How to Quit Antidepressants-Very Slowly!
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2019
- In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch talks about the difficulties people experience when they try to wean off their antidepressants. When they follow the traditional psychiatric advice of stopping their medications in 2-4 weeks, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms. New research shows that people should come off their medications much more slowly, taking months and sometimes years to complete the taper.
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Thanks it helps me a lot...I am now withdrawing my anti depressants that I am using for more than 15years...reducing gradually...I have symtoms like insomnia...but I believe by the help of God I will overcome this....
Yes, amen to that!! You will! GBU brother in the Lord!! 👍👍👍😄😄😄
Good for you Clifford..slow and steady wins the race
YES! with the help of God, that is so so true.
Please help me im 23 yr old and im still taking proxtine cr 25
Good luck to you and pray for me. I guess for a person of your age it should be rather easier to wean off these "medicines". I am 75 and I am doing it with my age downhill, but I put my entire trust in God and He blessed me with "determination". I am so confident of doing it successfully with His help.
I ground up tablets using a mortar and pestle then carefully measured each portion using a scale accurate to 0.001 grams. Put them in capsules and dropped the dosage 10% every two to four weeks. Such a gradual reduction I didn’t even notice!
What do you all think about 1% reductions every day or every few days? Would that make the taper imperceptible to the body, thus resulting in no or minimal side effects?
Brilliant! Can you tell me where to find a scale like yours?
make sure they are not enteric coated tablets and are allowed to be crushed. you can Google if the meds can be crushed.
How many years did u take anti depressants
These drugs are absolutely no joke trying to stop. It is insane that psychiatrists are not educated in the tapering process.
😢agree ,
Antidepressants are their own trap and if the so called medical professionals I have dealt with over the years had their way I'd be still on antidepressants 20 years later. Antidepressants help some people and destroy many others and the medical profession in my opinion could careless. People are looking for help with their problems not to create even more problems for themselves.
It's my experience that MDs are so highly trained, and have been hanging around only with other medical students and MDs, that they've developed an extreme arrogance. They believe their professors and the good looking sales rep before they will believe the patient. I've found I have to be very cautious with prescriptions and advice I receive from doctors.
Yes, I agree with you on that!! People are looking for help, not problems! So true. Thanks for saying this here. 🤗🤗🤗😣😣😣😣❤❤
@@billr8276 👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤ Have to agree with you.
@@billr8276 Well Karma is a bitch....As a health professional myself(massage therapy)....every client who comes through my door gets the best care I can give them and if I cant help them (which happens at times) I will find someone who can...its just common courtesy
@@hollydavidson501 How is that even relevant? He's talking about MDs. You're a massage therapist not a doctor prescribing drugs that could potentially wreck someone's life.
Very helpful video. Absolutely taper very slowly from SSRI's to avoid Discontinuation Syndrome. I personally tapered for 3 months from 20 mg Prozac use after 30 years of daily use. 3 months after the taper was completed [no SSRI for 3 months] I began to experience waves of terrible anxiety and depression that increased with intensity as the days wore on and was plunged into a three month hell before going back on Prozac to achieve baseline again, which I was able to maintain with 10 mg. It took 6 weeks to get back to feeling normal. I am currently tapering down slowly over an 18 month period. [I also consulted with Dr. Horowitz who was very helpful]. Don't stop taking these drugs cold turkey, do it very very slowly.
Isn't that awful I've tried to go off Lexapro numerous times only to go back on it for the same reasons.
Thank you sooo much for your comment🙏
I cant wait to be free
Love having this help!
This was a refreshing video to come across thank you for sharing with us it is essential to have information and support.
You're the best Douglas. The world needs more people as beautiful as you. I hope you are recovering. I wasn't nothing more for you than a full recovery. You are a blessing.
Hey Doug, I started with some accupuncture treatment and it helped me a lot, among other positive life style changes. I then decided to get off 25mg of sertraline, cold turkey. Omg, in 24 hrs, I started with the strongest migrain and nausea. That's how quickly the withdrawal symptoms started for me. I knew right way what the problem was and got back on it. I couldn't even think straight due to the migrain pain and overall stomach upset and sickening feeling. I am now researching on how to taper off the meds and came across your video. A God send. Thank you. 10 months, here I go. This will not hold me back. Good luck to all of us.
There is a free book it by will Hall called how to come off psychiatric medications which is on the Internet.Of course, you should do this under the direction of your doctor
Had the same experiance. I forgot to take the Sertraline on 1 Day(100mg). The migrain i had was the strongest pain i've ever felt in my live. I will start my taper in the beginning of next month.
