Posted by 49er on August 29, 2010, at 7:04:55
In reply to Re: Things that may help post SSRI problems, posted by Conundrum on August 26, 2010, at 5:59:48
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> Another is
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> www.paxilprogress.com
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> They seem to specialize in getting off SSRIs with short half lives and benzos as well.
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> Iknow they are advocates of only decreasing you dose by 5%. I don't know if luvox comes in a liquid form but that would help gradually taper down. They also say after you decrease a dose you should wait until your body feels stable then decrease. Those sites are antipsychiatry so you may find more support for stopping a drug than you would here.Hi Conundrum,
Thank you for mentioning paxil progress as that is the site where I learned how to taper and as a result, was successful in getting off of 4 meds. By the way, they advocate reducing the med 10% of current dose every 3 to 6 weeks. Some people do go more slowly and I had to near the end of my taper.
I also wanted to say that it is not an antipsychiatry site. The owner, Laurie Yorke, has been very critical of scientology sites as she feels they are way too extreme. A few posters have encountered psychiatrists who were very helpful.
What we deplore are dealing with psychiatrists who commonly deny symptoms of withdrawal and attribute everything to the label. But that that doesn't mean we are anti psychiatry.
Also, many people on the site, chose to stay on medication and are definitely welcomed.
As far as post SSRI problems, I found that because my body seems to be so sensitive to supplements, I can't take things that would help. So right now, I pretty much stick to a basic multivitamin and fish oil. As a result, I pretty much have to simply wait until my problems clear up which are primarily brain fog and related problems.
But if you can take supplements, the suggestions I saw were good.
49er
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