@Chippy 

I managed to make the change in Lyrica dosis. So now it is correct. 
I added BusPar alongside Effexor XR. 

 

And yes. It makes perfectly sense the way you listed the whole history.

🙏💕💕

53 minutes ago, Haa said:

@Chippy 

I managed to make the change in Lyrica dosis. So now it is correct. 
I added BusPar alongside Effexor XR. 

 

And yes. It makes perfectly sense the way you listed the whole history.

🙏💕💕

Thanks. Good we have a history for you now. Nice and clear. I understand. 

 

How do you feel atm. How would you rate your symptoms on average out of 10, 10 being the worst?

1 hour ago, Haa said:

Again thank you for your patients and all what you give ro this site. It means the world to everyone here. 

I have a question not concerning tapering og medication but of how I can support the site. Can I send you a mail? 
🙏💕💕

It is an absolute pleasure to try to be of help @Haa

 

You can send me a PM if you have questions you want to ask me privately. 

6 hours ago, Chippy said:

How do you feel atm. How would you rate your symptoms on average out of 10, 10 being the worst?

Hi @Chippy

Today- Friday I will say 3, yesterday 5. So it has definitely been improving a lot since Tuesday. 
I am grateful for every hour, I have  peace in my mind. 🙏💕💕

Hey @Haa

 

10 hours ago, Haa said:

Hi @Chippy

Today- Friday I will say 3, yesterday 5. So it has definitely been improving a lot since Tuesday. 
I am grateful for every hour, I have  peace in my mind. 🙏💕💕

You seem to be doing ok! 🙂 

 

Looking at your drug history I can see you have had a lot to deal with. Some massive and constant changes in dose.

 

You seemed to have had your big increase of sertraline around the time you did the MASSIVE up dose of Oxapax (which I think you did to try to counter act WD symptoms from you dosing mistake you made and then stuck with). I think, you were trying to treat the symptoms of this with more Sertraline, thinking you needed more drugs to deal with mental health issues, which made things worse.

 

Whether your system finds this higher dose too much for you is a difficult one. You could try keeping a diary, and see if an uptick in symptoms correlates with when you take your dose.

 

I mainly think you are just experiencing windows and waves whilst stabilising. 

 

It's only been a month since your last dose change.

 

A few things.

 

-You don't want to make anymore rash changes chasing symptoms. When you do make changes they want to be small, not big swings and well thought out ones.

 

-You don't want to try and taper multiple drugs at the same time.

 

-Despite only being a month since your last dose change, you are showing some good symptom levels at a 3/10 & 5/10. This is good and showing you are stablising.

I think I would give it a little longer and see those levels remain consistent if it were me.

 

- Once you feel happy you are more stable (1-3/10) I would then tackle getting your sertraline dose down. Nice and slow. Try 2.5% at first and see how you feel. If that goes ok then reassess. Be good to get that back to 75mg soon.

 

-Bigger picture, it is up to you what you want to taper off, and how much you want to do it.

 

Just cross that bridge when you get there.

 

Job 1, confirm stabilisation.

 

Job 2, get Sertraline back to 75mg.

 

I think that is basically what I would do if I was you. 🙂 

 

Chippy

@Chippy 

Thanks a lot. What you write is absolutely spot on. That is what happened. And I regret that I agreed on the up-dosing of Sertraline. But as I wrote: This was then, and now is now.

 

The windows seem to start to appear since primo February a couple af days at the time. And I think: Now I’ve turned a corner. But as I have seen the waves are stil coming. I know this is absolutely normal, if one can talk of normality….

 

You see the same way forward as I do. 

1. Stabilize

2. Reducing Sertraline (perhaps 1 mg just to test the water). 
 

When on 1-3/10 how long, in your opinion, should I hold in order to stabilize as much as possible before reducing a fraction of Sertraline?

I keep daily record of symptoms and level of activity. 

You are an engle. Thank you. 🙏💕💕
 

Edited February 28Feb 28 by Haa

 

 When on 1-3/10 how long, in your opinion, should I hold in order to stabilize as much as possible before reducing a fraction of Sertraline?
 

This is up to you. There is no set time frame. You just generally want to feel you have levelled out. You can still get windows and waves even when you have. But you do sound to me to be heading in a good direction. I’m pleased. 

Update:

Since Wednesday 25. February - 1. Marts symptoms have calmed down. I have been precent, and have been able ro finish some paperwork, which have been stacking up since oct 2025. My cognitive skills have improved, no anxiety just a little jitter and worry when I wake up, and again close to 4pm when next dose of oxapax is due. 
I sleep mostly  all night, I am back working-out almost at my usual level. 

