2nd Zoloft Update - 6,000mg
Bettoben’s taper progress
View full journey →Sertraline/Zoloft:
▸1/2021>100mg, ▸11/22>50mg ▸6/23>25mg (Psychiatrist told me to take half the pills until I finished the box)
✘ Clean 3 Month till massive fall
▸9/23>100mg, ▸1/24>50mg, (I started tapering on my own, because the intention was to have me on 100mg for 5 years) ▸9/24>25mg, ▸7/25>12mg,(starting parabolic with tablet dissolution in water) ▸10/25>11,5mg, ▸11/25>10,3mg, ▸12/25>8,7mg, ▸1/26>8mg, ▸2/26>6,9mg ▸3/26>5,967mg ▸4/26>4,8mg ▸5/26>3,73mg ▸6/26>3,53mg
7/26 back to 50mg
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off Stimulants (2000-2013)
off Fluoxetine (2010-2013)
off Lamotrigine (2013-2016)
off Quetiapain (2016-2020)
currently Effexor — 33mg — 13 years (from 300mg) — actively tapering | with clinician
"It can even go to smth like a feeling of „energy sucking hole“" — @STVEkind of like when you get it in the solar plexus? Sorry to hear about your symtoms Bettoben, wishing you a glorious window of sunshine and happiness in the near future.
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off Stimulants (2000-2013)
off Fluoxetine (2010-2013)
off Lamotrigine (2013-2016)
off Quetiapain (2016-2020)
currently Effexor — 33mg — 13 years (from 300mg) — actively tapering | with clinician
"Sorry to hear about your symtoms Bettoben, wishing you a glorious window of sunshine and happiness in the near future." — @Based PsychiatristThank you! Your forums were one of the few things that truly helped me with this. I went through six psychologists and two psychiatrists, thinking I was completely crazy. I don’t mention it here, but I also have a history with benzodiazepines, which, thank God, I managed to quit...
"I know that „bare wire“ in solar plexus area." — @STVEThere are large branches of nerves in that area. I tend to press on the area to feel a false sense of control... but it's not very effective. (I do the same at the base of the throat) Many times when that sensation escalates is when I feel the PVC I understand that the heart becomes sensitized because of the catecholamines and can trigger extra beats. (Some are given beta-blockers) In a balanced nervous system, the serotonergic brake usually prevents the release of so many catecholamines. Supposedly it’s not dangerous, just an overexcited nervous system, but even so it’s very disabling… I read on the old forum that other people experience this and that over time they become fewer and fewer, and it was quite comforting...
Sertraline/Zoloft:
▸1/2021>100mg, ▸11/22>50mg ▸6/23>25mg (Psychiatrist told me to take half the pills until I finished the box)
✘ Clean 3 Month till massive fall
▸9/23>100mg, ▸1/24>50mg, (I started tapering on my own, because the intention was to have me on 100mg for 5 years) ▸9/24>25mg, ▸7/25>12mg,(starting parabolic with tablet dissolution in water) ▸10/25>11,5mg, ▸11/25>10,3mg, ▸12/25>8,7mg, ▸1/26>8mg, ▸2/26>6,9mg ▸3/26>5,967mg ▸4/26>4,8mg ▸5/26>3,73mg ▸6/26>3,53mg
7/26 back to 50mg
"sry BP still don‘t get the quoting." — @STVEHighlite the text yuou want quoted, click quote and reply to the button that pops up
"When i think about the debilitating effect of a punch in the solar plexus, it‘s a very immediate effect of breathlessness and getting on knees/ground." — @STVEVery interesting, sounds sort of like what I hear people in acute anxiety attacks say with pressure in the chest etc. But if i understood, its more enduring and like some neurological affects also. Its quite interesting when you start to think about all of the plexuses. Brachial, sacral, solar; when we take psychotropes, its not as if they are only affecting the brain. Sounds like theres some neurological friction in the solar plexus. This is of course all loose speculation
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"I read on the old forum that other people experience this and that over time they become fewer and fewer, and it was quite comforting..." — @BettobenThe power of forums! Happy youre able to find some relief. The general vibe I try to convey is that insane neurological recoveries happen all the time. All that stands in the way is dedication to get there, and some discipline to stick to healthy habits.
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"Thank you! Your forums were one of the few things that truly helped me with this." — @BettobenAmazing to hear! which forums specifically?
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"which forums specifically?" — @Based PsychiatristI wasn’t an active member of any of them; SurvivingAntidepressants, Reddit, and a few Discord ones. I’m also writing now to return the favor and see if I can help someone with my testimony.
Sertraline/Zoloft:
▸1/2021>100mg, ▸11/22>50mg ▸6/23>25mg (Psychiatrist told me to take half the pills until I finished the box)
✘ Clean 3 Month till massive fall
▸9/23>100mg, ▸1/24>50mg, (I started tapering on my own, because the intention was to have me on 100mg for 5 years) ▸9/24>25mg, ▸7/25>12mg,(starting parabolic with tablet dissolution in water) ▸10/25>11,5mg, ▸11/25>10,3mg, ▸12/25>8,7mg, ▸1/26>8mg, ▸2/26>6,9mg ▸3/26>5,967mg ▸4/26>4,8mg ▸5/26>3,73mg ▸6/26>3,53mg
7/26 back to 50mg
"I’m also writing now to return the favor and see if I can help someone with my testimony." — @BettobenAwesome! thats what its all about
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