Shashal Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Btw, do not take NAC with Propranolol if you have the medical condition of asthma or bronchospasm. Xanax 0.4mg on and off only for bedtime occasionally from 2015 2019.6 Xanax Inter-dose withdraw after 8 weeks continuous usage 2019.6.3 100mg Zoloft 2019.6.27 CT 0.4mg Xanax cross over to 7.14mg Valium 75mg Trazodone 2019.8.29 Jumped Valium at 0.5mg 2019.12.15 Jumped Zoloft at 4mg 2020.1.4 Jumped Trazodone at 5mg 2020.6.1 95% healed with no symptoms and sleep very well 2021.4.6 Reinstated 1mg Zoloft and 10mg x3 Tandospirone for anxiety setback from antibiotics 2021.4.25 0.5mg Zoloft and 10mg x3 Tandospirone 2021.5.7 Jumped Zoloft at 0.25mg as adverse effects 2021.6.2Tapered and jumped Tandospirone as mild serotonin syndrome Couldn’t take Seremind (Lavender oil) neither it could also cause the serotonin syndrome 2021.6.13 1mg Cyproheptadine before bed and got better and better 2021.8.13 Bad wave don’t know if triggered by chocolate ice cream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus ChessieCat Posted May 1, 2022 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted May 1, 2022 One member's possible bad reaction to NAC: 16 hours ago, Naomi007 said: Hi, Im back again Its been awhile, I had a few good weeks and felt better, no idea why I felt better, but was functioning a bit approx 3 weeks ago, I took 1/4 capsule of NAC, had read it could help with my OCD, intrusive thoughts I have never felt worse since then The anxiety, fear, intrusive thoughts are soooooo bad I have felt so sucicdal. I get scared by noises in the house, looking at nothing in particular, my cats, etc., I can't believe this is happening to me I feel a great urge to go hospital and give up. It is now 17 months since the initial cold turkey I also have noticed I obsess lots about friendships, wondering if my friends are my friends, if they don't respond to my texts, I feel devastated everything is so extreme, I have even questioned if I am developing paranoia. Worrying no one likes me and my friends will leave me. If anyone out there can relate and tell me I'm not going MAD. I see images of myself locked away in a institution alone, drugged. I feel so haunted every day. Thank you so much * NO LONGER ACTIVE on SA * MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: (6 year taper) 0mg Pristiq on 13th November 2021 ADs since ~1992: 25+ years - 1 unknown, Prozac (muscle weakness), Zoloft; citalopram (pooped out) CTed (very sick for 2.5 wks a few months after); Pristiq: 50mg 2012, 100mg beg 2013 (Serotonin Toxicity) Tapering from Oct 2015 - 13 Nov 2021 LAST DOSE 0.0025mg Post 0 updates start here My tapering program My Intro (goes to tapering graph) VIDEO: Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome and its Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Due to some phlegm-y feeling (possibly allergy related) I tried taking NAC today. OTC, 200mg fizzing tablet to be dissolved in water. Found it mildly relaxing, I guess, but mostly felt heavy in my head, a kind of groggy underwater feeling. Dozed off. So definitely sedating one way or the other (dunno whether the relaxation was from the sleepiness or vice versa). Its effect on loosening phlegm was pretty immediate and impressive. 1 1996-2018 - misc. polypharmacy, incl. SSRIs, SNRIs, neuroleptics, lithium, benzos, stimulants, antihistamines, etc. (approx. 30+ drugs) 2012-2018 - 10mg lexapro/escitalopram (20mg?) Jan. 2018 - 10mg -> 5mg, then from 5mg -> 2.5mg, then 0mg --> July 2018 - 0mg 2017(?)-2020 - vyvanse/lisdexamfetamine 60-70mg 2020-2021 - 70mg down to 0mg --> July 2021 - 0mg March-April 2021 - vortioxetine 5-10mg (approx. 7 weeks total; CT) --> April 28th, 2021 - 0mg supplements: magnesium powder (dissolved in water) as needed throughout the day; 1 tsp fish oil w/ morning meal; 2mg melatonin August 1, 2022 - 1 mg melatonin Courage is fear that has said its prayers. - Karle Wilson Baker love and justice are not two. without inner change, there can be no outer change; without collective change, no change matters. - Rev. angel Kyodo williams Holding multiple truths. Knowing that everyone has their own accurate view of the way things are. - text on homemade banner at Afiya house I am not a medical professional; this is not medical advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator hayduke Posted June 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2022 Thanks for pointing out that use, Ariel. I dug the NAC out today and found it useful for that too. 1 I am not a health professional - your actions are your own. Please do not seek tapering support via private message - "Any reason to hold is a good one" My taper visualised as a graph | My intro thread Backdrop: 2003 10mg olanzapine | 2004 2-3mg risperidone | end 2014 3wks aripiprazole 2015: olanzapine 10 -> 7½ -> 6⅔ -> 5mg by crude pill cutter 2018: Mar 5.00mg -> water titrated taper -> Aug2.5mg tablet and hold Jan 2019 2.50mg water titration -> Jan 2020 1.214 -> Jan 2021 0.44 -> 2 Oct 0.205 ->3 Oct ZERO🥂 Jun 2023 💉150mg paliperidone "loading" depot shot, 100mg 1wk after Jul 100mg Aug-Dec 75mg/4wks Jul 2023 2.50mg aripiprazole/day attempt to lower prolactin^ Jan-Feb 2024 cross taper off shots to 1mg risperidone Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country did to you" -- KMFDM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepms Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 so one week ago i got a flu, i took acetylcysteine and zyrtec and my withdrawal symptoms improved, i first though it might have been the zyrtec, but after reading this could have been the acetylcysteine? wondering if its worth a shot to try it again, i took tablets that you drop in water and they dissolve i was taking 600mg twice a day as that is what my PCP has prescribed me when i need to loosen up the phlegm in flu or throath infections 2013-2021 Lexapro 20mg 10-21 started lexapro tapering 3-22 lexapro free 5-22 started to get paresthesia all over body mainly in legs , numbness, tingling, stinging sensations 6-22 neurologist started me on Lyrica 25mg twice a day to see if it helps with the paresthesia, got a nerve conduction test which was negative 6-22 neurologist suggested quitting lyrica as it isnt seem to be helping, and reinstating 5mg lexapro to see if it helps with the symptoms, thinking of starting lower at 2.5mg 6-13-22 stopped lyrica by doctor order (only took it 4 days ) 6-14-22 reinstated 2.5mg lexapro 6-15-22 neurologist added 10mg amitriptyline to try and help with paresthesia sensory symptoms 6-22-22 updose to 5mg lexapro (bad reaction, paresthesia got worse, back to 2.5mg next day) 6-27-22 went to see a new internal doctor, per symptoms (lack of appetite that had been going on for almost a month, the paresthesia, and gi problems), told me to suspend everything i was taking and take new low dose combination drug (Adepsique) 5mg amitriptyline/ 1.5mg Diazepam / 1mg Perphenazine and 40mg Propranolol for daytime sinus tachycardia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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