Post Your Wins here — No Milestone Too Small

February 24, 2026··

This forum exists because withdrawal is relentlessly focused on what's wrong. Symptoms, setbacks, waves, bad nights. The hard stuff needs space, and it gets it. So this is the place for wins. All sizes welcome: When you log a check-in in My Taper, it appears here. See how others are doing, watch people hit milestones, and let the community see yours. Someone in a bad wave right now needs to see your good day. Post it here. Let people celebrate with you. When someone else is in their darkest stretch and scrolling this forum at midnight, your win might be the thing that gets them through. — TaperCommunity Team

Creator of Taper Community, here to help you.

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ZsigmondusSep 12

WelcomerSeroquel · active

I have always been a morning person but since I started on Seroquel my mornings were groggy with brain fog and impaired memory as well. Then I started tapering and the ketogenic diet. As I got down to 300 mgs realized my morning fog improved so much I could set my alarm to 6.30 instead of 7.30 and I could go for a walk/jog/swim in the early morning which I found impossible for so long. This change in my circadian rhytm allowed me to fall asleep earlier I still take seroquel 200 mg at the moment but my quality of life is 200% better brainfog, tiredness gone, my libido is back and I am not forgetting stuff anymore memory is after greatly improving as well.

Seroquel — 200 mg XR — 3 years 2 months — actively tapering

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CatinaSep 12

Community AnchorEffexor

"my quality of life is 200% better" — @Zsigmondus

That's definitely a huge win! 🎉

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.

Flyguy10Sep 12

LighthouseProzac · supporting

It's a bit old but my memory recovered dramatically after finishing my gabapentin taper in the spring.

Valium — Started 02/2025, max of 20mg — current 10mg - holding | Lexapro 5mg - Started 9/25 | Prozac 10mg — Started 8/13/26 — Ended 9/2 | Cymbalta 20mg - 1 month, 40mg - 6 months, 60mg - 1 month, 90mg - a few days, 60mg - 1 month, 40mg - 15 days, 20mg - 3 weeks, discontinued 8/13/26 | LDN 4.5mg - 1 year - discontinued | with clinician

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CatinaSep 12

Community AnchorEffexor

"It's a bit old but my memory recovered dramatically after finishing my gabapentin taper in the spring." — @Flyguy10

We'll take it! 🎉

Maria A.Sep 12

LighthouseZoloft · active

Today’s been a much better day even though I had some broken sleep last night. Hopefully this means I’m finally stabilizing on my 15 mg.

Zoloft —50 mg to 15 mg — 8 years with a cold turkey and reinstatement in between— was liquid micro tapering, crashed at 14.275 mg and now holding at 15 mg.

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CatinaSep 12

Community AnchorEffexor

"Today’s been a much better day even though I had some broken sleep last night. Hopefully this means I’m finally stabilizing on my 15 mg." — @Maria A.

That's worth celebrating! 🎉

Nessi2d ago

WelcomerPaxil · active

"Today’s been a much better day even though I had some broken sleep last night. Hopefully this means I’m finally stabilizing on my 15 mg." — @Maria A.

Wow. I can only immagine how hard it has been to wait til things get better. I tried tapering from 15mg by 2mg each month. On the third month I arrived at 9 mg and let myself crash to very low state of withdrawal and then I got so bad I had to go back to 15 mg and take mirtazapine at night. So im so glad you could do it and it’s giving us hope. i hope you will always get better and better.

Paxil — 9 — 2 years 2 months — actively tapering

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