It is too early to say, I have turned a corner. But I sure hope so. Today I’ll rate my status at 2-3/10. 
I am hopefull and somewhat concerned at the same time. May the recovery keep moving forward.  🙏💕

Edited March 1Mar 1 by Haa

Haa's Archived Dose History 

 

1997 - 2020 - Effexor XR and BusPar

2017 - Current - Lamotrigine 100 mg (x2 Daily)

 

 

Oxapax

2018 – 2023 – On/Off – Max 22.5mg (7.5 mg x 3)

12 Dec 2023 – 22.5 mg

19 Mar 2024 – 20.6 mg (-8.4%)

22 Mar 2024 – 19.6 mg (-4.3%)

32 Mar 2024 – 18.6 mg (-4.0%)

05 April 2024 – 17.8 mg (-4.3%)

15 April 2024 – 13.8 mg (-22.0%)

19 April 2024 – 12.1 mg (-12.3%)

25 April 2024 – 13.1 mg (+8.6%)

08 May 2024 – 11.25 mg (-14.0%)

22 May 2024 – 9.15 mg (-18.6%)

03 Jun 2024 – 7.5 mg (-19.6%)

17 Jun 2024 – 5.6 mg (-25.0%)

28 Jul 2024 – 3.75 mg (-33.0%)

30 Aug 2024 – 3.75 mg - In Alcohol Solution (0%)

11 Sept 2024 – 2.9 mg (-22.0%)

19 Oct 2024 – 2.6 mg (-10.3%)

15 Nov 2024 – 2.34 mg (-10.0%)

10 Jan 2025 – 2.215 mg (-5.8%)

31 Jan 2025 – 2.2 mg (-0.5%)

22 Feb 2025 – 2.1 mg (-4.5%)

07 Mar 2025 – 2.09 mg (-0.5%)

14 Mar 2025 – 2.04 mg (-2.3%)

22 Mar 2025 – 1.95 mg (-4.4%)

08 April 2025 – 1.9 mg (-2.5%)

29 April 2025 – 1.875 mg - Tablet (-1.3%)

17 May 2025 – 1.875 mg (0%)

18 May 2025 – 0.18 mg - Miscalculation. Continued tapering from this dose (-90.4%)

11 Jul 2025 – 0.16 mg (-11.1%)

17 Jul 2025 – 0.17 mg (+5.6%)

20 Jul 2025 – 0.15 mg (-11,8%)

02 Aug 2025 – 0.14 mg (-6.6%)

17 Aug 2025 – 0.13 mg (-7.1%)

25 Aug 2025 – 0.12 mg (-7.7%)

06 Sept 2025 – 0.11 mg (-8,3%)

26 Sept 2025 – 0.115 mg (+4,5%)

02 Oct 2025 – 0.12 mg (+4.3%)

30 Oct 2025 – 3.87 mg (0.12mg + 3.75mg) (+3125%)

01 Nov 2025 – 4.12 mg (0.12mg + 4mg) (+ 6.5%)

02 Nov 2025 – 3.87 mg (- 6,1%)

04 Nov 2025 – 22.5 mg (+ 481%)

06 Nov 2025 – 18.75 mg (-16,7%)

07 Nov 2025 – 22.5 mg (+20,0%)

10 Nov 2025 – 15.0 mg (-33,3%)

11 Nov 2025 – 18.75 mg (+25,0%)

12 Nov 2025 – 22.5 mg (+20.0%)

13 Nov 2025 – 22.5 (0%)

15 Dec 2025 – 21.6 mg (-4,0%)

16 Dec 2025 – 20.7 mg (-4,2%)

21 Dec 2025 – 20.6 mg (-0,5%)

21 Jan 2026 – 22.5 mg (+9.2%) 

 

Lyrica

Nov 2018 – 25mg -> 75mg x 2 (150mg) -> 150mg x 2 (300mg)

