I’ve turned a corner and have been feeling more like myself lately. I’ve had my third cycle since skipping 2 of them back in September and October. This one finally felt like my typical ones—jittery/overstimulated at times. Not the “dark” and “depleted” ones I had in November and December, which put a damper on my holidays for sure. I thought I had the flu especially about 5 days before Christmas, but didn’t. These hormones!
 

I’ve held at the same dose of 0.44 mg Mirt for at least 4 months and hope that after one more month’s time, I can start to hyperbolic taper again. All the last quarter of 2025 issues started when I stopped my thyroid meds, which with the Mirt taper, my perimenopause age, and all the endocrine involvement with the loss of the thyroid meds threw me for a loop. I don’t recommend too many changes at once—that’s why I stopped the Mirt taper for a while so that I could handle repairing my thyroid. My thought is repair my thyroid in anticipation of dealing with no Mirt in the future. A healthy neuro-endocrine system is important for our taper journey.
The body has great capacity to heal and the supplements I’m taking are assisting me with that. I’m blessed to have wonderful functional doctors who see the body as a whole and how all the different parts work together. 
And of course, my faith has helped me, that God‘s been a major impact is an understatement. God’s been guiding this whole journey and my life’s purpose. For this, I will be forever grateful.

Have a blessed evening, night, morning, day, afternoon, whatever time zone you’re in. 
 

12 minutes ago, namastejen1 said:

I’ve turned a corner and have been feeling more like myself lately. I’ve had my third cycle since skipping 2 of them back in September and October. This one finally felt like my typical ones—jittery/overstimulated at times. Not the “dark” and “depleted” ones I had in November and December, which put a damper on my holidays for sure. I thought I had the flu especially about 5 days before Christmas, but didn’t. These hormones!
 

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Yay so glad to hear you have turned a corner Jen. A sigh of relief and that tiny step closer on the path to this long and arduous process. 

 

Be well x

4 hours ago, namastejen1 said:

I’ve turned a corner and have been feeling more like myself lately.

 

That's great to hear.

On 1/18/2026 at 7:42 PM, namastejen1 said:

I’ve turned a corner and have been feeling more like myself lately.

This is awesome @namastejen1! You deserve this! It's such a nice feeling to feel normal again! And you are doing a great mentoring job too. Your kindness, empathy and knowledge in somatics and various therapy techniques are much appreciated! 😊

On 1/18/2026 at 7:42 PM, namastejen1 said:

And of course, my faith has helped me, that God‘s been a major impact is an understatement. God’s been guiding this whole journey and my life’s purpose. For this, I will be forever grateful.

Amen to this, and looking forward to "seeing" you soon!🙏💖

Thanks so much @HopePerseveres2.0! I know God has plans for me to help others and I am listening to the directions of where to go next. I am glad to see that you have transitioned over to here. I will check out your page shortly.

 

Work and and rearranging parts of the house have been keeping me quite busy these past few week. I am glad that I can be on here and connect--just might not be as often as I would like.

I am not on here as much as I would like...so please let me know if I have not responded to a thread you tagged me in or had asked me a question and I have not followed up. The newer version of the site will hopefully help with notifications on here when I log on. But I don't want to leave someone hanging either, hence this little post.

 🌞 🙏🏼♥️🌲🎼

On 1/19/2026 at 5:42 AM, namastejen1 said:

I’ve turned a corner and have been feeling more like myself lately. I’ve had my third cycle since skipping 2 of them back in September and October. This one finally felt like my typical ones—jittery/overstimulated at times. Not the “dark” and “depleted” ones I had in November and December, which put a damper on my holidays for sure. I thought I had the flu especially about 5 days before Christmas, but didn’t. These hormones!
 

