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Community AnchorEffexor

Glad you're holding right now Wolf. Feel free to share whatever you're struggling with. 🩷

Venlafaxine (tapering) - Current dose 17.28 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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Wolf53m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

I wish my job was better paying. My worry is I cannot save any money at this time with this job. The silver lining is I do not get into debt and I do not rely on my family's support anymore that much if at all.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

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Wolf49m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

My not-really-girlfriend decided to cut contact with me. Telling me it's about me. That is not that polite. What happened is a long story. Long story short, she is into psychiatry and currently studying to become a psychiatrist. But we disagreed on that very much and she believes I have a mental illness which is clearly a misdiagnosis.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

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Wolf47m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

What happened with my diagnosis is simple: anxiety -> failure to treat anxiety -> more anxiety -> failure to treat more anxiety -> depression -> lack of faith in treatment of depression and overall confusion -> brief psychosis -> failure to treat brief psychosis -> withdrawal symptoms. So I went from your typical case of anxiety and depression straight to brief psychosis and withdrawal with just three attempts to treat anxiety.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

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Wolf41m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

Ohh wooooooow. Wow. I am getting small glimpses of good brain function. Fascinating. So I was correctly predicting my brain would go through a phase of healing.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

Peggy Wallace37m ago

LighthouseCymbalta · holding

My support is here for you whether or not you “get into it”. I feel like you do frequently and that includes not wanting to make a long post.

In my life, have been on Prozac, Wellbutrin, Amytriptiline, Ambien, Seroquel, Zoloft, pamelor, Nortriptiline, Clonazepam, Suboxone (for insomnia), Effexor, Valium, Trazadone, Zanax, and Gabapentin. These, I remember.
Currently on,Duloxetine 60 mg — 2 yr — holding | without clinician

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Wolf35m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

What do you mean by I do frequently?

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

Peggy Wallace29m ago

LighthouseCymbalta · holding

Mostly, I don’t want to get into what I’m going through because it would be too long. Of course, I don’t know how you are feeling. I struggled with my posting last night. And it was too long. AND I did get reassurance in a reply. Please know that my replies to you are done either way humble caring, albeit not enough thought.

In my life, have been on Prozac, Wellbutrin, Amytriptiline, Ambien, Seroquel, Zoloft, pamelor, Nortriptiline, Clonazepam, Suboxone (for insomnia), Effexor, Valium, Trazadone, Zanax, and Gabapentin. These, I remember.
Currently on,Duloxetine 60 mg — 2 yr — holding | without clinician

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Wolf27m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

I'm in some kind of yearly cycle. Where I get much better in the spring or much worse in the summer. There are years of perfectly good luck and perfectly fine recovery with intermittent years of pretty poor luck.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

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Wolf25m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

So making it a bit longer. This woman is younger than me and someone in my family said she is a bit too young for me. I kind of should agree. So there is no problem with the fact we mostly exchanged messages. I should find not just somebody I liked a lot but somebody that would share my values!

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

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Wolf25m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

As well as my experience and age.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

Peggy Wallace24m ago

LighthouseCymbalta · holding

I think you are on the right track about values.

In my life, have been on Prozac, Wellbutrin, Amytriptiline, Ambien, Seroquel, Zoloft, pamelor, Nortriptiline, Clonazepam, Suboxone (for insomnia), Effexor, Valium, Trazadone, Zanax, and Gabapentin. These, I remember.
Currently on,Duloxetine 60 mg — 2 yr — holding | without clinician

Peggy Wallace23m ago

LighthouseCymbalta · holding

Yup

In my life, have been on Prozac, Wellbutrin, Amytriptiline, Ambien, Seroquel, Zoloft, pamelor, Nortriptiline, Clonazepam, Suboxone (for insomnia), Effexor, Valium, Trazadone, Zanax, and Gabapentin. These, I remember.
Currently on,Duloxetine 60 mg — 2 yr — holding | without clinician

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Wolf22m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

"I feel like you do frequently" — @Peggy Wallace

AHHHHRG. This is a fascinating misunderstanding. There are two common ways to understand this English sentence. "I think you do that" vs "I do it like you frequently"

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

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Wolf20m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

Large part of my "disease" is because of these weird failures in treatment my brain went into some weird modes of function. They seem to disappear after some healing.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

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Wolf18m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

So making it a slightly longer post :) :) I am aware that my brain is not at its best despite being very nice cognitively. Mostly what I experience all the time is what spiritual masters call "lack of grounding" where I exist in my thoughts instead of my senses. The grounding techniques or time spent soaking in nature may or may not help here.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

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Wolf11m ago

Community AnchorProzac · researching

Right now I feel somewhat concerned but in a way that a runner would think he is very near the finish line and wondering if that really is the finish line and what place in the tournament they got.

Prozac — 40 mg — 6 months — holding | Zyprexa — 20 mg — 6 years — holding | Depakote — 600 mg — 8 months — **tapering** | Buspirone — 20 mg — 8 months — holding | with clinician
"If life is painful, start a rebellion and make it good."

Peggy Wallace2m ago

LighthouseCymbalta · holding

You are doing a good job of thinking about and writing what’s going on with you. Thank you for your openness.

In my life, have been on Prozac, Wellbutrin, Amytriptiline, Ambien, Seroquel, Zoloft, pamelor, Nortriptiline, Clonazepam, Suboxone (for insomnia), Effexor, Valium, Trazadone, Zanax, and Gabapentin. These, I remember.
Currently on,Duloxetine 60 mg — 2 yr — holding | without clinician

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