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Community AnchorEffexor

Hi @Gaucho, and welcome to Taper Community! Glad to hear you're already halfway to zero and that you're taking things nice and slow. Slower is faster! We look forward to helping you through the rest of your taper. Catina ❤️

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 16.64 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Synthroid - 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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GauchoMar 17

LighthouseLexapro · active

Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm right around 2.5 mg Lexapro and going slowly at 10% less every 24 days. Do you think that's a good plan going forward? Gaucho😀

Lexapro — actively tapering | with clinician

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CatinaMar 17

Community AnchorEffexor

"I'm right around 2.5 mg Lexapro and going slowly at 10% less every 24 days. Do you think that's a good plan going forward?" — @Gaucho

How are you doing symptom-wise? It never hurts to proceed slowly and cautiously, especially the closer we get to zero. Even at "low" doses, these drugs still have powerful effects on our brain and where the greatest receptor changes take place. Definitely use the Taper Tracker to log your dose and symptoms. Have you had a chance to look at the Learn section? There's lot of helpful information in there.

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 16.64 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Synthroid - 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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BasedStaffMar 18

Community AnchorEffexor

Hey Gaucho! Congrats on the success thus far! Looking forward to getting you to 0. What has helped you on your journey to 50%?

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

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GauchoMar 19

LighthouseLexapro · active

I'd say what's helped me is to go slow (not meaning years) and keeping the faith. I haven't had any symptoms so far. So fingers crossed. I'd like to try the taper tracker. I click on My Taper and then click on to put in my first entry, but nothing happens. Any help would be appreciated.

Lexapro — actively tapering | with clinician

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CatinaMar 19

Community AnchorEffexor

Hi Gaucho! That's awesome you're not having any symptoms so far. Slow and steady wins the race! Sorry you're having issues with My Taper. What I can suggest for the time being is to click on Home and then click where is says "Check-In." Hopefully that will work. If not, please let us know. We're still trying to iron out some technical difficulties. Thanks so much! 🙂

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 16.64 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Synthroid - 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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GauchoMar 19

LighthouseLexapro · active

Gosh, maybe I'm just not seeing it. I clicked on home and then I get a different page but I don't see "check-in". where should I look for that word

Lexapro — actively tapering | with clinician

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CatinaMar 19

Community AnchorEffexor

It's usually in the second purple box under the Taper Community logo. You don't see it at all? It's usually in the bottom right-hand corner of that second box. I'm sorry you're having difficulties. As I said, we're still working through some of the bugs. Thanks for your patience!

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 16.64 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Synthroid - 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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GauchoMar 20

LighthouseLexapro · active

No problem. I'm not in a hurry. Right now, I think it's the mystery of it. If this is any help, when I go to the page after clicking Home, I see at the top a rectangle with what looks like an hour glass with pills in it at the left of that box. I see "Taper Community" in the center of the box, though I don't see anything to click on beneath that or anywhere else in the box. Down the page I see "Introduce Yourself", which I can click on but since I've already intro'ed myself, I don't need to click that. I know you are working out "bugs", so I'm just trying to help, too.😀

Lexapro — actively tapering | with clinician

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CatinaMar 20

Community AnchorEffexor

So you don't see this box when you're on the Home page?

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 16.64 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Synthroid - 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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GauchoMar 20

LighthouseLexapro · active

Welcome back Gaucho Welcome! Introduce yourself to the community Introduce yourself Nope, I get the above in the rectangle box. The "Introduce yourself" part shows up on the bottom right of the rectangle and I can click on it. I made a test intro post and that worked, but the page still shows the same when I return to it. I'm not seeing all the drug information like on yours.

Lexapro — actively tapering | with clinician

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CatinaMar 21

Community AnchorEffexor

Gosh, I'm sorry. I'm not sure what's going on. Why don't you post your issue in this thread. I'm sure Based Psychiatrist will try to fix it. https://taper.community/thread/ffb2e938-cf78-413e-b186-bfe17e7349a0

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 16.64 mg
Trazodone - 50 mg
Synthroid - 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.

Hi I'm Gaucho, I'm on quite low dose of Lexapro and tapering slowly. Just thought I'd say hi to all.

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