Eduarda did u feel fatigue like no spirit in body stomach cramps and feet sweating in ur withdrawals please ans I m 89 days sober
Thanks so much for this video, I hope many people get to view it. I hope you are well Doug :)
Nice to hear from you again. How’s life in Australia
@@DouglasBloch Haha, not bad :) I'v almost finished Dialectic Behavioural Therapy which has been good for the most part. Some things I disagree with but thats ok, overall it's been a worthwhile experience.
Yes, I agree with you!! GBU 👍👍👍👍❤
You are so, so genuine!!Thank you so much.
You are welcome
Like a good displined boy I always took my meds, not missing a single dose in years. Years i said.little I knew that one day leaving them would be worse than problem itself.
Thank you for your video. Thank you for caring. I appreciated how you’d have the views of you change. I have adhd and it helps to pay attention. Also it showed you care. ❤
Just started feeling these insane "brain zaps" all over my body and have been researching why this is happening only after a few days of stopping my SSRI (Lexapro, Escitalopram). Never have had this issue. Im medically trained and educated and had no idea myself it would be SO bad. I will contact my doctor to work with him to stop these but I will NEVER go back on these due to how awful I feel on withdrawal. Thank you for making this video ive been doing extensive research and this seems to be the logical conclusion. Doctors should not be downplaying these side effects and should all be very well educated on it. Thank you.
Hope you are doing ok these days. They are a nightmare. I feel alot better cutting down mg to get off them.
Cuántos mg hay que reducir y por cuánto tiempo?
@@jake-in_yt80 what mg lexapro were you on
Did you taper off or stop suddenly?
Finally a video that puts a spot light on this issue
Time fir me to get off the meds. First the saraquel only been on 100 mg fir 7 week's but that is enough for me
Yes Douglas sure knows his stuff and truly wants to help others
@@garysimone4977 Just taper very slowly....I take Seroquel as well...225mg a night along with remeron(anti depressant) Librium( benzo) and Effexor...so I have 4 to come off of....But I had to come to the realization that it will take time....
@@hollydavidson501 thks yes i to have a few to come off I would do the. Saraquel first it just knocks me out all day How would you taper i am on100 mg been on it last 7 weeks Any thaughts when will you start the tapper
@@garysimone4977 I would work with a Dr to figure out a taper schedule that would work for you....I am doing Seroquel last with it basically being a sleeping pill, but I am tapering Effexor at 5% cut every week , so 5 months basically to come off ...I work with a program called Point of Return...check them out ...they can answer more questions than I could
Excellent advice and thank you so much for the video!
You’re welcome
Ahw this man is so sweet and kind, love your video’s they are really helpfull tankyou!☺️
Thanks for drawing our attention to the Icarus PDF - most helpful.
Thank you for this wonderful video Douglas. I was treated with anti-depressants for 20 years and they made me sicker and always pooped out. I started getting panic attacks, which I never had in my long life, from the way the doc switched me cold turkey from ad to ad and at one desperate point a benzo
was added which nearly destroyed me. Please be careful and find safe prescribers. I was able to find a lovely nurse practitioner in Portland who helped me taper off all my medications and it took over 3 horrible years. But I did it and if I can, anyone can.
I’m finding myself depressed again, but I’m not sick from the anti-depressants which made me develop worsening mental health.
Who is the nurse practitioner. I live in Portland and like to have good professionals to refer people to.
Douglas Bloch her name is Cathy Ahern and she let me taper and my rate which was key.
Thanks. I facilitate a peer support group in Portland in case you know anybody who might be interested
Douglas Bloch I would be interested. I’m back in a depression. I did group in dbt and found it very helpful, but it was very well controlled for triggering. I worry a group might trigger my post traumatic stress. So maybe not the best for me right now until my pts is better managed.
I was told with citlopram you go from 40-30, 30-20, 20-15 , 15-10 , 10-8 and down by 2 until 0. It takes around 6-8 months. The slower I went the better !!! You can get a pharmacy to liquid microdose it .
I’m going to try gojng from 20mg to 10mg then done.
I agree! Tried many times tapering larger amounts for 4 yrs. Failed several times due to intense withdrawals. And some I didn’t realize were withdrawals. Finally did it this way for 6 months. Xanax too. I had to get it down to dust! I’m free from them since 2018. Have had 2 panic attacks due to severe life circumstances but I made it through them well!
@l8n975 No I tried this, went down to 10 from 20 then stayed on 10 for a bit then stopped. I had terrible withdrawal symptoms!! You need to go down by much smaller amounts than this. I'm currently on 5mg now (10mg tablets cut in half... Well as half as I can get them since they are so small and are not scored down the middle!) I'm currently waiting for an appointment with a private psychiatrist to get the liquid, since my GP will not prescribe it to me... they tell me there's no issues coming off 10mg and said if I have withdrawal then I need to stay on it not try to come of!!!!!!!!!
