Lexapro of 10 years, my emotions are significantly numbed, I have sexual dysfunction 😢 I’m happy to hear that my sexual dysfunction will possibly improve and that I can have my emotions fully back to their normal state. I’m a young mother with 3 kids and a supportive husband. I’m on the liquid for my taper. Thank you Mark for being a HUGE help.
Withdrawal symptoms can be delayed by several months after stopping,not just weeks. 3-6 months is a common timeframe off the drugs when people crash and that has happened to me several times after coming off with a too quick taper and I know it wasn't a relapse because it happened again this time but I got through it,and now 21 months off albeit still in a Protracted withdrawal. Dr. Josef has an interview with a woman where the withdrawal symptoms occurred after a year off the drugs. I don't think you can safely say after any amount of time after stopping that it's a relapse of an original condition.
Thank you for the timing of this post! I was on Day 15 of brain zaps, etc. after tapering from 50 mg sertraline over 3 weeks to nothing. Went back on the last dose of 12.5 mg daily after watching this last night and will be discussing with my NP next week how to taper in much more smaller mg increments (or using fluoxitine as a bridge to taper off from) from here.
I’ve been on 100mg for the last 25 yrs. I’m getting ready for the long journey of withdrawing. Good move by going back on for the time being. You got this!
Like many (most?) long term antidepressant users, I'm on them because I fear the known, potential, horrific withdrawal side effects. My GP has no clue about the severity or protracted nature of withdrawal. What an appalling state of affairs.
For about 33 years, I have been taking prescription medications through legal prescriptions, taking various antidepressants and benzodiazepine medications. For the past 15 years, I have been regularly taking Zoloft 50mg and Bromazepam (Lexotanil) 6mg, half a pill in the morning and half a pill in the evening. I am now 55 years old and a teacher In Third World countries, doctors still consider that there is no danger in continuing to take the drug and no danger in stopping it after a few weeks. I've recently started cutting back on my benzo medication, from what I've heard from you. Question: Should I taper both medications together or start with one? Thank you for what you are doing to educate people
Not together. Benzodiazepines are harder to come off. I’ve heard it stated multiple times that start tapering from the easiest drug to come off of first. The Benzo is the harder of the two. Best wishes!
In my way taper benzo first ..do not taper both ..but last 10 percent is very difficult to taper meanwhile u can hold last benzo cut and taper anti depression ..Benzos are very hard drug
9 months off zoloft 14 year use. Too fast taper, almost c/t. Severe WD. Feels like injury in my case. Reinstatement didnt work. Is there any hope? Cant work. In despair. Can I even heal. Will it take several years, I don't know if I can handle it.
@@Snowflake1374 ok. Im 15 months off. Severe severe neurological pain, anxiety, migraines, fatigue, agitation as well. Ill try to hold out for 2 years but its hell!
I don’t think it is simply “let’s go slower”….that requires doctors in Australia to acknowledge that withdrawal exists, along with the difference between dependance and addiction. In that space is where it is easy to experience being gaslit by a practitioner - even one who is well meaning. I ended up with multiple medical specialists as my prescribing GP had thought I had developed multiple medical conditions, rather than considering it was an effect of withdrawal. Interestingly, each medical specialist I attended wanted to prescribe another drug in order to cover the withdrawal symptoms (that no one was recognising). If I had gone done that path I would have been polydrugged on 6 various medications. It is absolutely of concern that the current ‘accepted’ literature in Australia is not current and correct. And more alarming is the willingness of those who know better in this field to allow it to continue in Australia as is to the detriment of people’s wellbeing. We need and can do better.
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Lexapro of 10 years, my emotions are significantly numbed, I have sexual dysfunction 😢 I’m happy to hear that my sexual dysfunction will possibly improve and that I can have my emotions fully back to their normal state. I’m a young mother with 3 kids and a supportive husband. I’m on the liquid for my taper. Thank you Mark for being a HUGE help.
I own his wonderful book on Deprescribing.
