Posted by janejane on May 21, 2010, at 15:33:38
In reply to Tappering off - pace?, posted by hansi555 on May 21, 2010, at 11:18:43
I think you should listen to your body. It will tell you if you're going too fast. Maybe try half a dose, if that's too much of a decrease you'll soon know and be able to adjust. I think there's a lot of variation, even within the same individual. For example, I tried to get off effexor after taking it only a month or so, and I had a horrid time with brain zaps and nausea. I think the withdrawal lasted longer than I had initially taken it. But many years later, when I stopped prozac (after over 10 years) to start a cymbalta trial, I had no problems at all with an immediate switch over. Then, after only a short time on cymbalta (didn't even ramp up to the standard dose), I decided to go med-free and was able to do it cold turkey with virtually no problems. It surprised me a lot. (I also stopped long-term wellbutrin in middle of the cymbalta thing, and that too was no problem.)
I think a little 5-HTP might help while tapering off an SSRI, not sure about the other drugs. (When I say a little, I mean, get a 50 mg tablet and cut it into quarters or even smaller. That's insignificant most standards, but I think it's good to be conservative.) Benadryl might help too. I know it helped my nausea when I was going off effexor.
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