I’ve held at the same dose of 0.44 mg Mirt for at least 4 months and hope that after one more month’s time, I can start to hyperbolic taper again. All the last quarter of 2025 issues started when I stopped my thyroid meds, which with the Mirt taper, my perimenopause age, and all the endocrine involvement with the loss of the thyroid meds threw me for a loop. I don’t recommend too many changes at once—that’s why I stopped the Mirt taper for a while so that I could handle repairing my thyroid. My thought is repair my thyroid in anticipation of dealing with no Mirt in the future. A healthy neuro-endocrine system is important for our taper journey.
The body has great capacity to heal and the supplements I’m taking are assisting me with that. I’m blessed to have wonderful functional doctors who see the body as a whole and how all the different parts work together. 
And of course, my faith has helped me, that God‘s been a major impact is an understatement. God’s been guiding this whole journey and my life’s purpose. For this, I will be forever grateful.

Have a blessed evening, night, morning, day, afternoon, whatever time zone you’re in. 
 

Hey @namastejen1 I went through your thread a bit and wow, you are dealing with a lot at once! so very sorry, withdrawal is hell let alone adding hormone and thyroid issues, so extremely challenging and yet you keep such a positive spirit and stay active which is really impressive and just shows how much strength you have.

So glad to hear you're turning a corner, hopefully it will stay that way and things will only get better for you.

Thanks so much @Fullhealing! I wrote you on your profile just now and hope you feel much better soon. I appreciate you dropping by and that I am doing fairly well. I deal with different issues still but seem to be able to function. God has me on a mission to help others. Using the gifts I have, that we all have, by listening attentively to what I’m to do next. I really attribute a lot to God. And we must do our part too. I do my best to: eat well, sort of exercise—not how I used to, work, and volunteer. Prayers and mindfulness are important. Deep belly breathing is regulating too—alternate nostril breathing.

When my brain was really tossed around in 2013, I had to take a couple months off of work, was not very functional, had a toddler, but I got better, still had ups and downs for a few years with complications of other Rx. Been on Mirt since 2017(?) and have been stable enough but would like to be Rx free. These Rx have so many side effects and a naturopathic or functional approach feels right to me.
I’ve lost nearly 30lbs as I’ve been tapering off Mirt. I was working out a lot but the weight packed on especially in 2019-2021. I never weighed that much before, but Mirt will do that; the only exception was when pregnant and gained a lot of water weight. Mirt affects the heart too among other things I can’t recall atm. 
I hope when I get lower and finally off of Mirt that I will remain well. I know we’re all at different stages. Hopefully my condition right now can be a source of encouragement for others, that it’s possible. Even if people are feeling really low, it is still possible to improve. I send out hugs to you and everyone 🤗 and long stretches of sunny windows ☀️🪟 

I believe that if we can give of ourselves as support, encouragement, kindness, then find a way to do it. Even if it’s little ways that I can give right now, I will. I balance a lot, again by grace, but I will be on here when I can. 

18 hours ago, namastejen1 said:

Thanks so much @Fullhealing! I wrote you on your profile just now and hope you feel much better soon. I appreciate you dropping by and that I am doing fairly well. I deal with different issues still but seem to be able to function. God has me on a mission to help others. Using the gifts I have, that we all have, by listening attentively to what I’m to do next. I really attribute a lot to God. And we must do our part too. I do my best to: eat well, sort of exercise—not how I used to, work, and volunteer. Prayers and mindfulness are important. Deep belly breathing is regulating too—alternate nostril breathing.

When my brain was really tossed around in 2013, I had to take a couple months off of work, was not very functional, had a toddler, but I got better, still had ups and downs for a few years with complications of other Rx. Been on Mirt since 2017(?) and have been stable enough but would like to be Rx free. These Rx have so many side effects and a naturopathic or functional approach feels right to me.
I’ve lost nearly 30lbs as I’ve been tapering off Mirt. I was working out a lot but the weight packed on especially in 2019-2021. I never weighed that much before, but Mirt will do that; the only exception was when pregnant and gained a lot of water weight. Mirt affects the heart too among other things I can’t recall atm. 
I hope when I get lower and finally off of Mirt that I will remain well. I know we’re all at different stages. Hopefully my condition right now can be a source of encouragement for others, that it’s possible. Even if people are feeling really low, it is still possible to improve. I send out hugs to you and everyone 🤗 and long stretches of sunny windows ☀️🪟 

I believe that if we can give of ourselves as support, encouragement, kindness, then find a way to do it. Even if it’s little ways that I can give right now, I will. I balance a lot, again by grace, but I will be on here when I can. 

