Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 646008

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need help

Posted by bluebottles on May 19, 2006, at 17:13:11

hi
from 5 years i hav been taking antidepressents and on and off tried to stop medicines.i used to take SSRI.i know these med should be tapered off slowly and i did the same but developed depression after few months.now again i am tapering off the medicines.can u answer why again and again i used to hav depression. give some suggestions how top tapperoff the med to hav least withdrawl symptoms.
thankx

Re: need help **repost to withdrawals?**

Posted by llrrrpp on May 19, 2006, at 18:29:01

In reply to need help, posted by bluebottles on May 19, 2006, at 17:13:11

> hi
> from 5 years i hav been taking antidepressents and on and off tried to stop medicines.i used to take SSRI.i know these med should be tapered off slowly and i did the same but developed depression after few months.now again i am tapering off the medicines.can u answer why again and again i used to hav depression. give some suggestions how top tapperoff the med to hav least withdrawl symptoms.
> thankx

Welcome bbottles!
I have no advice for you, but there is a discussion board called 'withdrawal' and there are a lot of nice folks there who will tell you things that help. I'm pretty new here, myself. I think there is a way to repost this message on another board, but I'm clueless.

you can also try searching "tapering" or "taper off" to read old posts on the subject. It's a pretty common question, I think. best wishes to you.

-Llrrrpp

Re: need help » bluebottles

Posted by blueberry on May 19, 2006, at 18:45:08

In reply to need help, posted by bluebottles on May 19, 2006, at 17:13:11

I am in pretty bad shape but can offer some ideas.

First, if you have depression that comes back again weeks or months after you taper off your meds, and it has happened more than once, then it is probably a good idea to stay on meds for a lot longer to prevent relapse from happening for as long as possible. If you keep going on and off meds, sooner or later they aren't going to work like they used to.

Tapering...it depends on what kind of med it is.

If it is extended release, you can reduce the dosage. You can also spread them farther apart. For example, instead of taking 1 every 24 hours, take 1 every 36 hours. After a week, 1 every 40 hours, and so on.

If they are capsules (but not extended release) you can dump the contents onto a plate and take just portions. Reduce the portions you take over time.

If they are tablets, you can use a knife or razor blade to cut them into pieces. That way you can take smaller portions.

However you do it, the idea is to slowly reduce the dosage in tiny steps. With each new lower dose, stay there for 4 to 7 days before going down to another lower dose. The smaller the steps you take and the longer you take the easier the withdrawals will be.

Re: need help

Posted by bluebottles on May 20, 2006, at 16:50:37

In reply to need help, posted by bluebottles on May 19, 2006, at 17:13:11

hi
even while using SSRI i used to have the attack of depression again again.now-a-dayz i am using cipralex and u can say it lexapro perhaps.now i have decided to get rid of it. i am on antidepressents from 5 years and on cipralex from one year and few months. i was taking 20mg of it now i hav reduced it to 10mg slowly in one month.i want to hav some knowledge how to reduce it furthermore to have the minimal withdrawl symptoms. how can i getrid of depression with out these medicines. can anyone help me. i am afraid that while using medicines i again and again have the attack of depression after some months, then how can i live with out these medicines. i really don't want to be dependent on these medicines through out my life. anyone who came out of cipralex or SSRI or antidepressents plz help me me.

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