Posted by mellow on December 5, 2010, at 3:12:22
In reply to Re: Celexa - Tapering Off_Update, posted by KathrynLex on December 4, 2010, at 2:43:34
> Well it's 1 a.m. and I'm still awake but today was MUCH better. I took 10mg of Celexa in the morning(no Klonopin needed...for now) and all the side effects I had have pretty much vanished. I'm going to start taking a little less each day and see how that goes. I NEVER want another day like yesterday...that was a whole new level of h*ll.
I wish I would have seen your message earlier. You are going to be fine. I am 12 weeks off Celexa and feel great. I am almost off my antipsychotic too.
I think you just went way too fast. I went from 20 down to 10 and stayed there for a full 8 weeks. Then I just dropped off
the 10mg dose and hoped for the best. The hardest part for me was the the severe anxiety for the first weekend. I had to take extra risperdal to stay calm. Use your klonopin to sleep!Then I had crying spells and and really hard time sleeping for a couple of weeks. But it gets better!!! You will feel so much better on less drugs. If you have to try doing 10 mg for another 8 weeks or so and then take another shot at it that is no big deal.
I'm in the same boat. My doc says we can get to a sinlge dose of lamictal in the morning if I keep working hard. Recovery is possible!
Mellow
Bipolar II
Lamictal 100, Topamax 50, Risperdal 0.5, B 100 complex, B 12, Vit C, Cal/Mag with D3, Fish Oil, High Potency Multi Vitamin
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