Keep digging deeper on this topic You have creditbity in this field pls use it to help millions
Thanks for your feedback
@@DouglasBloch ir you can focus on resources to help educate all on weening off What was tge name of that book you mention
Yes please do Douglas!!!
@@hollydavidson501 were you from. How yoy feeling
@@garysimone4977 Atlanta....Im feeling up and down with exhaustion and tummy aches....nature of w/d
I am so happy to see this issue addressed. I have had a terrible time trying to come off zoloft. It seems like all psychiatrists seem to just make me feel like my response to discontinuing the medication are very exaggerated. And yes, i feel very VERY intense mood swings, brain zaps, lack of energy, digestion problems, insomnia, etc etc even though im not thrown into any psychological crisis, i can obvere the very clear and intense symptoms. I will now to try to wean off of them very slowly and also check out the book you mention. thank you so much :)
Thanks. If you want more validation for your situation you can read the article in the New York Times which is the same as the title of this video
The psychiatrist is frightened of going to jail. Next time they tell you that you are being exaggerated, tell them that their prison time will not be exaggerated.
The only reason I'm ditching my medication cold turkey is because my insomnia is making me really really sick.
Thank you for your videos Doug. Hope you know that you help a lot of people all over the world :) I will start tapering off Sertraline soon.
Greets from Europe, Austria.
Thanks for your comments
Thank you, good information.
Thanks Douglas. Have a look at tapering strips -- they make very slow reductions.
It is incredible that we have these drugs and absolutely no long term plan for an exit strategy. Says so much about our society. Take the meds and deal with it.
You have a great channel btw.
Thank you very much for this video. I greatly appreciate it.
You’re welcome
WOW, thank you for this 🙌🏻
You're very welcome.
Great video, I took Paxil a few years ago. I had the brain zaps everyone talked about, I stepped down by 10 MG a week for 3 weeks. I eventually had to go back on them.
Im sorry you had to go back on Paxil....I was cold turkeyed off of Paxil (40 mg after 20 years) and it was a pure nightmare....Paxil is one of the harder ones to come off of...just know there is help out there if you decide to come off ....it is up to you
I bought some scales that measure in milligrams, and a nail file. Each week i shave down the weight of the pill by 3%. Its gonna take 18 months but so far it's been okay
Thanks Douglas! I definitely experienced the brain zaps.
Thanks Douglas
I’ve been successful reducing dosage through counting beads. Im reducing depending on and monitoring how I feel! Good luck! It does take time! I’m in no race the medication did help me! It’s just time - now that I have tools and have had some mental rest.
Thank You For Sharing ❤️
You're welcome.
Good video!! 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it
Wonderful. Thank you~
You're welcome.
I’ve tried to come off Sertraline 150 mg about 3 to 4 times and it’s so hard I’ve tried to go down 25mg every two weeks and when I get to the 3rd week down to 100mg the brain zaps start to be more intense. I’m confused, disoriented and the days my dreams start to become a blur and its as far as I got I’m going to try again soon. This video has been great help 😊
Thank you.
Too fast still
Thank you SO much for this video!
Glad it was helpful!
You're very welcome.
Of course, during this years I went to therapy, different approaches from spoken one to body adressing one. I've read lots of books, made changes in my life. Nowadays, I try to help my body going to Craniosacral Therapy and it helps me, but I probably have to go more often and for a longer period of time to actually feel a bigger difference.
Very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Doug 😊
Thank you for this video I want to come off my antidepressants by the end of 2020 and I appreciate the insight
You are welcome.
Paige god bless you on your journey. I'm on the same path. Same goal. I've been researching "tapering strips" (fixed tapering doses) and will initiate that process with my doctor when spring comes. As Northern Minnesota winters are BRUTAL (-40°f) temps, short days and very little sunshine. Depressing in itself. It's crazy to see how many people share these overwhelming desires to rid themselves of these poisonous medications.
Hey please help me too i want to leave it also 🙏
Good to know, thank you
I became allergic to mine and had to stop abruptly. I had hot flashes and high anxiety. Decided to try ashwagandha. It's not magic but it made things less bad.
