Hello all,
I am new to this forum and would really love advice. Just finished 5 weeks ago stopping 2.5-1.25mg of Lexapro. This is 2nd course as I was treating discontinuation. Had to stop again due to ear ringing worsening. Heart racing, insomnia (getting up at 1:30am) nightly
and very fearful. Joy has reduced. Take 5mg Klonapin 5 weeks and want to get off. I have to have hope and faith this will subside☺️. Anyone similar?
Knap’s taper progress
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Klonopin — .5mg — 1 month — researching taper | Inderal — 5mg — On and off 3 months — researching taper | without clinician
atypical in presentation of side effects, super sensitive to small doses and general delayed responder. never took a psych med that didn't' make me sick immediately with infections and restless legs. have never been able to tolerate being on them, but have never had support to get off so I've been bouncing back and forth. i don't like capital letters. sorry. Paxil — 1 mg — 2 yrs — holding until Oct. 7 doc appt. Seroquel — 50 — planning taper | trileptal -75 planning taper prasozin 1 mg planning taper started my psych med saga in 2001 and wish I never had. I had some difficulties with sleep and anxiety, but NOTHING like what was in store for me after trying every med out there. My last treatment center promised to "get me totally off" in 2022 but it was a lie. They just switched drugs and added more and more in a desperate attempt to help me "stabilize," so they could call me a "success story" once insurance stopped paying. I agree with those who state that this industry needs to change. AND I'm working on not being resentful about my suffering because it doesn't help anyone. been on an off cocktails since 2001. Most recent mixture, prescribed in 2024: 20 mg Paxil, 150 Trileptal, 50 Seroquel, 2 mg prasozin, (for PTSD/nightmares.) immediately went to 1 mg prasozin, and after 3 months cut to 10 mg paxil. No felt effects. Then went to 5 about 3 months later, (though I didnt' keep track so I'm rusty.) No felt effects. So, I've roughly been on 5 mg for a year and a half. Side effects always force to to start tapering RIGHT AWAY. I didn't start keeping track of my Paxil taper until this year. I went from 3mg to 1 in 10 months, using a liquid Maudsley-ish slow taper. Again, no felt effects until now. October 2026...sleeping less and feeling more sedated during the day. Having trouble managing my social life without getting over-stimulated. Must set boundaries according to my body and not my heart. Holding 1 mg paxil until blood work done and evaluated, and to see if build a social life that doesn't make me lose sleep. Sounds silly as I type it, but actually, nothing is "silly" on this ride! Everything is WILD!!!! LOL Keeping all other meds the same. Sorry so long.
It's almost certainly coming off so I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Every time I drop a dose it gets worse then slowly eases and sometimes eventually disappears.
I stopped at 0.3 of mirtz and it came back worse then ever, I reinstated 0.2 and it eventually eased away again, but it takes ages sometimes.
I've just dropped to 0.15 so no doubt it's back in the pipeline but it's just the WD pattern
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