16 4.5 mg, 9/16 4.2 mg, 1/17 3.48 mg, 2/17 3.2 mg, 4/17 2.2 mg, 5/17 2.0 mg, 6/17 1.74 mg, 7/17 1.58 mg, 9/17 1.27 mg, 11/17 1.0 mg, 1/18 0.79 mg Link to comment
DLB Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Congrats Tom!! I had a little difficulty in this area but not as bad as 2.3 but i went a little faster than you. Im at the point where the gemini scale dont register at all even with a 10 g. weight in it so mow at .14 i am just halving a .25 dose that will actually register an actual weight of 3 mg. How do you plan on doing the micro dosing?? Paxil start September 2003 due to Fluoroquinolone adverse reaction that I wish doc. knew what it was. 10mg. most of the time with a few short runs of 20mg. FAST tapered 3 times and finally hit poop out or a reaction to nsaid's in Nov.2013. Started a 10% taper Jan. 2014 and have been ok until Sept 14 and went through a short hell. Now plodding through and looking for the light with unrelenting insomnia and pain, fog, loss of interests....<p>12/20/14 - .8mg. 1/01/15 - .75 mg. 1/15/15 - .42 mg. better sleep now, hope it continues... 2/11-15 - .25 mg. doing really good!! 2 weeks feel 85% of old me! 3/17/15 .14 mg. Knee pain bad! 4/07/15 .05 mg. this is so small now that I am estimating and just licking it off palm small as a "." 4/13/15 NOTHING !!!! Took my last little micro dose on 4/12/15. Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 16, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 16, 2015 I am so chuffed about breaking under 2mg, thanks for the support everyone. The plan ATM: so far my scale is weighing things pretty well as long as I am careful. I am working with 40mg tablets that weigh 500mg each so for every 12mg pill weight I am getting 1mg of paxil. This means that 1mg pill weight is .008mg paxil. So right now I am reducing 1mgpw for two weeks then another 1mgpw for four weeks. I plan to do this down to about 1.3mg and then switch to 1mgpw every six weeks till I jump off at about .5-.3mg. That's the plan, we will see what happens IRL. If I have trouble measuring the powder then I will try making my own liquid. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Songbird Posted March 17, 2015 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted March 17, 2015 Congrats, Tom. Wow, you are working with 40mg tablets, that sounds tricky. 2001–2002 paroxetine 2003 citalopram 2004-2008 paroxetine (various failed tapers) 2008 paroxetine slow taper down to 2016 Aug off paroxetine2016 citalopram May 20mg Oct 15mg … slow taper down2018 citalopram 13 Feb 4.6mg 15 Mar 4.4mg 29 Apr 4.2mg 6 Jul 4.1mg 17 Aug 4.0mg 18 Nov 3.8mg 2019 15 Mar 3.6mg 21 May 3.4mg 26 Dec 3.2mg 2020 19 Feb 3.0mg 19 Jul 2.9mg 16 Sep 2.8mg 25 Oct 2.7mg 23 Oct 2.6mg 24 Dec 2.5mg 2021 29 Aug 2.4mg 15 Nov 2.3mg Link to comment
mustangwoman Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 That sounds like a very wise plan my friend, however I wouldn't expect anything less from you. zoloft 2004-08 tapered too fast(2 weeks) Luvox 5/08 100 mg 07/10 40mg via small reductions, 08/10 39mg, 09/10 38mg, 10/10 37mg, 11/10 36mg,2/11 35mg, 5/11 34mg, 8/11 33mg, 11/11 32mg, 01/12 31mg, 03/12 30mg, 4/12 29mg, 5/12 28 mg, 8/12 27 mg, 11/12 26 mg, 1/13 25 mg, 3/13 24 mg, 4/13 23 mg,6/13 22 mg, 7/13 21 mg, 8/13 20mg, 10/13 19 mg, 11/13 18 mg, 12/13 17 mg, 1/14 16 mg, 3/14 13 mg, 9/14 10.9 mg, 1/15 10 mg, 3/15 9 mg, 5/15 8 mg. 11/15 7.12 mg. 4/16 5 mg, 6/16 4.5 mg, 9/16 4.2 mg, 1/17 3.48 mg, 2/17 3.2 mg, 4/17 2.2 mg, 5/17 2.0 mg, 6/17 1.74 mg, 7/17 1.58 mg, 9/17 1.27 mg, 11/17 1.0 mg, 1/18 0.79 mg Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 17, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2015 They all crush into the same size powder Songbird, from there it is just a numbers game. I considered trying to get smaller tablets but my doctor was so uncooperative about the taper I decided it wasn't worth the hassle. Just very lazy MW, I don't want to be bothered with trying to change my system. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 17, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2015 I was just talking to Alaskamom about handling flare ups of anger and came up with, what I think is a good analogy. When You sense a red flag situation forming, from the thoughts you're having, the actions of others and the like, treat it as if you are catching fire. There is a drill they teach kids about what to do if your cloths catch on fire which is summed up as "Stop, Drop and Roll". This can be applied to red flag situations. When you sense one starting; Stop what your doing. Drop all your thoughts and reactions and Roll on out of there. It sums up how I have learned to handle these situations and really has helped my. