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Songbird: turtle taperer

Songbird
Songbird
in Introductions & Ongoing Recoveries

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I am here to continue documenting my journey after many years on the Surviving Antidepressants forum, and on Paxil Progress before that.  I’ve been tapering since about 2005, and after many crashes and restarts, finally made it to zero in August 2025.  
 

My SA journal:
https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/topic/7543-songbird-a-little-about-me


I would like express my thanks and appreciation to the creators of this new forum. I’m very glad to see someone continuing this important work.

2001–2002 paroxetine

2003  citalopram 

2004-2008  paroxetine (various failed tapers) 
2008  paroxetine slow taper down to 

2016  Aug off paroxetine
2016-2017  citalopram May 20mg  Oct 15mg … slow taper down to 4.8mg
2018-2023 Feb 4.6mg slow taper down to 1.0mg

2024  Jan 0.9mg  Mar 0.8mg May 0.7mg Aug 0.6mg Oct 0.5mg Dec 0.4mg

2025 Jan 0.3mg Apr 0.2mg Jun 0.1mg Aug 0mg

Hey Songbird

 

Welcome to the forum and thank you for posting your introduction thread. Its great to have you here!

 

Thanks also for linking your SA thread for people to see.

 

It is our pleasure to be here and help further the good work this community has done already.

 

When you have a moment maybe summarise your journey so far and how you are at the moment?

 

Speak soon

 

Chippy

I’m not a medical professional and cannot offer medical advice. I only offer my thoughts as support. Please speak to your health practitioner about your care. This is a peer site where we support each other on our taper/recovery journeys. 

 

If you are from the UK please make sure you fill in a 'Yellow Card' report for the MHRA. It is you doing your bit to help make a difference.

Please take the time to do it today 🙂 https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk

For US members details here.

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    Thank you for joining and for linking your SA thread.

     

    I hope that this place provides good support for you, and that ultimately you are able to write a success story here.

    Nothing I say is medical advice, it is simply my opinion. I am an anonymous person on an internet forum with no relevant qualifications other than being badly harmed by a drug. For all you know, I could be an idiot. You are making your own decisions and part of that is deciding how much to listen to my opinion, if at all.

     

    Perhaps you should consider this post an artistic work of fiction written for entertainment purposes.

    Story from SA: LukeUK: Remeron/Mirtazapine Severe Withdrawal - Introductions and updates - Surviving Antidepressants

     

    15mg Remeron/Mirtazapine November starting 2022 (severe physical side effects)

    Attempted to taper off January 2023, ended up having a major breakdown and going up to 30mg, took weeks to stabilise

    1 month taper  to 0mg

    Last dose April 2023

    Severe withdrawal syndrome with many physical symptoms

    Summary: 5 months using Mirtazapine, including 1 month taper ending late April 2023.

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    Hi, Songbird. Congrats on getting to zero. I say that with a tinge of hesitation, but you did it so carefully, so, wow, 20 years, good job!  How are you feeling?

    2001-2011 Celexa 10 mg raised to 40 mg then 60 mg over this time period

    May 2011 OB Doctor's Cold switch Celexa 60 mg to 10 mg Zoloft sertraline (baby born)

    2012-2016 - Doctors raised dose of Zoloft up to 150 mg

    2016 - Xanax prescribed - as needed - 0.5 mg about every 3 days (bad reaction)

    2016 - Stopped Xanax

    Late 2016- Began (too fast) taper of Zoloft

    Early 2017 - Trazodone prescribed for bedtime (doseage unknown)

    Feb 2017 - Completed taper/stopped Trazodone

    Drug free since Feb 2017

    2017 - Unisom otc very rarely for sleep

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