Yep im on 187.5mg of ven and have absolutely no intention of lowering anytime soon, i tried to in December and crashed bigtime so I'm sticking with the ven for the long haul XX
Yep im on 187.5mg of ven and have absolutely no intention of lowering anytime soon, i tried to in December and crashed bigtime so I'm sticking with the ven for the long haul XX
You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it x x x x x x x x
Gregcool is just starting to reduce his on the GAD board. Maybe some support is possible between you all?
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Hi, all,
Just wanted to offer my support to Aprilmoon, hang in there hun! I can't remember whether you have tried Trazodone, didn't like/can't manage it, or what, but I am still finding it effective at 50 mg. Some take 25. Am doing really well on this plus ven still, lowered now to 75 mg for summer.
As for the discontinuation misery, amongst the reviews and unofficial research I have done, antihistamines are recommended to help ease symptoms from withdrawal of these meds, since some of the receptors are the same, if that makes sense. In other words, some of the nastiness is due to the removal of the antihistamine-like effects of the drugs, coincidental though they are. You may wind up having bad flu-like symptoms, including severe body aches. I get these whenever I forget to take my ven, lol! Therefore, temporary bridging in of antihistamines is meant to help with giving these receptors what they are craving. Antihistamines do have a common side effect of drowsiness, of course, and this should help against the anxiety and insomnia. Check with your pharmacist (chemist) when you pick them up.
Good luck, sweetie, you'll get there! Big hugs!
Marie xx
I am currently trying to taper down on olanzapine. I have been taking 7.5mg (2.5mg am and 5mg pm) for about 6 months and I am not happy about the weight gain. And I have other concerns.
Anyway, I have learned on another forum that the safest was to taper off most psychiatric drugs is by reducing by 10% of the current dose every four weeks or so. That way discontinuation symptoms can be hopefully avoided. It's a long haul though.
For example, if you were taking 100mg of drug X then you would reduce to 90mg and stay there for 4 weeks. Then, down to 81mg for 4 weeks, 73mgs and so on. It's an exponential decay.
Some people may find that they can taper off more rapidly. I'm not advocating this by the way. However if, for whatever reason, you have decided that you want off some drug or other then the 4 week/10% approach seems to be the safest. You should probably discuss it with your doctor also.
To get accurate doses when cutting tablets it would require investing in a very sensitive weighing scales. They can be purchased fairly cheaply on Amazon.
This too will pass ...
Yep, a couple of quid of Ebay for a jewellery scale. I've got one that measures 0.01-200g.
You are going to be getting some tiny pieces with that 10% method. Any crushing will likely be impacting on your method so you will be needing a very thin sharp blade. Are you using a Stanley knife or something?
Not all meds can be cut, but I known Olanzapine can be. I guess you are having to weigh the pill first but how much of that overall weight is fillers & binders too? Since it's homogenised at least you can still do the 10% reduction but wouldn't it be 10% of the pill weight since the drug dosage will be lower than this?
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