Posted by 49er on October 28, 2007, at 13:58:54
In reply to Weaning an Antidepressant almost killed me READ!!, posted by Gary Engel on October 17, 2007, at 20:19:29
Gary,
Sorry you went through what sounds like a living hell.
It has been my experience in living it and talking to other people withdrawing from psych meds that doctors put patients on a way too fast tapering rate. The advice I read that makes the most sense to me is to to taper 10% of the current dose every 3 to 5 weeks.
Of course, with some meds, that is impossible to do. I was able to get some of my meds filled at a compound pharmacy to get the right dose. But once the pharmacist wanted to charge what I felt was a ridiculous price on another med, I decided to do it myself.
Cutting the pill evenly is impossible for me. So I just decided to crush it up and take out a miniscule amount. If that works, I will keep increasing it until I feel symptoms and wait about 4 to 6 weeks until the next cut.
But in a nutshell, steady and slow is the way to go. And even doing that can still cause problems.
49er
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