TaperCommunityWhether you're planning your first reduction or three years into a slow taper, this is a good place to get oriented. The single most important concep...
I just had this thought recently as I continue my taper and life is coming back faster than ever. Any expert opinions welcomed. My last bead will be...
Had three days total of withdrawal. After drop from 100% to 60% of Depakote. Not bad, but... I would rather not recommend it. I am getting impatient ...
Serotonergic (SSRIs/SSNRIs) drugs require a *gradual patient acclimation* for common ethical prescribing practices. This means that the initial titrat...
7th day and what I believe is withdrawal hit me. There's bad mood and a little bit trouble falling asleep. I definitely expect this to go on for a cou...
Every-other-day dosing is one of the most common tapering methods prescribers suggest, and for many medications it is one of the riskiest. The idea so...
Feeling okay. Been having bouts of nausea, insomnia, anxiety, fatigue, irritability, appetite changes, tinnitus, and visual disturbances.
Fourth day. No withdrawal. There shouldn't be withdrawal but I can feel the effect of the drug disappearing. The way these meds work is subtle like a ...
Almost nothing so far. If withdrawal appears, it will do so within the next 60 hours.
If I do not or cannot do a hyperbolic taper, for various reasons, what may be the process of dropping the last pill? I can drop Prozac at just 1/16 of...
Omega-3 fish oil is one of the most common supplements people reach for during antidepressant or benzodiazepine withdrawal, and it is reasonable to as...
Feeling okay. Been having small bouts of dizziness. It's not going perfect, but there will not be a much better time to do this. So I am taking the 3...
Reinstating after a failed cold turkey means going back on a small dose of the medication you stopped abruptly, with the goal of calming severe withdr...
Feeling okay. Some left side stomach aches. Putting Depakote in the title because this is the next one to go. I'm now thinking for it to be more of a...
Stopping [Lamictal](/drugs/lamictal) (lamotrigine) too fast can trigger rebound seizures, mood swings, insomnia, and a return of the symptoms it was t...
Knowing when to pause your taper is one of the most useful skills you can build while coming off a psychiatric medication. A pause is not failure, and...
Collaborative tapering with your prescriber means building a written plan together that respects both clinical caution and the lived reality of withdr...
Struggling with your taper...Keep going...you got this...I am still here, and I am tapering the worst of the worst.... Sometimes it helps me to pull m...
Trazodone withdrawal is real, even at the low 25 to 100 mg doses prescribed off-label for sleep. The fastest safe approach for most long-term users is...
Hi all, I recently changed my lamictal dose to 7.5 mg a few weeks ago. I was on this dose about 3 weeks with no issues, but then I noticed my movemen...
Building a withdrawal support network is the single highest-leverage thing you can do before reducing a psychiatric medication. Most people enter tape...
As I get closer to the end I reckon that I may have to hold my dose, which I didn't plan for. As I walked around today, I couldn't help but feel that...
Muscle pain and tension during withdrawal is one of the most common and least talked about parts of coming off psychiatric medication. Aching shoulder...
Feeling okay. Have to decrease depakote by 40% two weeks from now.
Xanax withdrawal is widely considered the hardest benzodiazepine to come off, and the reason is pharmacological, not a reflection of your willpower. A...
Coping with withdrawal at work is one of the most common worries people raise when they start tapering a psychiatric medication. The symptoms do not p...
Directly switching from tablets to liquid can cause issues for some people, so therefore a gradual switch can provide a smoother transition that is be...
Tapering strips are pre-packaged sets of daily medication doses that decrease in small, precise increments over weeks or months. They were developed i...
Is there any risk associated with switching brands of the very same med? Is it okay to take whatever brand you wish at any time? Is it always safe to ...
Journaling through withdrawal recovery is one of the simplest tools available to people coming off psychiatric medication, and one of the most consist...
Feeling fair. Been having bouts of hyperactivity even after a single coffee. So a few hours ago I spoke to my clinician and we have some important co...
Dry cutting tablets for tapering is the practice of splitting solid pills with a cutter or knife to reach a smaller dose than the manufacturer supplie...
Am I a sole survivor? Am I the only woman who has gotten off Paroxetine after 24 years I don't know...I haven't met one yet...I don't have any eviden...
Gabapentin is prescribed for nerve pain, seizures, anxiety, restless legs, and sleep, and many people take it for years without ever being told it can...
Finding a taper friendly doctor is one of the hardest practical problems people face when they decide to come off a psychiatric medication. Most presc...
For decades, psychiatric drug withdrawal was treated as a quick afterthought. Doctors halved doses, then halved again, then stopped within a few weeks...
Quetiapine, sold as Seroquel, is one of the most widely prescribed atypical antipsychotics, often used off-label at low doses for insomnia and anxiety...
Coming off a psychiatric medication is easier when you write things down. A tapering plan worksheet is a simple document that records your starting do...
Micro tapering with digital scales is a method for making very small, measurable dose reductions when standard pill strengths are too large to taper s...
