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EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Tapping

Sminismoni
Sminismoni
in Symptoms & Coping Strategies

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I just wanted to share a strategy that I learnt some time ago for managing my ADHD overwhelm, but which has helped take the edge off in desperate withdrawal times now too. Of course it isn't miraculous, but it has given me 5-10 minutes at a time of relief from anxiety, general despair and akathisia. Plus it helps me feel like I am "doing something" rather than being a passive victim of this process.

 

It is EFT - The Emotional Freedom Technique.

 

Here is a Youtube Video to get you started.

 

https://youtu.be/pAclBdj20ZU

November 2024 Elvanse for ADHD. Anxiety and jaw clenching, stopped after 4 weeks. Felt fine.

 

January 2025 Medikinet XL

Made me depressed and suicidal so stopped after 3 weeks. Felt fine

 

March 2025 Concerta XL Made me depressed and suicidal so stopped after 2 weeks. Felt fine

 

April-May 2025 Amfexa and Methylphenidate instant release, both only worked for an hour so stopped.  Felt fine.

 

June 2025 Atomoxetine started slow taper. Immediate hot flushing and feeling sluggish.

 

July-September 2025 Tapered up to 70mg Atomoxetine. Constipation, insomnia, muscle spasms, weird thoughts, mood swings, night sweats, hot flushes, brain fog, dizziness etc

 

October 2025 rapid taper off Atomoxetine. I also had a GA for shoulder surgery the same week I finished meds.

 

Ongoing symptoms ever since, but now also trouble swallowing, difficulty passing urine, muscle twitches, depersonalisation, heavy limbs, emotional blunting, apathy, feeling "wired" and robotic, PGAD.

 

New symptoms February 2026: Nausea and burning head

 

Supplements: B12, folate and Vit D as all were bordering on deficient. 

Bad reactions to CBD oil, Mag glycinate, Mag L.Threonate and Fish Oil

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    @Sminismoni thank you for sharing this. 😀

    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.

    • 1 month later...
    On 1/28/2026 at 7:38 AM, Sminismoni said:

    Here is a Youtube Video to get you started.

     

    https://youtu.be/pAclBdj20ZU?si=MelTBMP0ilcDthXB

    EFT is great! I've been meaning to get into it again, this is perfect timing.

     

    Just a heads up that the end of this URL is a tracking code attached to your account. If you'd like to disconnect that, just delete the "?" and everything after to remove the trackers, like this: https://youtu.be/pAclBdj20ZU

     

    Cheers!

    Polydrugged for cPTSD:

    • After a decade on thousands of mg of gabapentin a day, I've made my way down over the years to less than 5mL
    • Started at 100mg wellbutrin, down to .01% of that
    • 25mg seroquel for sleep

     

    In my rearview:

    • Successfully tapered off buspar
    • Cold-turkeyed off adderall (0/10, do not recommend)
    • Before that: so many pills, spent years being cycled through meds faster than a triathlete who can't wait to go for a run (also do not recommend)
    8 hours ago, littlebird said:

    EFT is great! I've been meaning to get into it again, this is perfect timing.

     

    Just a heads up that the end of this URL is a tracking code attached to your account. If you'd like to disconnect that, just delete the "?" and everything after to remove the trackers, like this: https://youtu.be/pAclBdj20ZU

     

    Cheers!

    Thanks @littlebird I’ve edited @Sminismoni link as you suggested. 
     

    Can I ask you to make an intro topic for me? 

    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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