TaperCommunityWhether you're planning your first reduction or three years into a slow taper, this is a good place to get oriented. The single most important concep...
Journaling through withdrawal recovery is one of the simplest tools available to people coming off psychiatric medication, and one of the most consist...
Feeling fair. Been having bouts of hyperactivity even after a single coffee. So a few hours ago I spoke to my clinician and we have some important co...
Dry cutting tablets for tapering is the practice of splitting solid pills with a cutter or knife to reach a smaller dose than the manufacturer supplie...
Am I a sole survivor? Am I the only woman who has gotten off Paroxetine after 24 years I don't know...I haven't met one yet...I don't have any eviden...
- I am here because surviving antidepressants is not running. - I am here because my 4 years of research led me to a fellow Aussie, Dr Mark Horowitz....
Gabapentin is prescribed for nerve pain, seizures, anxiety, restless legs, and sleep, and many people take it for years without ever being told it can...
Finally got ahold of my psychiatrist today , I was throwing up a lot last night. I have to assume it's from trying to get off Lyrica and having the ps...
I never learn...I was holding at 0.9ml and felt good, apart from emotional in the evenings. So, I went straight to 0.5 and have been a mess. Everythin...
been away on holiday. cut to 0.9ml liquid. Was doing well. went to 0.6 and it was too fast. Very depressed, crying, moody, everything worries me. Back...
Finding a taper friendly doctor is one of the hardest practical problems people face when they decide to come off a psychiatric medication. Most presc...
Feeling very bad. Been having bouts of nausea, anxiety, insomnia, headache, irritability, fatigue, crying spells, muscle aches, gi upset, and sweating...
Feeling fair. Should I first drop 40% of depakote then 50% of it some weeks later, or the other way around, 50% then 40%? Does depakote ever give th...
For decades, psychiatric drug withdrawal was treated as a quick afterthought. Doctors halved doses, then halved again, then stopped within a few weeks...
Quetiapine, sold as Seroquel, is one of the most widely prescribed atypical antipsychotics, often used off-label at low doses for insomnia and anxiety...
Coming off a psychiatric medication is easier when you write things down. A tapering plan worksheet is a simple document that records your starting do...
Micro tapering with digital scales is a method for making very small, measurable dose reductions when standard pill strengths are too large to taper s...
Anxiety is one of the most common symptoms people face when reducing psychiatric medication. Whether you are coming off an SSRI, a benzodiazepine, an ...
Switching to a longer half-life drug before tapering is a strategy that comes up often in conversations about benzodiazepine and antidepressant withdr...
Gastrointestinal symptoms during withdrawal from antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and other psychiatric medications are among the most common physica...
Bupropion, sold as [Wellbutrin](/drugs/wellbutrin), works differently from SSRIs and SNRIs. It acts on dopamine and norepinephrine rather than seroton...
Knowing how to talk to your doctor about tapering is often the hardest part of coming off a psychiatric medication. Many prescribers were trained in a...
I've been feeling pretty good for one month. I would like to hold for a few more weeks. How long should one hold a few months after a crisis, when dec...
Tapering off antidepressants is harder than most people expect, and the conventional approach of cutting doses in large, evenly-spaced steps is a big ...
Depersonalization during withdrawal is one of the more frightening symptoms people encounter when tapering or stopping psychiatric medications. You lo...
Ativan withdrawal symptoms and timeline are two things most prescribers discuss too briefly, if at all. [Ativan](/drugs/ativan) (lorazepam) is an inte...
Tapering off psychiatric medications can leave the nervous system in a state of heightened reactivity. Anxiety, insomnia, irritability, and waves of e...
The bead counting tapering method is a practical technique for making very small, measurable dose reductions in medications that come in extended-rele...
The windows and waves pattern is one of the most recognized and misunderstood aspects of antidepressant withdrawal. People tapering off medications li...
If you are trying to stop [Cymbalta](/drugs/cymbalta) (duloxetine), you have probably already discovered that it is not straightforward. Duloxetine ha...
Tapering off psychiatric medication is not something to rush into. The more prepared you are before you begin, the smoother and safer your journey is ...
When withdrawal symptoms become overwhelming, some people choose to reinstate (restart the medication after stopping) or updose (slightly increase the...
Very true... Paroxetine is the strongest inhibitor of serotonin reuptake than any other antidepressant. This makes it a high risk medication when comb...
Feeling okay. No specific symptoms. holding steady at 15mg until I have finished my paroxetine taper
Feeling okay. mood is still stable. not physical symptoms yet, apart from all the thousands of things wrong from taking this poison for years.
Feeling fair. Finally bought all the equipment for hyperbolic tapering. First day at 2.2mg. I was already feeling better on 2.5mg though.
I’ve been on 300 mg xr for over 4 years. I failed my last taper. I was able to get to 200 mg but I stupidly dropped from 200 to 150 and had crushing r...
Bead counting is a practical and flexible way to taper medications that come in capsule form with small beads or pellets inside. This method allows fo...
Many extended-release medications come in capsules filled with tiny beads or pellets. Bead counting is a commonly used method to make small, controlle...