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 - 300mg -> 116mg

07 Feb 2022 – 112 mg (-3.45%)

11 Mar 2022 – 104 mg (-7.14%)

26 Mar 2022 – 100 mg (-3.85%)

01 April 2022 – 96 mg (-4.00%)

08 April 2022 – 92 mg (-4.17%)

15 April 2022 – 90 mg (-2.17%)

16 April 2022 – 92 mg (+2.22%)

25 April 2022 – 90 mg (-2.17%)

30 April 2022 – 88 mg (-2.22%)

10 Jun 2022 – 84 mg (-4.55%)

01 Jul 2022 – 83 mg (-1.19%)

07 Jul 2022 – 82 mg (-1.20%)

15 Jul 2022 – 81 mg (-1.22%)

24 Aug 2022 - 80 mg (-1.23%)

30 Sept 2022 – 78 mg (-2.50%)

08 Oct 2022 – 76 mg (-2.56%)

14 Oct 2022 – 74 mg (-2.63%)

16 Oct 2022 – 76 mg (+2.70%)

08 Nov 2022 – 75.4 mg (-0.79%)

11 Nov 2022 – 74 mg (-1.86%)

18 Nov 2022 – 72 mg (-2.70%)

28 Dec 2022 – 71.4 mg (-0.83%)

01 Jan 2023 – 71.6 mg (+0.28%)

03 Jan 2023 – 72 mg (+0.56%)

30 Mar 2023 – 70 mg (-2.78%)

17 April 2023 – 69.6 mg (-0.57%)

23 April 2023 – 69.2 mg (-0.57%)

30 April 2023 – 68 mg (-1.73%)

11 Aug 2023 – 67 mg (-1.47%)

18 Aug 2023 – 66 mg (-1.49%)

19 Sept 2023 – 64 mg (-3.03%)

27 Oct 2023 – 62 mg (-3.13%)

24 Nov 2023 – 60 mg (-3.23%)

08 Dec 2023 – 58.8 mg (-2,00%)

15 Dec 2023 – 56.8 mg (-3.40%)

25 Dec 2023 – 56.4 mg (-0.70%)

31 Dec 2023 – 58.4 mg (+3.55%)

12 Jan 2024 – 58 mg (-0.68%)

18 Jan 2024 – 58.2 mg (+0.34%)

19 Jan 2024 – 58.4 mg (+0.34%)

28 Feb 2024 – 59.4 mg (+1.71%)

08 Mar 2024 – 59.3 mg (-0.17%)

12 Mar 2024 – 59.2 mg (-0.17%)

15 April 2024 – 58.9 mg (-0.51%)

12 May 2024 – 58.8 mg (-0.17%)

03 Jun 2024 – 58.6 mg (-0.34%)

07 Jun 2024 – 58.4 mg (-0.34%)

24 Jun 2024 – 58 mg (-0.68%)

01 Mar 2025 – 57.6 mg (-0.69%)

24 Jun 2025 – 57.2 mg (-0.69%)

28 Jun 2025 – 56.8 mg (-0.70%)

28 July 2025 – current - 56.4 mg (-0.70%)

 

Sertraline

08 Nov 2020 – 75mg

04 Nov 2025 – 100mg

08 Dec 2025 – 95mg

05 Jan 2026 – 91mg

1 hour ago, Haa said:

Update:

Since Wednesday 25. February - 1. Marts symptoms have calmed down. I have been precent, and have been able ro finish some paperwork, which have been stacking up since oct 2025. My cognitive skills have improved, no anxiety just a little jitter and worry when I wake up, and again close to 4pm when next dose of oxapax is due. 
I sleep mostly  all night, I am back working-out almost at my usual level. 

It is too early to say, I have turned a corner. But I sure hope so. Today I’ll rate my status at 2-3/10. 
I am hopefull and somewhat concerned at the same time. May the recovery keep moving forward.  🙏💕

This is amazing @Haa So happy to read this 🙂 Good work!

@Chippy Thank you for summerising my profile. Nice just to have the latest dosis and changes.

🙏💕
 

 

Update 10pm

Yesterday late afternoon another wave came rolling and continued all evening. All the well known WD symptoms Rate 6/10 

 

Today 

This morning was no good. 5/10 I was activated magnum gradu and all the usual physical symptoms. 

I remembered that this is the fight/ flight part of my brain reacting as if there is danger ahead. And it react on WD as if there are a tiger hitten in the wood. 
Remembering this reframed my perspective. When I don’t label the emotions as anxiety and what not, the nervous system actually calms down.

What a relieve. The rest of the day 3/10. I am grateful. 🙏💕.

@Fullhealing 

I understand you perfectly as I am in a similar situation. Got updosed in Sertraline way too much and now I, as you, think that that is what added to my WD. 

So it is a huge dilemma. And as we previous talked of, there is only try and error to find out if going down despite massiv symptoms is the way to go.

I am going to taper 1mg of 91mg just to test the water, when the waves are fewer and not as invalidating as now.

