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Daily Withdrawal Checklist

LostinCanada
LostinCanada
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It is beneficial to track symptoms, giving them a 1-10 number. This helps to tract patterns and progress.

 

This list is not exhaustive but a good reference and one way of monitoring symptoms.

 

https://media.invisioncic.com/r138344/pages_media/1491703620_WDchecklist.pdf?_cb=1733760981

 

Making your own spreadsheet with your specific symptoms is another option.

I am not a medical professional. My comments are based on my personal experience and information on SA.

 

Paroxetine-2002 onward-20mg/ Citalopram-2007-20 mg-straight switch from paroxetine-back to paroxetine after a month/ Sertraline -25 mg-Dec 2016- given for a month instead of paroxetine (doctor mistake) Oxazepam -10 mg-2016-twice weekly for a couple months for sleep/ Zopiclone -3.75-7.5mg-2020-2022-once a week for sleep/Paroxetine -20 yr+/ Dec2018-May 2022 20 mg/ May 2022 30mg/2022.07.28-2022.08.24 30mg to 0mg/ Prozac-10mg August 24-29 2022/Paroxetine -5mg-2022.11.28-2022.12.04/10mg-Dec 5&6/22/ Prozac-10mg-Dec 8&9/22/Paroxetine -5mg-2022.12.07 to 2023.07.01

 

TAPER-Paroxetine-2023-Jul 2-4.9mg/ Jul 21-4.8mg/Jul 28-4.73mg/Aug 4-4.65mg /Sep 21-4.58 mg/Oct 27-4.56 mg/Dec 5-4.54 mg/2024-Jan 2-4.52 mg/Jan 9-4.51 mg/Jan 17-4.49 mg/Jan 26-4.47mg/Feb 6-4.46mg/Feb 19-4.44mg /Apr 4-4.43mg/Apr 28-4.4 mg/May 5-4.39 mg/May 19-4.36 mg/Jul 2-4.34 mg/Jul 9-4.32mg/Jul 31-4.3 mg/Oct 1-4.29mg/Nov 27-4.25 mg/Dec 5-4.22mg/2025-Jan 5-4.17mg/Feb 2-4.1mg/Mar 7-4.07mg/Apr 23-4.04mg/May 23-4mg/Jun 22-3.99mg/Jun 30-3.95mg/Jul 18-3.92mg/Sep 25-3.9mg/2026-Mar 25-3.85mg

 

9am-paroxetine, 200mg mag bisglycinate/75 mg DGL if needed for refux/150 mg calcium citrate/algae oil for omega 3/ginger 400 mg as needed for nausea

 

"... your strength will be in keeping calm..."-Isaiah 30:15

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    @LostinCanada Thanks so much

    October 2012 - Lex 10mg

    January 2023 - 3 week Taper to 0mg

    October 2024 - Lex 20mg, Abilify 2mg

    January 14 2026 - Lex 0mg, Abilify 0mg 

    January 14 2026 - Pristiq 50mg 

    February 14 2026 - 5 day taper 

    February 19 2026 - Pristiq 0mg

    March 17 2026 - Lex 10mg

    March 18 2026 - Lex 0mg

    March 19 2026 - Lex 5mg

    March 20 2026 - Lex 1mg

    June 2 2026 - Lex .75mg

    July 6 2026 - Lex 0.5mg

    August 4 2026 - Lex 0mg off

     

     

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    @Journey, if this can reassure you, I have also bad dreams, hot flashes, lack of sleep and appetite. My anhedonia is awful, no motivation, no emotions.

    2011-2023 Paxil

    2023-2024 Effexor

    Since February 2024 in anhedonia caused by the long use of AD

    February 2024-March 2025 drug after drug after drug... 70 rTMS sessions, 8 ketamin infusions-nothing worked

    March 2025 CT upon doctor "advice" from Desipramine, Viibryd, Lithium at high doses all together in 6 days

    Since then awful withdrawal: unbearable anxiety, panic attacks, adrenaline rushes, hot flashes, muscle pain over all the body, insomnia, depression, intrusive thoughts, brain fog

    Current tapering Mirtazapine : December 29,2025-3 mg, February,15, 2025-2,7 mg, February,28-2,5 mg, March,8-2 mg, March,14-1,5 mg, March,20-0 mg

    @skamenThank you for your reply. That is very helpful to know I am not losing it. I’m sorry you are going through the same. The bad dreams are a big down side of getting a good nights sleep. I’m sending you well wishes your way. 

    October 2012 - Lex 10mg

    January 2023 - 3 week Taper to 0mg

    October 2024 - Lex 20mg, Abilify 2mg

    January 14 2026 - Lex 0mg, Abilify 0mg 

    January 14 2026 - Pristiq 50mg 

    February 14 2026 - 5 day taper 

    February 19 2026 - Pristiq 0mg

    March 17 2026 - Lex 10mg

    March 18 2026 - Lex 0mg

    March 19 2026 - Lex 5mg

    March 20 2026 - Lex 1mg

    June 2 2026 - Lex .75mg

    July 6 2026 - Lex 0.5mg

    August 4 2026 - Lex 0mg off

     

     

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    On 2/3/2026 at 9:43 PM, LostinCanada said:

    It is beneficial to track symptoms, giving them a 1-10 number. This helps to tract patterns and progress.

     

    This list is not exhaustive but a good reference and one way of monitoring symptoms.

     

    https://media.invisioncic.com/r138344/pages_media/1491703620_WDchecklist.pdf?_cb=1733760981

     

    Making your own spreadsheet with your specific symptoms is another option.

    Thank you for this @LostinCanada ! I started the tracking today. I am looking forward to feeling better and better day by day and healing completely one day. I really like the quote in your signature "... your strength will be in keeping calm..."-Isaiah 30:15 it resonates with me today and I am keeping it for self.

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    Between 2012 to 2023: On and off Sertraline primarily. Lithium, Gabapentin, clonipin, thorazine tested on me.

    December 2023 to mid 2025 was on sertraline 200 mg, desvenlafaxine 200mg, clonapin, antipsychotics. Stopped anti psychotics under physicians guidance since May, sleep medications tapered off since July 2025.

    July - August 2025: tapered down to 75 mg sertraline

    September 2025: Given lumiteperone (don't remember the dosage)

    October 2025: Lumiteperone removed. Sertraline ard 100 mg added.

    November 2025: Given a host of medications that I can't remember (I will look it up and add it,) but included lumiteperone

    December 2025: removed off November meds and kept on sertraline and aripriprazole added.

    Feb 2026: cold turkeyed off sertraline and aripriprazole.

    May 2026 to present: Put on 40 mg Duloxetine

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