Same! I passed out yesterday and sprained my shoulder.. and hit my head really hard
I have been on zoloft for about 5/6 years. I was given the ok to start tapering off, however, i completely space d taking them for a few days (busy life) and today i am having the brain zaps, fatigue, anxiety, and wicked irritability. Tomorrow, i am going to start tapering off properly so i wont be so miserable
My doctor recommended I took my vensir every other day . One night I woke up and you would have thought someone had thrown a bucket of water over me and the bed. I had to change the bed clothes. My daughter who is a nurse was not pleased. She said it was too soon and I had been advised the wrong way. Basically it was cutting the weekly dose by half. I am going to keep on them a year then decrease them very very slowly. Years ago I was on Atavan which I hated. My mum helped me to come of them in two weeks but I did experience what looked like spiders crawling up the bedroom wall. Thankfully my mum's knowledge was great on the subject and reassured me and I managed.
I have been tapering lexapro from 10 mg into small dosages since 7 months ago and Ive been happy with the results. You can feel the symptoms of tapering down but very low compared to doing it abruptly and last for short time. Right now Im in 3.75 mg and Will continue tapering off slowly.
I'm glad I found this video, my husband has. Even on 20mg, dr told him to drop to 10mg for a week then be done. Needless to say it's been horrible, back up to 15mg. We will be going alot slower on the tapering now
I’m trying to taper off lexapro 10mg right now as well. I just dropped to 5mg and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing, i just wanna get off of them./: but I’m scared
@@rina2803 Hi! I Recommend slower tapering off. From 10 to 5 is very much for me. My first step was from 10 to 9 mg you Will experience lighter withdrawal symptoms. And you Will adapt faster to the New dosage.
J P (: thanks so much for the reply! Will try doing that
@ J P Please when you rich to 0 lexapro,,,tell me how you feel,,,,I stopped lexapro= cipralex it was he'll& nightmare...I'm happy for you and good luck
I have been on antidepressants for almost 7 years and I desperately want off. I take 25mg of Zoloft daily, I have tried to cut it in half and it was hell. I ended up going back on it and still feel so defeated.
I want to feel and heal more spiritually and I feel like it’s holding me back. I want to face my demons head on and be more creative.
Thank you for this so much.
Hey best of luck in getting to the roots of your depression etc. It'll take time and energy but it's worth it (am on same journey )
I found the "Holistic Psychologist" here on YT/insta to be a great help in uncovering some unconscious limiting beliefs. 🙂
Hey! I’m also trying to go off of antidepressant (Fluoxetine, in my case), and I found some very interesting stuff about microdosing mushrooms! Have you ever heard of it? I’m trying to go off of the medication so I can start the microdosing, cause it seems it’s not advised to take both at the same time
All the best in your journey!!
@@lucinancy I'm not the original poster but i have to say..I'm about to embark on shroom hunting myself, while coming off of antidepressants. Anything that come from the earth should absolutely be legal and seems like the best possible option to reset our minds. Best of luck to you (from Ireland) 💚
I took 25 mg for three days now but I dont like how I feel if I stop cold turkey will it give me withdrawals just took it for three days
Great vid.....you have helped me a lot.
You're welcome.
@@DouglasBloch I am now thinking of all the vids I have watched...that at 65 it may be too hard for me to even try to get of Paroxetine. I worked out myself that one can not or should ever go cold turkey!. That is insane. I also have tried a few times by shaving off just a small portion off the 1 dose I take at bedtime. It is hard because I can feel side effects, (for me) I am saying...So it would seem now that I may just have to stay on it...Praying all the time nothing will rear its ugly head. I had an MRI scan done of my brain 4 weeks ago, and there is nothing they told me to be worried about. I will have another done in 2 yrs. Funny how the doctor was happy to put me on it 18 years ago, but I was told that because depression runs in my family it may have to be a life choice. Yet! nearly in 2020, doctors have ''no idea'' how to get people off it without terrible side effects, plus not every person will react to it the same way. Yes...for me I think I will press into God and ask for His help in this. Not sure I would cope with all the side effects.
Are used to feel the same way. But my doctor convinced me to continue to stay on Wellbutrin and Lamictal for the rest of my life. I have little to no side effects and I do feel well. If the Paxil is not causing any discomfort, you should take that into Account. My brother is 67 and I have 70. We both decided that because Depression was in our family that we need to stay on the medications
@@DouglasBloch I think so in our cases...wise advice, too old to be going thru hell to get off... Not for everyone, just trying to weigh up the true pros and cons. Also we have had 2 suicides in our small family, and one must think? ''what if''.
I have been hospitalized for times and have been suicidal myself. That's why my doctor wants me to stay on my medication. He says it is an insurance policy to make sure I don't have another breakdown.
I’m planning to taper my AD. I expect it to take two years. I’m not taking any chances.
Took me a year and a half to taper off of prescribed Xanax. And it was still difficult.
