Posted by 49er on February 21, 2009, at 11:21:45
In reply to An old withdrawal theory of mine - Kindling., posted by SLS on February 19, 2009, at 11:43:11
> Since no one seems to visit the Withdrawal board anymore, I thought I would repost an old thread dealing with the phenomenology of SRI withdrawal.
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> All comments are welcome.
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/wdrawl/20050214/msgs/460726.html
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> - ScottScott,
I just responded in the other thread on a similar topic. Sorry, I forgot the name of it but I am sure you know what I am talking about.
Not to come across as belligerent or disrespectful but suggesting that someone quickly taper a psych med is putting someone on the path to extreme danger.
Even on Benzo Boards, where they advocate that people switch to Valium because it is easier to taper off of, they suggest that people do the switchover slowly because you still have to taper the drug. Even when they finally are comfortably situated on valium, it is suggested that the taper still be done very slowly.
I don't mean to sound like a broken record but tapering a psych med too quickly is like putting the car in reverse at 60 miles per hour. The brain needs time to adapt due to the neurochemical changes that psych meds make in the body.
This is not an issue of simply lowering the med level.
Anyway, if you quickly taper a med or cold turkey it, you are taking a huge risk.
49er
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20090213/msgs/881489.html