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 19, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2015 Just lovely, the night sweets are back. They only lasted a couple of weeks last time so hopefully they won't be sticking around for long. They aren't nearly as bad as they were in poopout, but still it's just gross, and uncomfortable. Got a lot of big stuff out of the way last weekend (finished the taxes) so we will get to play most of this weekend. Monica was really sick for our anniversary on Tuesday so if she is doing better we are planning on going out to celebrate 36 years of wedded bliss. Which works out well because the present I ordered for her several weeks ago arrived a day late. The weather has been rather chilly so the tomatoes are off to a slower start than I would like. It has warmed up a bit the past few days so they are starting to take off. Also the garlic and scallions are starting to pop up. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 24, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2015 The night sweats only lasted a couple of days, thankfully. Otherwise things are going pretty well for the second week of a drop. I am finding myself thinking much more about other things and a lot less about surviving WD. I noticed this with several of my friends back at Prior Place, as they got to the low 1s and prepared to jump off they started to loose interest and contact with the group. I could see their position then, but I really understand it now. Like many things in life this is an individual journey. We start out alone, lost and confused. As we travel we meet others along the way, share information, commiserate and help each other through the rough parts. As we travel we explore, learn, adopt and discard many different things and in doing so move to a place of greater strength and independence then where we started. No longer do we crave the support of others as we are much more steady on our feet as we navigate the difficult road. It is necessary for the comrades of the difficult times and shared experiences to be left behind as we change our individual courses and continue on. 1 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 24, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2015 Got paged and had to stop in the middle of everything, I hate that when I'm on a roll. I'm not saying that I am going anywhere, there is still a lot of road in front of me that I want and need to share with my fellow travelers. It is just that I can see myself moving into a different phase and need to express it, to acknowledge the transformation. In life, and this is a bid part of each of our lives, it is important to mark the milestones and the forks in the road as you pass them. If not, they can be passed by with out notice and one is left wondering "How did I get here". Well I will go back to my mountain top now. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
mustangwoman Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Wow, that's great news! The fact that you're more interested in other things is an excellent sign that you are healing. So happy for you! zoloft 2004-08 tapered too fast(2 weeks) Luvox 5/08 100 mg 07/10 40mg via small reductions, 08/10 39mg, 09/10 38mg, 10/10 37mg, 11/10 36mg,2/11 35mg, 5/11 34mg, 8/11 33mg, 11/11 32mg, 01/12 31mg, 03/12 30mg, 4/12 29mg, 5/12 28 mg, 8/12 27 mg, 11/12 26 mg, 1/13 25 mg, 3/13 24 mg, 4/13 23 mg,6/13 22 mg, 7/13 21 mg, 8/13 20mg, 10/13 19 mg, 11/13 18 mg, 12/13 17 mg, 1/14 16 mg, 3/14 13 mg, 9/14 10.9 mg, 1/15 10 mg, 3/15 9 mg, 5/15 8 mg. 11/15 7.12 mg. 4/16 5 mg, 6/16 4.5 mg, 9/16 4.2 mg, 1/17 3.48 mg, 2/17 3.2 mg, 4/17 2.2 mg, 5/17 2.0 mg, 6/17 1.74 mg, 7/17 1.58 mg, 9/17 1.27 mg, 11/17 1.0 mg, 1/18 0.79 mg Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 29, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 29, 2015 For all my friends on the frozen east coast and Canada, I am pleased to announce that my tomato plant is preggers. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