I was taking 3/4 pill of Rexetin for two years. I started extending the days between taking the pill and then I started reducing the dose to 1/2 pill. My body and brain needs much more sleep to adjust and recover. I started taking cbd oil 3 days ago. I’m also taking spirulina, matcha tea, bioflavonoids. I noticed that both of my legs started horribly cramping at night that made it impossible for me to sleep, so I started taking magnesium and drinking more water. I get tense very easily now, yoga and meditation also helps.
Cómo te va con CBD? Estoy buscando información y experiencias sobre esto
I take my combo of magnesium, vitamin D3, and b-complex!😃 When I have stress during the day, I use kava kava, and at night, I use valerian root!😃
Rock on Girl!!!!
Thank u
Did you ever take antidepressants? I'm on citalopram, about 10 years, and I want to get off because I don't want to be on them forever, but 10 years isn't something you can safely stop that easily.
Kava kava is a hepatotoxin (Liver toxin) wouldn't advise long term use. CBD is the way. Good luck
@@jamesbender1967 CBD is also a hepatoxin though. At least that's what I have read while thoroughly researching CBD.
Hi Doug! Amazing video! How about getting a psychologist? It's pricey and also it's like finding the right shoe to fit.
Beautiful Video! I have left antidepressants after taking for more than 5 years. However I just have to kick them off abruptly for I became more suicidal and attempted thrice suicide by overdosing myself with them. I do not remember any withdrawal symptoms except I lost much weight and it has nearly damaged my immune system. I feel these antidepressants should not be used for more than a month or so. More than that is fatal to every part of your life!
well those antidpressants usually take 2 months to change things up.... so better never start anti depressant. go work out 3 hours a day, and surround you with friends until whatever you going through pass by...
I've noticed doctors don't take suicide seriously at all. They also don't care if people actually die. If they did, none of these quackers would put people on these drugs.
Antidepressants or like the song hotel California anyone is welcome then but you can never leave
If u haven't started, don't!
I would love to come off my antidepressants but i know from past experience its very uncomfortable, feels bad and takes a long time. Ive had anxiety, feelings of disasociation, paranoia and flu like symptoms. Impossible to do whilst working a full time job and the stress that comes with that too. Thsnks for your video. My dr's in the past told me there would be no side effects when even switching meds. How wrong they were!
Hopefully you will find a doctor who will work with to to taper down slowly
@@DouglasBloch thanks, although i think it will be a while yet, i seem to be having a bit of a relapse of symptoms recently. Thanks very much for taking the time to reply. Best regards.
Same to you. Keep moving forward.
I feel like I'm trapped taking Effexor. I tried to do a slow taper and I literally could not function. I think the only way to get off would be to file for temporary disability, it's that bad. It feels like being drunk/hungover/flu. Worse than quitting cigarettes.
Are you working with a prescriber about this
Good going man!!👍👍
My mother has been on trihexyphenidyl , oxcarbazepine, risperidone, and clonazapam since last 4 months....
She's feeling better now and is so much determined on tapering it off as she was feeling some sort of side effects...
We informed this to our doctor but he's of no help....
Therefore we have decided to taper it off slowly...
How's your mom now?
Hi how is your mom now will be helpful for me ..I just want to know side effects of risperidone
god bless you. can you please share more links of studies?
I weaned myself off of 50 mg of Sertraline over 4 weeks...I felt fine for about three months then had a "zap" one day...I had no clue what was happening at the time, but went into instant depression. The worst of my life, I could not eat, sleep, I had to force myself to drink water....I got down to 104 pounds (looked anorexic). I tried for 3 months to push through until I felt another "zap" and it scared me so bad I called the pharmacist and got my prescription refilled. I started seeing a therapist, now over a year later I am trying to wean off again but I am going way slower this time. It may take me years, but whatever it takes to never experience that again.
Please be careful. I weaned over 8 months. And after a week of being completely off I started feeling awful. Only to realise that my quality of life was actually amazing on the antidepressants.
Wishing you wellness and health above all whichever way your journey takes you 🙏🏽
I’m weaning off lexapro right now. I was on 20mg now I’m on 2.5mg.
It has been a very long slow process. I easily went from 20mg to 15mg and then to 10mg. Once I got to 10mg I found it very difficult to go down.
Then I had to switch to liquid and go down .5mg every 2-4weeks. Once I got to 5mg I stayed on it for 10 month.
Once spring arrived I slowly went back to going down .5mg. I have been having luck with it so I easily got down to 2.5mg.
Now I’m just going stay on this dose for a month and then once I feel ok about it. I’ll slowly go down .5mg until I’m finished.
I'm glad that you have taken it very slowly
How are you now?
i’m currently trying to ween off 20 mg of lexapro it is causing me to have restless leg. im having insomnia it’s extremely difficult.