I love your positive attitude and ability to keep moving even when things are stuck, thank you, I draw a lot of strength from that.

I hope you only continue to improve from here, all the best, be well.

Thank you! All the best to you too. Choppy seas the last few days prior to today, but I seem to back to a fairly decent place. What will we all feel like when we’re finally free of these cr@ppy Rx?  Hopefully so content and organized in our lives. 
 

Take care, my friend.

1 hour ago, namastejen1 said:

Thank you! All the best to you too. Choppy seas the last few days prior to today, but I seem to back to a fairly decent place. What will we all feel like when we’re finally free of these cr@ppy Rx?  Hopefully so content and organized in our lives. 
 

Take care, my friend.

We must believe right!?

Glad you are good today, hope it will only continue the way! 🤗

 

6 hours ago, namastejen1 said:

 What will we all feel like when we’re finally free of these cr@ppy Rx?  

Not sure Jen, but I surely hope and pray we will have clarity, presence , joy, sadness  and truly feel again. xx Glad you are back in a window. 

Hope you are doing ok @namastejen1 and still out of your choppy seas. 

 

I can so relate to being more organised in our lives when this tapering is well behind us. Such an unsettling time. Chaos and the unknown. 

 

Big hug for you xx 

Good to see you Jen! xoxo

Hey @Tracey and @gardengirl2, I had a busy weekend. Thanks for stopping by and encouraging me. I am feeling better, but should not have had a smidge of wine yesterday evening (about 4oz). I do not normally drink, so no real tolerance anyway, and with the Mirt, a no-go for a long time. I probably only have a few sips once or twice a year. I feel for people who have real issues with Etoh. It affected my sleep but still slept relatively okay. I was able to get some exercise in and dry sauna time just now, so I hope to detox it out quicker.  

I am catching up and will circle back to see how you are doing. Then, I have a few clients today in less than 2 hours. My work schedule is a little different this week. I am grateful that I can work and volunteer. 🤗

Take care my friends.

31 minutes ago, namastejen1 said:

Hey @Tracey and @gardengirl2, I had a busy weekend. Thanks for stopping by and encouraging me. I am feeling better, but should not have had a smidge of wine yesterday evening (about 4oz). I do not normally drink, so no real tolerance anyway, and with the Mirt, a no-go for a long time. I probably only have a few sips once or twice a year. I feel for people who have real issues with Etoh. It affected my sleep but still slept relatively okay. I was able to get some exercise in and dry sauna time just now, so I hope to detox it out quicker.  

I am catching up and will circle back to see how you are doing. Then, I have a few clients today in less than 2 hours. My work schedule is a little different this week. I am grateful that I can work and volunteer. 🤗

Take care my friends.

Thanks for your encouraging words on my page @namastejen1 appreciate it.

Very glad you're doing ok and staying active, it's so important to be busy even though extremely hard in waves.

Wishing you a blessed day.

 

@Fullhealing I hope a walk and whatever else you feel called to do helps you feel better. The walk will balance out the nervous system to a degree just like bicycling, swimming, dancing (symmetrical), yoga/mindful movement, etc. because both sides of the brain are engaged rather equally. And the brain likes it.

I am feeling quite tired after a long day of meetings, but wanted to let everyone know that I am thinking about them. I am in a good spot again but know that so many are struggling on here. And there are some that are feeling mediocre and others good. I am praying for each one of you--maybe there is a way to see the list of everyone on here so that I can at least scroll through the names in prayer. I know it might not be the way of some on this forum; however, prayers, affirmation, positive thoughts, well wishes--they all come from the same place and hearts of each one of us even though they may have a different name. The positive intention is still there. So as I call it for the night. God bless all of you and keep you safe. ❤️

1 hour ago, namastejen1 said:

I am feeling quite tired after a long day of meetings, but wanted to let everyone know that I am thinking about them. I am in a good spot again but know that so many are struggling on here. And there are some that are feeling mediocre and others good. I am praying for each one of you--maybe there is a way to see the list of everyone on here so that I can at least scroll through the names in prayer. I know it might not be the way of some on this forum; however, prayers, affirmation, positive thoughts, well wishes--they all come from the same place and hearts of each one of us even though they may have a different name. The positive intention is still there. So as I call it for the night. God bless all of you and keep you safe. ❤️

Bless you Jen! Such a kind post. We all appreciate you so very much. Thank you for all your hard work! Xxxxxx

2 hours ago, namastejen1 said:

I am praying for each one of you--maybe there is a way to see the list of everyone on here so that I can at least scroll through the names in prayer. I know it might not be the way of some on this forum; however, prayers, affirmation, positive thoughts, well wishes--they all come from the same place and hearts of each one of us even though they may have a different name. The positive intention is still there. So as I call it for the night. God bless all of you and keep you safe. ❤️

@namastejen1 very nice post, thank you! Prayers work. Healing miracles do happen.🙏

3 hours ago, namastejen1 said:

I am feeling quite tired after a long day of meetings, but wanted to let everyone know that I am thinking about them. I am in a good spot again but know that so many are struggling on here. And there are some that are feeling mediocre and others good. I am praying for each one of you--maybe there is a way to see the list of everyone on here so that I can at least scroll through the names in prayer. I know it might not be the way of some on this forum; however, prayers, affirmation, positive thoughts, well wishes--they all come from the same place and hearts of each one of us even though they may have a different name. The positive intention is still there. So as I call it for the night. God bless all of you and keep you safe. ❤️

@namastejen1 Beautiful, thank you 🙏 bless your heart!

3 hours ago, namastejen1 said:

I am feeling quite tired after a long day of meetings, but wanted to let everyone know that I am thinking about them. I am in a good spot again but know that so many are struggling on here. And there are some that are feeling mediocre and others good. I am praying for each one of you--maybe there is a way to see the list of everyone on here so that I can at least scroll through the names in prayer. I know it might not be the way of some on this forum; however, prayers, affirmation, positive thoughts, well wishes--they all come from the same place and hearts of each one of us even though they may have a different name. The positive intention is still there. So as I call it for the night. God bless all of you and keep you safe. ❤️

@namastejen1 Beautiful, thank you 🙏 bless your heart!

Thanks for your beautiful post Jen. 

 

Prayers, kind thoughts, blessings. We all need this on this journey. 

 

Feeling a bit safer after reading your post.

 

You are in my prayers too and everyone else on here xx 

Thanks @Fullhealing and @Tracey. I am glad that you feel better after reading it. We all need this type of encouragement without going off too far into a specific religion. I would never want people to feel off put by my comments. I will check out the notification on here. 

 

I report that I doing well enough. Functioning well with work and daily stuff. It ebbs and flows, just like the nervous system, in better and eh times. I try to make most of the good days. I have had quite a few after such a time in last quarter of 2025.

 

We had a prayer group and said prayers for everyone struggling with this around the world really among other prayer requests. So it felt good to do this. Especially when you have a group, even if 2 people, it has power. This was something I did years ago with a secular group and it felt amazing as well--all the positive energy that unites for the common love and healing of the planet down to us as well as small as ants, microbes. We are all connected in how we function on this earth. So if you pray or put out positive intentions, remember the lowliest of dirt! Peace be with you all.

On 2/3/2026 at 10:16 PM, Chippy said:

Bless you Jen! Such a kind post. We all appreciate you so very much. Thank you for all your hard work! Xxxxxx

Thanks so much @Chippy. Even though I cannot be on daily, I like to check in and see how others are doing when I can.

I remember on SA when it was so hard to connect with others because of the polydrug circus and I had a toddler running around that I had to attend to. I am grateful that I am well past that circus, now my toddler is a teenager. It is proof that we all heal--I don't think it will take you a decade for the healing, though (I wanted to make sure I clarified that)--just saying that time is a healer like @NT1100B has said time and again. I still have Mirt tapering to contend with, but God willing, it will be a gentle ride off. 🤞🏼