Withdrawal symptoms can be delayed by several months after stopping,not just weeks. 3-6 months is a common timeframe off the drugs when people crash and that has happened to me several times after coming off with a too quick taper and I know it wasn't a relapse because it happened again this time but I got through it,and now 21 months off albeit still in a Protracted withdrawal. Dr. Josef has an interview with a woman where the withdrawal symptoms occurred after a year off the drugs.
I don't think you can safely say after any amount of time after stopping that it's a relapse of an original condition.
Yes , you are correct!
This man speaks TRUTH!!!
Thank you for the timing of this post! I was on Day 15 of brain zaps, etc. after tapering from 50 mg sertraline over 3 weeks to nothing. Went back on the last dose of 12.5 mg daily after watching this last night and will be discussing with my NP next week how to taper in much more smaller mg increments (or using fluoxitine as a bridge to taper off from) from here.
I’ve been on 100mg for the last 25 yrs. I’m getting ready for the long journey of withdrawing. Good move by going back on for the time being. You got this!
Like many (most?) long term antidepressant users, I'm on them because I fear the known, potential, horrific withdrawal side effects. My GP has no clue about the severity or protracted nature of withdrawal. What an appalling state of affairs.
18:51 gets the nitty gritty
Hopefully someday US doctors will get the message as well. Most of them are so far behind in their thinking and practice.
Yes, hopefully medical schools can start teaching this if they haven’t already because they are going to need it TREMENDOUSLY in the future. 😢
Amazing. Thanks for the information
For about 33 years, I have been taking prescription medications through legal prescriptions, taking various antidepressants and benzodiazepine medications. For the past 15 years, I have been regularly taking Zoloft 50mg and Bromazepam (Lexotanil) 6mg, half a pill in the morning and half a pill in the evening. I am now 55 years old and a teacher
In Third World countries, doctors still consider that there is no danger in continuing to take the drug and no danger in stopping it after a few weeks.
I've recently started cutting back on my benzo medication, from what I've heard from you.
Question: Should I taper both medications together or start with one?
Thank you for what you are doing to educate people
Not together. Benzodiazepines are harder to come off. I’ve heard it stated multiple times that start tapering from the easiest drug to come off of first. The Benzo is the harder of the two. Best wishes!
In my way taper benzo first ..do not taper both ..but last 10 percent is very difficult to taper meanwhile u can hold last benzo cut and taper anti depression ..Benzos are very hard drug
8 months off AD n Benzodiazepine, i’m fighting everyday the hardest for me is Benzo belly 😓😢
Thanks
I've been taking Lexapro for 2 years, but I want to stop. Should my tapering be OK? I'm terrified.
9 months off zoloft 14 year use. Too fast taper, almost c/t. Severe WD. Feels like injury in my case. Reinstatement didnt work. Is there any hope? Cant work. In despair. Can I even heal. Will it take several years, I don't know if I can handle it.
Same here. What are your symptoms?
@@cookcookkkkk Brain pain and burning sensations. Agitation irritation. Detached. Muscle ache nerves difficulty walking. Weak, fatigue. Cognitively. Your symptoms?
@@Snowflake1374 Is your name Matt?
@@cookcookkkkk No.
@@Snowflake1374 ok. Im 15 months off. Severe severe neurological pain, anxiety, migraines, fatigue, agitation as well. Ill try to hold out for 2 years but its hell!
I don’t think it is simply “let’s go slower”….that requires doctors in Australia to acknowledge that withdrawal exists, along with the difference between dependance and addiction. In that space is where it is easy to experience being gaslit by a practitioner - even one who is well meaning. I ended up with multiple medical specialists as my prescribing GP had thought I had developed multiple medical conditions, rather than considering it was an effect of withdrawal. Interestingly, each medical specialist I attended wanted to prescribe another drug in order to cover the withdrawal symptoms (that no one was recognising). If I had gone done that path I would have been polydrugged on 6 various medications. It is absolutely of concern that the current ‘accepted’ literature in Australia is not current and correct. And more alarming is the willingness of those who know better in this field to allow it to continue in Australia as is to the detriment of people’s wellbeing. We need and can do better.
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