It’s been 8 months since I have been off my medication and I feel fine
@@michyrudywow congratulations. I think very slowly tapering off is the way to go. I just started after feeling anxious for a year and having panic attacks (back to back in a 6 week period). I hope I can get my life back eventually and be medication free.
How do I quit Tramadol been on them for years 29 years. If I miss a dose by say an hour my body like pulsates and feels like my breath is going, each time like deeper and deeper feeling of doom. Doctor wanted me to stop them last Xmas, but I said would have to have me in hospital to come off them as this not like any withdrawal I know.
how to I know if I should/may stop taking them? I have been taking Citalopram for 4 years now and never really like it. I believe I had some good phases in those 4 years but in general I was depressed most of the time. now I have been in a major depressive episode for several months. I am currently in a clinic for the next weeks and they recommend me to increase my dosage. I am not sure about that since I believe Citalopram is making me numb. ever since I have been taking it, I lack empathy, creativity, sensitivity, libido and the ability to "see" as in sense things. It could be a coincidence, but I am not sure about it. what to do?
I tried to get off my antidepressant last year and it was a bust. I tried a couple times in different ways. I tried decreasing my dose by half for a few days and then continue on, but they didn’t work because I got awful side effects. I felt nauseous and had a migraine and I got brain zaps. Not only that, I felt so shakey. Then I also tried to do it cold turkey and I got the same symptoms. I’m on an SSRI, Lexapro, and I just feel like my brain is foggy. Like I just feel neutral and I feel no passion. I am also a spiritual person and I don’t feel a connection to my higher power, god aka the creator. Anyway, I am hoping to get off my anti depressant and I know I want to do it slowly as possible and my doctor is working with me to do that. I do not like being on this anymore and I feel like it did it’s job and now I’m over it lol. I hate feeling nauseous and sick, like flu like symptoms so I’ve been afraid to do it, but I’m university getting my bachelors in nursing, and I feel like I’m operating on a sub prime level and it sucks.
Thanks for sharing. I hope you are working with your prescriber to make this transition
Dr. Kelly Brogan, psychiatrist in Manhatten, works hard with her patients to get them off psytropic meds whenever possible. She works with the total person, health issues, nutritional issues. She is remarkable
Roseann yes she is but wow expensive
Sure wish she was here to help me.
I am currently on 125mg of sertraline. I have gone down from 200mg. Ive been on sertraline for almost 4 - 6 years (2 being on and off) and it has been so difficult. Ive become more agitated and tired constantly. My psychiatrist almost refused to take me off even though my therapist and i both agreed it was time to do so. It hurts not being listened to or almost feeling forced to take my prescription medicine. Becoming free some times feel hopeless.
Have you thought of getting a second opinion from a different prescriber?
This is happening to me now, I got to 125 from 150, been on 200 for 10 years and my psychiatrist didn’t believe me when I said I had withdrawal feelings. Said I thought it so it happened. UM NO, I felt it first… so frustrating.
If you tell your psychiatrist he'll be going to jail for not helping you, he'll take you off the meds really quick. No doctor wants to spend time in jail, and if they do, they are a fucking scumbag.
I successfully managed to come off Luvox after almost 30 years of daily 100mg doses ( prescribed to me for to help combat anorexia and depression), I did this by tapering very very slowly over a period of roughly 1.5 years (under my doctor's supervision), it was a fairly smooth process with the occasional bout of depersonalisation and tremendous itching at night but, thankfully, no brain zaps- which I had experienced in the past and, I can attest, are really debilitating and frightening.
I feel relieved to have managed to discontinue use of the drug without any major problems- I still get the occasional bout of anxiety now, but have a lot more coping strategies than when I was younger and can get through them better than I used to.
I have Jesus now and He's Everything.
You should have god
Alah is better
Shrek is love
Thank so much sir
You're welcome.
I've been slowly weaning off effexor for 4.5 months. I need to go slower. I will go back to my original dose for a month the try again.... Even slower this time. I have withdrawals and it's awful even going as slow as I have been ... this has been such an awful experience and baffled my psychiatrist. I mow have a referral to the Mayo Clinic 😢
I am on depression meds for 16 years and its making me so sick. Now my body is rejecting the depression meds. So I had to come of it very slowly. But I have withdrawal symptoms. Its not good to be depressed all the time. I go to government hospital to see my psychiatrist . But he can't even changed my meds . The psychiatrist don't care at all . I am from South Africa.
Is there anyone else with medical training that you can see?
ive done a taper where i cut down a half every week and i cant seem to do it , getting crazy anxious so gotta start it up again... hello dull but livable world
Its because they are neurotoxins , they damage our nervous system and can leave brain damage, or cause brain damage, the doctors all know very well by now what they are doing . UA-cam and social media has been around for along time..... they know !!!!!!
