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Be sure to keep your mind active during your taper!
June 30, 2026··
Solving puzzles, learning new languages or skills, and being creative will stimulate the neurons to heal and make new connections.
Zoloft — 112.5 — 20 years — actively tapering
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Catina2mo ago
Community AnchorEffexor
This is great advice Lita! Thanks for sharing this with the community. You're right, it helps with neuroplasticity and is also a good distraction tool to use! 👍
Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.92 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Levothyroxine - 25 mcg
“Your brain and body know how to heal. Trust the process and keep going.”
Please Note: I am not a healthcare professional. Any advice given is based on personal experience and that of others in the lay withdrawal community.
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Community AnchorEffexor
Great point! Keeping your mind active in general is important. Especially when being accustomed to new levels of psychotropes
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