chia1214 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 The night sweats only lasted a couple of days, thankfully. Otherwise things are going pretty well for the second week of a drop. I am finding myself thinking much more about other things and a lot less about surviving WD. I noticed this with several of my friends back at Prior Place, as they got to the low 1s and prepared to jump off they started to loose interest and contact with the group. I could see their position then, but I really understand it now. Like many things in life this is an individual journey. We start out alone, lost and confused. As we travel we meet others along the way, share information, commiserate and help each other through the rough parts. As we travel we explore, learn, adopt and discard many different things and in doing so move to a place of greater strength and independence then where we started. No longer do we crave the support of others as we are much more steady on our feet as we navigate the difficult road. It is necessary for the comrades of the difficult times and shared experiences to be left behind as we change our individual courses and continue on. Got paged and had to stop in the middle of everything, I hate that when I'm on a roll. I'm not saying that I am going anywhere, there is still a lot of road in front of me that I want and need to share with my fellow travelers. It is just that I can see myself moving into a different phase and need to express it, to acknowledge the transformation. In life, and this is a bid part of each of our lives, it is important to mark the milestones and the forks in the road as you pass them. If not, they can be passed by with out notice and one is left wondering "How did I get here". Well I will go back to my mountain top now. Nice! You sound close to the place when they bump you over to success stories! well, you kind of have been a success story along the way. Thanks for the hugs you sent on my thread. And as an east coaster, watch out you don't fall off your high mountain horse and land on your pretty pregger plants (says she who stares out her windows at the 3+ feet of white piles...) Read my intro here: http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/7569-chia1214-tapering-lamotrigine-maybe-clonazapam-later/#entry110043 1975 Hospitalized and first exposure to psych. drugs age 13-15 Haldol, Tofranil, Cogentin, Thorazine. On and off numerous AD’s & AP’s no records until 2000 2000 Celexa, Clonazepam 1mg – never exceeded 1 mg except occasional emergency use 2004 Lamictal (Lamotrigine), Effexor, recall add-on trials of Lexapro, Prozac, Wellbutrin during this time also 2007 Lithium added, switch Effexor to Pristiq, still on Lamictal (Lamotrigine) Clonazepam. Some cold turkey quits of everything over the years. No knowledge of WD 2011 Lithuim Gabapentin Lunestra, Lamictal (Lamotrigine), Clonazepam 2012 Taken off all but Lamictal (Lamotrigine), Clonazepam, began Zyprexa 2013 Abilify replaced Zyprexa (high lipids) added Wellbutrin, Prozac, Adderall 2014 Discontinued Abilify, Wellbutrin, Prozac, Adderall, added Latuda, Quetiapine, then stopped those. December 2014 Found SA Began slow taper of the only remaining two drugs I'm taking Clonazepam 0 mg Benzo free as of May 30, 2017 Lamotrigine 0 mg as of Jan 7, 2018 Link to comment
Kittygirl Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Brassmonkey, it's so nice to see you here. A familiar name. I remember you from PP. Hope you're doing alright. Kittygirl In December 2008, I hit menopause and had a nervous breakdown. After 6 months, I couldn't take it anymore so in June of 2009 I saw a psychiatrist and was given 100 milligrams of Zoloft. Way too much. That Dr refused to get me off of some of it so I found another Dr. who I'm still with. She got me down to 50 milligrams. Pure concentrated hell! Stayed on 50 milligrams for a few years. October of 2013 - 44 milligrams. January 1st 2014- 37 1/2 milligrams. March 1st 2014 - 31 milligrams. April 10 2014 - 25 milligrams. Yes, my Dr. had me go too much too fast. Almost a year later, I'm still in withdrawal hell and holding at 25 milligrams. 6 1/2 years in one corner of hell or another and still counting. Link to comment