I am trying to come off paroxetine. I have been on this for 24 years. I am having digestion problems. I get dizzy. I feel like I'm tingly inside my body. My legs have muscle spasms. I cry often. I get headaches. It's debilitating. The pharmacist told me that I need to go very slowly. It will probably take a year or so for me to get off of it. I just want to know if there is a way to lesson my withdrawal symptoms. 🙏 I have been on 10 mg the whole time and have been tapering now for the last 3 months. I am almost half way and I did have to get the oral suspension liquid and I measure it out in a little surenge. I'm going down one mark every 4 weeks. I hope and pray I can do this. My doctor told me I am very brave and he's proud of me... but this is VERY hard. I also think I suffer from chronic emotional fatigue.
Sorry you are struggling. Paxil is one of the most difficult medication's to come off
Stopped cold turkey 3 weeks ago after taking fluoxetine for the past 25 years. Actually not too bad, I do feel zombie like when I’m not very busy though. Still on the journey but expected much worse.
were you taking it every single day? also how much were you taking i have been taking 20 mg for 2 months but lately it has been making me really tired so Im thinking about cutting down to 15 or 10 mg
Thank you for sharing, very useful!
I take 5mg nexito and it's been more than 4years(i am 21yrs old) it is doing great to me but i am worried,what if it will affect my mental health when i become older and older i mean in my 30s or even in my 20s .please help me.
I tried to withdraw but i got withdraw symptoms which is sudden shock kind of movement and i started to take it again. Help me!!!
I tried talking myself off of Citalopram cold turkey.
And it effected my emotions a lot.
It made me very emotional over everything.
So I went back on it. Now I'm going to try to Wing myself off, little by little.
Good luck. It would be best if you could do it under a doctors supervision
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Ok. Thank You For Sharing 🙂
i have that also have to get up and pace when watching a show
Paxil was HORRIBLE! switched to prozac and am down to 20. little rough but i will get thru it. it sucks actually!
apx 30 yrs ago i came off Sertraline cold turkey - BAD mistake ....
i had what can only be described as feeling like my brain was being wrung out .
The pain made me think i was having an aneurysm. Never took them again
Funny enough , i had a slight return of that sensation for no apparent reason about a year ago .
I am now back on some ? stuff (hows that for casual indifference!)
3 weeks now - and the headaches and minor improvement make me wonder if it is worth it-
and at this early stage i want to wean off before it takes too strong a hold-
but remembering what happened last time has me scared.
Great Vid - thnx - greetings from Australia !
@@route-66barefoot16 i don t know exactly....but PLEASE dont stop it suddenly ...get professional help to stop
This would have helped 25 years ago. I’m still bouncing from these,
“ PLAY IN THE TRAFFIC MEDICATIONS”
The best way to stop them is to use tapering strips made in the Netherlands. You can have them made to your and your doctors’ specifications.
Hi! Would you happen to have some kind of link for this? Thank you ❤️❤️
@@sherylsandersdesignssander9164 Are you on Reddit by any chance? It’s easier to help you there but if you are not I can still give you some information that will help you.
@@joqiii3 Hi! I am not on Reddit ... I’m part of the FB Group ... “sertraline (Zoloft) should be illegal”
This is where I was introduced to the slow tapering method
@@sherylsandersdesignssander9164 I see, do you need help with finding a compounding service? The reason I am asking is before you use a compounding service in the Netherlands, I can tell you from experience it’s much easier to use one closer to you in the US. I used one in the Netherlands only because, at that time, there was no compounding service near me. My doctor was pretty cool about writing a prescription for the Netherlands but I have been told some US doctors are not comfortable with that.
The pharmacist in the Netherlands has done a great job but they are a bit difficult to deal with because of language, the time change, and the fact they want payment in euros. And the payment has to be wire transfer from your bank to theirs.
I will only be using them for another month because I have found a compounding service 10 minutes from where I now live. So, to save you a lot of time and trouble I highly recommend using a US compounding service if one is in your area. There is a national association of compounding pharmacies if you just Google it.
If that does not work for you, let me know and I can give you info on the Netherlands. If you want to do a slow taper just ask the compounding pharmacist if he works with the medication that you need customized doses for.
If you need any additional info I will be happy to help.
@@joqiii3 thank you so much! This is very helpful and I’m going to research for one in my area
Thank u sir 😊
I’m trying to come of valdoxan at the moment it only has two strengths so not sure it’s possible I may have to go to an ssri as they come in liquid form as well
I am taking prozac for 5 years now, and I never had brainzaps. The only thing I had is when a leg or arm suddently twiches.
