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Community AnchorAbilify · active

Welcome to the Taper Community and good luck with your taper!

- Risperidone 1mg - 2months
- Prozac - 9 days (adverse reaction)
- Abilify - 15mg -> 10mg -> 7.5mg -> 5mg - 9 months - actively tapering
- Procyclidine 5mg - 9 months - actively tapering
- Propranolol - 20mg - 1 year - holding
- Xanax - 0.25mg - 7 months - holding

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guava37829d ago

Community AnchorAbilify · active

How much did you reduce the dose?

- Risperidone 1mg - 2months
- Prozac - 9 days (adverse reaction)
- Abilify - 15mg -> 10mg -> 7.5mg -> 5mg - 9 months - actively tapering
- Procyclidine 5mg - 9 months - actively tapering
- Propranolol - 20mg - 1 year - holding
- Xanax - 0.25mg - 7 months - holding

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Pedro29d ago

NavigatorLexapro · holding

Hi, new to site. Just found you guys tonight looks like an amazing site. I didn’t realize my update gets posted publicly. I havnt cut for a month now just recently suffered a badly broken bone so holding my dose where I am until I recover from all that stress

Lexapro — 2.9mh — 15+ years — holding | without clinician

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guava37829d ago

Community AnchorAbilify · active

I'm really sorry to hear about your injury. It makes perfect sense to stop lowering your dose until you get better.

- Risperidone 1mg - 2months
- Prozac - 9 days (adverse reaction)
- Abilify - 15mg -> 10mg -> 7.5mg -> 5mg - 9 months - actively tapering
- Procyclidine 5mg - 9 months - actively tapering
- Propranolol - 20mg - 1 year - holding
- Xanax - 0.25mg - 7 months - holding

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CatinaStaff29d ago

Community AnchorEffexor

Hi @Pedro! Welcome....nice to have you here. I'm sorry to hear about your broken bone, but you're doing the right thing with holding your dose for the time being. There's no rush. You're getting down to low doses of Lexapro, so you might have to slow things down anyway depending on how you feel. You're currently at 2.9 mg? I hope things heal up for you soon! Catina 🩷

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.

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Pedro28d ago

NavigatorLexapro · holding

Hi Catina thanks for your reply. Yes down to 2.9mg. Has been a long road with 3 unsuccessful attempts to stop (had no idea I was experiencing WD and tapered far to quickly) And a hellish reinstatement. But here we are. Generally things are so much better then they were during the thick of it when I was unaware in what was happening. I’m very hopeful of this all just being a bad memory one day in the near future

Lexapro — 2.9mh — 15+ years — holding | without clinician

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CatinaStaff28d ago

Community AnchorEffexor

You've been through a lot. Many of us go too quickly and then reap the consequences. I'm glad you're in a better place now and are armed with more knowledge!

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.

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Pedro2d ago

NavigatorLexapro · holding

Hi guys so I So I’ve ended up having surgery to fix my broken bone nearly 5 weeks after the initial incident. I’m currently back in the ward post op and have been for a few hours. Currently I’m ok I guess I feel weird but ok. The pre-op was one of the nervous I’ve ever been solely due to worrying about how the drugs would affect me I was ok with the procedure itself. ( never had any surgery issues pre withdrawal ) I managed to have a good discussion with anesthesiologist prior to procedure, whilst he listened He also didn’t really acknowledge/understand antidepressant withdrawal. I did ask for propofol which he said he uses any way. I asked strictly no ketamine or fluoroquinolones. I can’t remember if we talked about fentanyl, I did mention I was worried about anti nausea meds but I completely forgot about steroids. So reading my post op report looks like they used propofol as per request but have also added in fentanyl, an anti nausea medication and a steroid. I did agree to one dose of antibiotics pre-op ( they did just cut me open And screw a foreign body into my bone) but have denied any post op doses unless infection presents. Earlier in the evening in my room I got very panicked and emotional but that seems to have past and now just don’t feel right. This could be from the drugs or it could be from the ridiculous stress I put myself through post op worrying about things the last 24hrs. I’m hoping things will begin to settle by tomorrow, being a worrier I’m scared that they may decline as things wear off completely. I guess only time will tell

Lexapro — 2.9mh — 15+ years — holding | without clinician

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CatinaStaff2d ago

Community AnchorEffexor

"I’ve ended up having surgery to fix my broken bone nearly 5 weeks after the initial incident." — @Pedro

Glad you were able to get this taken care of!

"I asked strictly no ketamine or fluoroquinolones" — @Pedro

Good!

"Earlier in the evening in my room I got very panicked and emotional but that seems to have past and now just don’t feel right. This could be from the drugs or it could be from the ridiculous stress I put myself through post op worrying about things the last 24hrs." — @Pedro

You've been through a lot, and having to worry about withdrawal and additional drugs just adds another layer onto things. Take some deep slow breaths, you're going to get through this and be okay.

"I’m hoping things will begin to settle by tomorrow, being a worrier I’m scared that they may decline as things wear off completely. I guess only time will tell" — @Pedro

Just keep an eye on things and how you feel. I'm sure once this is all behind you you'll probably feel better. Take good care of yourself! 💝

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.

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