AmyK Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I am so chuffed about breaking under 2mg, thanks for the support everyone. The plan ATM: so far my scale is weighing things pretty well as long as I am careful. I am working with 40mg tablets that weigh 500mg each so for every 12mg pill weight I am getting 1mg of paxil. This means that 1mg pill weight is .008mg paxil. So right now I am reducing 1mgpw for two weeks then another 1mgpw for four weeks. I plan to do this down to about 1.3mg and then switch to 1mgpw every six weeks till I jump off at about .5-.3mg. That's the plan, we will see what happens IRL. If I have trouble measuring the powder then I will try making my own liquid. Hi Tom! I try to understand your plan. Do you mean you will make a 0.001 cut every time? (Pill weight). I am trying to decide my self how I will do Hugs! Current dose: 0! Free! Quit June 2017. 2017: Last dose zoloft: 17 June 0,00065 mg 18 May 0, 001 mg 14 May 0,002 mg 9 May 0,003 mg 28 April 0,006 mg 19 April 0,009 mg 8 April 0,013 mg 25 March 0,019 mg 22 March 0,039 mg 18 March 0,052 mg 16 March 0,079 mg 4 March 0,086 1 March 0,099 mg 22 February 0,11 mg 15 February 0,13 mg 6 February 0,145 mg 24 January 0,15 mg 19 January 0,19 mg 10 January 0,20 mg 3 January 2016: 0,98 to 0,22 mg; 2015: 2,35 to 1,01 mg; 2014: 4,9 to 2,5 mg; 2013: 9,1 to 5,1 mg; 2012: 15,7 to 9,7 mg; 2011: Started on 25 mg - then 50 mg- dropped to 25- to 12.5 mg - back to 25 mg - after 18.75 mg started tiny tapering to 16.6 mg Started on 25 mg Zoloft in March 2011 due to stressrelated tinnitus that gave me panicattacks. Had a terrible reaction to Zoloft from start, but was told to "hold on". After four months I was stuck. Therefore the long taper. Crazy, I know... Super sensitive to drops and have dropped by 4-6 % from the previous dose. Link to comment
Moderator Emeritus Songbird Posted March 30, 2015 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted March 30, 2015 Congrats on getting under 2mg! I'm hoping to get under 3mg sometime later this year. 2001–2002 paroxetine 2003 citalopram 2004-2008 paroxetine (various failed tapers) 2008 paroxetine slow taper down to 2016 Aug off paroxetine2016 citalopram May 20mg Oct 15mg … slow taper down2018 citalopram 13 Feb 4.6mg 15 Mar 4.4mg 29 Apr 4.2mg 6 Jul 4.1mg 17 Aug 4.0mg 18 Nov 3.8mg 2019 15 Mar 3.6mg 21 May 3.4mg 26 Dec 3.2mg 2020 19 Feb 3.0mg 19 Jul 2.9mg 16 Sep 2.8mg 25 Oct 2.7mg 23 Oct 2.6mg 24 Dec 2.5mg 2021 29 Aug 2.4mg 15 Nov 2.3mg Link to comment
Moderator brassmonkey Posted March 30, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hi Kitty-- nice to see another familiar name. They say that about 300 of us made the change over, but I don't see us all that often. Hi Amy-- I hope you're doing well. Boy, it looks like you're getting really close too, a couple of more drops and you'll be well under 2 also, way to go. I am still doing a slide of sorts in that I drop 1mgpw, wait two weeks drop another 1mgpw and hold there for four weeks. That keeps it in the realm of 10% (a bit less actually) every six weeks. So far it has worked pretty well. I usually notice things on day 2 or 3 of the first drop, but they settle out before the second drop. Then again a few days after the second drop I start feeling things, which have been taking a couple of weeks to settle out. For the most part it has been intrusive thoughts, fatigue and leg twitches with some random pain brain fog and the like thrown in for good measure. So far it has all been pretty manageable. Hi Songbird-- Looks like you're doing great too. I had an uptick in symptoms in the 3.5-2mg range, all the same old stuff, but the intensity increased which threw me a bit. I really wasn't expecting it. Once I hit 2 things settled out a lot. 20 years on Paxil starting at 20mg and working up to 40mg. Sept 2011 started 10% every 6 weeks taper (2.5% every week for 4 weeks then hold for 2 additional weeks), currently at 7.9mg. Oct 2011 CTed 15oz vodka a night, to only drinking 2 beers most nights, totally sober Feb 2013. Since I wrote this I have continued to decrease my dose by 10% every 6 weeks (2.5% every week for 4 weeks and then hold for an additional 2 weeks). I added in an extra 6 week hold when I hit 10mg to let things settle out even more. When I hit 3mgpw it became hard to split the drop into 4 parts so I switched to dropping 1mgpw (pill weight) every week for 3 weeks and then holding for another 3 weeks. The 3 + 3 schedule turned out to be too harsh so I cut back to dropping 1mgpw every 4 weeks which is working better. Final Dose 0.016mg. Current dose 0.000mg 04-15-2017 "It's also important not to become angry, no matter how difficult life is, because you can loose all hope if you can't laugh at yourself and at life in general." Stephen Hawking Link to comment
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