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Using an oral syringe and other tapering techniques


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I take liquid sertraline it’s 20mg/ml. I have no idea what dose I’m on in mg, but I’m taking 0.09ml  minus a hair. I use the black edge of the dropper to line up w the white line on the syringe. When I reduce i try to hit the middle of the white line, hold, bottom of the white line, hold, between both lines, hold, top of the next line, hold, etc. I know this is not accurate and I’m having a rough time w this latest reduction. Things are rough in my life so I’m not sure if it’s withdrawal or life but I’m really suffering. I thought reducing this way would be so gradual that I’d ease off the drug but maybe I need to be more accurate? I can’t do the math to reduce properly. Can someone help me? Thank you

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SERTRALINE current taper

Oct 10, 2021: 18.75 mg dose/ 60mg weight; Nov 7, 2021: 15.6 mg dose/50mg weight; Nov 21, 2021: 12.5mg dose/40mg weight

Dec 26, 2021: 9.4 mg dose/30mg weight; Jan 23, 2022: 6.25mg dose/20mg weight; Feb 13, 2022: crossover from 6.25mg dose tablet to 6.25mg dose/.31ml liquid; Mar 13 2022: 0.28 ml; Mar 27, 2022: 0.25ml (5 mg dose if my math is correct); Apr 3, 2022: 0.23ml; Apr 10, 2022: 0.22ml; Apr 16,2022: 0.20ml; Jun 5, 2022: 0.19 ml; June 19, 2022: 0.18ml; Sep 25, 2022: 0.17ml; Oct 23, 2022: 0.16ml; Nov 20, 2022: 0.15 ml; Jan 22, 20230.14ml; slowly decreased over last year to Feb 1, 2024: 0.10ml; Apr 28, 2024: 0.09ml or 1.8mg;

 

CURRENT SUPPLEMENTS

Daily: Magnesium, micronized Progesterone 100mg, .75 bioidentical estrogen patch

Periodically or as needed: Ibuprofen, Vitamin C, B-Complex, probiotics, Quercetin, Nasalcrom,  Stinging Nettle, Vit D, Fish Oil,

PREVIOUS DRUGS

SERTRALINE Up and down mess: (Oct 2019-July 2021): 2021, July 14: 25 mg, 2021, Mar 17: 18.75 mg, 2021, Mar 9: 12.5 mg, 2021, Mar 1: 25 mg, 2020, May 29: 37.5 mg, 2020, Feb 19: 25 mg, 2020, Feb 1: 18.75 mg, 2019, Nov 2: 12.5 mg, 2019, Oct 18: 6.25 mg 

ESCITALOPRAM (Sep 2017-June 2019) 5 mg, Final taper: 5 mg > 2.5mg, then 2.5 every other day, then stop)

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can someone please explain how i do a water taper off 20 mlg of prozac capsules. I am very confused about the math with ml and mlg. I am so so frustrated on how to read these syringes? Can anyone explain how to make this easy for me to figure out .

Thank you

Jami

In 2006 - lexipro  20 mlg . 
min 2022 came off lexipro with a 8 minths taper . Had severe wd at .25 mlg of it was told I can stop. Walking akathesia for 5 months . Etc 

2021 klonapin . 0.5 mlg . For 8 months and was kindled on Amd off . Then wds for 11 months . 
2022- was put on gabbapentin . 600 mlg a day 

2022 baclofen - and ripped off that . 
2022 . valume and zyprexa and Prozac . For akathesia from lexipro wd . 
2022 - startwd taper 10 mlg valume , liquid . For 12 months on tolerance the entire time 

2023 tapered liquid zyorexa 2.5 mlg for 13 months . Now am 7 weeks off as of 4/11. /2024 I am off 7 weeks . 
2024 am off benzos now 7 months . Still in wd 

current now a year and half on Prozac . 
I am currently on 20 mlg of Prozac for almost 2 years now . 2022-2024 . 
took 300 mlg of gabbapentin again for bad Pgad and nerve issues . Started again 5/22/24 -5/29 , and tapering down after a week and 3 days . 

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