Take care. Onward we go. 🙏💕 

38 minutes ago, Haa said:

Update 10pm

Yesterday late afternoon another wave came rolling and continued all evening. All the well known WD symptoms Rate 6/10 

 

Today 

This morning was no good. 5/10 I was activated magnum gradu and all the usual physical symptoms. 

I remembered that this is the fight/ flight part of my brain reacting as if there is danger ahead. And it react on WD as if there are a tiger hitten in the wood. 
Remembering this reframed my perspective. When I don’t label the emotions as anxiety and what not, the nervous system actually calms down.

What a relieve. The rest of the day 3/10. I am grateful. 🙏💕.

@Haa so sorry the last few days have been challenging for you! it's truly amazing that you're managing to change perspective still while in, it's not easy, in fact it's easier to dive deeper, the tiger hiding feels very real so well done, you're so strong!

Wishing you a bright long-lived window 💞

Edited March 2Mar 2 by Fullhealing

@Haa I found this YouTube video helpful…

 

https://youtu.be/j4t2eIUx9Z0?si=9CW_1YgwsYB7McF6

@Catbird Thank you. I’ll have a look at it tomorrow. Now it is way past my bedtime. Have a good night. 🥱zzzz

Just now, Haa said:

@Catbird Thank you. I’ll have a look at it tomorrow. Now it is way past my bedtime. Have a good night. 🥱zzzz

@Haa I just woke up. I’m in Australia and it’s a beautiful day 🤗

And it's about to be dinner time over here...how funny the time zones! Haa, I am hoping that you have more days of feeling more in the zone. I just love those days, get through tasks that have been piling up. Chippy did a great job, as always, of helping you sort through things. I look forward to reading about another good day for you as you continue to stabilize. 

hey @Haa I see you are on, hopefully you had good enough sleep and you're ok atm, wishing you a blessed easy day!

Edited March 3Mar 3 by Fullhealing

@Fullhealing Thank you. I did have a good nights sleep and doing ok this morning. I am always feeling more at ease after work-out and a bit of socializing with some of other members in the kayak club. Score 2/10. So nice. I am grateful. 

I hope it has quiet down for you. A little space here and there is much worth. Sending you all the best. 🙏💕
 

 

17 minutes ago, Haa said:

@Fullhealing Thank you. I did have a good nights sleep and doing ok this morning. I am always feeling more at ease after work-out and a bit of socializing with some of other members in the kayak club. Score 2/10. So nice. I am grateful. 

I hope it has quiet down for you. A little space here and there is much worth. Sending you all the best. 🙏💕
 

 

So pleased to hear @Haa good sleep is such a bonus! very glad for you.

Here is a bit challenging, I'm strengthening my fitness by running to shelter, but surprisingly I feel relatively good, how interesting it is, that the mind is relatively clean, external things, even tough ones, take on such a different proportion.

Anyway, let's continue enjoying it as long as it lasts 💞

Edited March 3Mar 3 by Fullhealing

@Fullhealing  w

We will indeed 🙏💕

Update 9am 5th of February 2026

Since Monday 3th, i have become more stabil. Not as normal me, but close to. 1-2/10

Peace in mind, some minor familier  physical sensory discomfort. 
It is still early days. I am hopefull and grateful. I’ll keep on holding at least for another 14 days - 1 month to see if I actually have stabilized enough to taper 1 mg of 91mg. 
May we all make progress as we go slow with lots of compassion. 🙏💕

17 minutes ago, Haa said:

Update 9am 5th of February 2026

Since Monday 3th, i have become more stabil. Not as normal me, but close to. 1-2/10

Peace in mind, some minor familier  physical sensory discomfort. 
It is still early days. I am hopefull and grateful. I’ll keep on holding at least for another 14 days - 1 month to see if I actually have stabilized enough to taper 1 mg of 91mg. 
May we all make progress as we go slow with lots of compassion. 🙏💕

Soooo good to read @Haa you are doing great! 🙂 

1 hour ago, Haa said:

Update 9am 5th of February 2026

Since Monday 3th, i have become more stabil. Not as normal me, but close to. 1-2/10

Peace in mind, some minor familier  physical sensory discomfort. 
It is still early days. I am hopefull and grateful. I’ll keep on holding at least for another 14 days - 1 month to see if I actually have stabilized enough to taper 1 mg of 91mg. 
May we all make progress as we go slow with lots of compassion. 🙏💕

Lovely to read @Haa you are coping wonderfully! very glad for you, may it continue as the rest on the improvement side as well 💞

Edited March 5Mar 5 by Fullhealing