I hate that
Im on cymbalta since February but im trying to quit as it numbs my emotions I feel like a block of wood but tapering off it isnt easy its supposed to be one of the most difficult talk about going from the frying pan into the fire
Been on Lexapro for 17 years and have tried stopping 3 times, unsuccessful nightmare each time. Can't afford the downtime to handle the discontinuation symptoms as I have a demanding career. I'm taking a very small dose these days, too small to be therapeutic but too big to abruptly stop. Going to have to gradually cut doses over the course of a year probably. It's a terrible feeling knowing I am so hooked on this substance and would completely crumble without it. Drug companies know exactly what they're doing.
Good luck on your discontinuation. Slow but steady wins the race
Yeah, what a fucking joke.
I made a very big mistake.I quit taking my medications all at once.I thought I was doing very very good,my wife said I was almost on a high.I started doing so many different projects and enjoying it.Well,4 months latter it was a very very scary night for me,I thank the lord for helping me to get help immediately in the morning.Very very scary night,I don’t want to ever experience that again.Its going to take time to get back I guess but I would love to get back where I was.I had a head injury many years ago,it has been a battle.I strongly suggest contacting your doctor and discuss going off a medication very very slowly and don’t stop immediately,it’s dangerous.
Is it ever possible to get off of antidepressants after being on them for 29 years.
Hi Douglas, I want to come off Mirt, on for 6 weeks. Have you any advice on how I can come off slowly?
Come off slowly and work with your prescriber on the details of doing that.
I was on Sertraline 100mg and havent taken it for a week now. I feel better.
Actually I'm back to square one now. Every day I get myself ready to drive to the train station and kill myself but I never seem to do it. My excuse tends to be it's a long drive.
I just started taking Zoloft 25 mg in two months and now trying to tapering it off and eventually would want to stop it due to the bad side effects I experienced.I cut in half (12.5mg ) for two weeks now and I’m experiencing horrible nightmares ,severe headaches and flu like symptoms for almost a week now I thought I was gonna die.
I have been taking a depession medecine for 2 months and a half .........by 2 taps a day .....I want to stop what should I do ?
Please tell me ......
I guess this is were I messed up.... Took Citalopram for over a year. They changed me to Prozac cause Citalopram kept me bloated all the time and excessive yawning but I hate it Prozac the first week and just quit it all together. 5 months and I was fine.
But I think I'm relapsing and not sure what to do.
Jeka E Franco how do you feel now?
I find out that my problem is not Depression and I have one great Doctor who monitor my condition But my main concern is the Media Related Distress like public Humiliations, Public Bullying, Public Awareness and ETC with complications of what I experienced recently with regard to Public Personalities Humiliating me on local TV. It's very traumatic, I am helpless I don't know what to do. The psychological trauma I experienced due to this Big stressful events and my situation. Could you please help me and please do something to save my life from there anger and rage? Please brought it out from High Authority to be able to save my life. Please Please do something about my situation here in Philippines. Thank you in advance.
It scares me bc I’ve been on antidepressants for over 15 years now. I want get off but I’m scared and having a lot challenges getting good advice. My brain chemistry maybe messed up now :(
I would talk with your prescriber about your next step.
O got off antidepressants six years ago after forteen years of is. Cold turkey. It nearly killed me. Then i got brain zaps and brain fog halliconation. It damamged my equilibrium perrmanently
hello! I have been taking Effexor for 4 years and a half. I tried to get off them more than once, but ended up taking them again. That is why, even if I wanted a lot, I was very afraid to do it again. My doctor, which is part of those that say: "there shouldn't be a problem to quit them in a very short time" encouraged me to do it (these doctors actually have absolutely no idea what they are talking about) . So I first took 75 mg out of 150mg of Effexor. Things. were just fine so I took quite quicky 37.5 mg. After a week or so, I find myself having horrible discontinuation syndrome. I think about going back to 75 for a period, then 1/4 of 75 mg and one pill of 37.5 and then lower in a longer period. But that would mean starting to open the pills and count the little balls to split the dosage. Is that a correct way to do it? Because it seems the only viable one to not reduce directly to 37.5 and then from 37.5 to 0...
Hi there, just wondering if you succeeded in coming off Effexor?
I’m curious to see if you work with individuals coming off antidepressants? I have come off Paxil in the past with terrible withdrawal symptoms and would love some help🙏🙏🙏 Thank you thank you and thank you!!! Linda🙏🙏🙏
I don’t work with people. But a person named will hall has a very good book for free about how to come off psychiatric medications. You can find it on the Internet. If you choose to do so you should still do it under the supervision of a doctor.
Thank you for the advice!