Posted by Ritch on April 11, 2002, at 0:54:25
In reply to Re: Benzo and other? withdrawals » Ritch, posted by Blue Cheer1 on April 10, 2002, at 17:11:49
> > ........A psychiatrist who did some of the basic research in developing Valium recommends tapering off a benzodiazepine 50% of your baseline dose in the first 2-4 week period, then interrupting the taper process for several months (staying at 50%), then continuing with the final taper attempt. You might consider going back up a little until your prostatitis resolves - then resume the withdrawal.
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> > > Good luck,
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> > Blue,
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> > Thanks for mentioning that tidbit of advice on the BZD withdrawal. I bet you could also apply that to an SSRI withdrawal successfully. I have been trying to ditch Celexa for the last month, and to stop it cold gets really tough after a few days and then I have to break down and take another small dose.
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> Hi Mitch,
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> I have trouble getting off SSRIs now, too. I don't know if it's age or increasing severity of illness, or what. Once, I got off 200 mg/day of Zoloft in 9 days (I'd become manic), but lately I get a lot of anxiety when I'm tapering off ADs. I guess it's because it's also working on OCD symptoms.
> Right now, I'm on my 2nd day off Trileptal, and I'm nervous and depressed. My doctor told me I'm the third patient who's become even more depressed following Trileptal discontinuation. So, it's possible that it has both antidepressant and antimanic properties.
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> Good luck with your Celexa withdrawal.
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> Blue
Thanks,That is interesting what you say about the Trileptal situation. I tried it and it made me *very* wired up. My pdoc tried switching a couple of patients from Tegretrol to Trileptal and they both become manic and had to be switched back. I felt it (trileptal) had an antidepressant effect-it was just too intense.
Mitch
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