10 hours ago, sunshinekitty said:

Could someone tell me if any vitamins or minerals helped you during your taper.

I currently take magnesium, vit D, vit Bs, and fish oil.

I do not know if they are even helping me at all.

 

any advise on this would sure help 

Hey @sunshinekitty

 

Ive moved this back here for you. We like to have one topic each and keep everything in the same place.

 

On 2/27/2026 at 9:21 AM, Chippy said:

-Stay away from caffeine, alcohol and antihistamines and any other psychoactive substances.

 

Supplements are to be avoided initially, as they often irritate our nervous systems. Try to get your nutrition through food.

 

Down the line, you may wish to introduce Fish Oil and Magnesium. Those who can tolerate them have found them calming to the nervous system. Be careful try one at a time and start low and see how you get on should you choose to try them.

 

We dont suggest supplements as a rule on here. Others are free to share their experiences of course but basically there are to avoided.

 

Chippy 

thank you so much 

thank you so much Chippy ...I am starting to feel a bit better, the sleeping for only 2 hours waking up soaking wet is a hard one..

If it was not for pages like this, i would dont know what i would have done..so thank you again! 

19 minutes ago, sunshinekitty said:

thank you so much Chippy ...I am starting to feel a bit better, the sleeping for only 2 hours waking up soaking wet is a hard one..

If it was not for pages like this, i would dont know what i would have done..so thank you again! 

It’s a pleasure we are here for each other. Hang tight and see how you go the next week or so. 

i am hoping you can explain something to me, my syringe is ml starting at 2.5 that would be 10 mg of prozac.

then 1.5 would be 5 and .05 would be 2.5mg? 

then the lines go down from there. 

when i taper next would i drop to the next line? since it is such a small syringe..

sorry for all the questions  

5 minutes ago, sunshinekitty said:

i am hoping you can explain something to me, my syringe is ml starting at 2.5 that would be 10 mg of prozac.

then 1.5 would be 5 and .05 would be 2.5mg? 

then the lines go down from there. 

when i taper next would i drop to the next line? since it is such a small syringe..

sorry for all the questions  

Are you making your liquid yourself from a pill and water/fluid or is this a manufactured liquid antidepressant?

it is manufactured from the pharmacy  

Just now, sunshinekitty said:

it is manufactured from the pharmacy  

Ok. On the bottle is says mg/ml how many mg/ml does it say?

5 ml = 20mg 

i am on my second bottle now, 

12 minutes ago, sunshinekitty said:

5 ml = 20mg 

i am on my second bottle now, 

Ok

 

so:

 

1ml - 4mg

 

2.5ml - 10mg

1.5ml - 6mg

0.5ml - 2mg

 

If you need to make smaller/more accurate cuts you can dilute it further if the liquid has water in it which I suspect it does.
 

Some more info:

Using Manufactured Liquid Antidepressants

hi everyone, sorry not sure where to put this...hope it is ok on this link.

 

has anyone have this feeling of your legs are so heavy you can hardly move? it is like i added an extra 50 pounds per leg..

5 minutes ago, sunshinekitty said:

hi everyone, sorry not sure where to put this...hope it is ok on this link.

 

has anyone have this feeling of your legs are so heavy you can hardly move? it is like i added an extra 50 pounds per leg..

Hey @sunshinekitty I’ve moved this back here. We like to keep questions like this in our personal topics. 

Oh i am sorry...i wasnt sure where to post it

45 minutes ago, sunshinekitty said:

has anyone have this feeling of your legs are so heavy you can hardly move? it is like i added an extra 50 pounds per leg.

Yes, frequently. I am bedbound when this happens. It is a feature for me every 3rd or 4th day and can last hours.

thank you...all this stuff happening to me, i thought it was all in my imagination..

it is so nice to have people to chat with here

46 minutes ago, Sminismoni said:

Yes, frequently. I am bedbound when this happens. It is a feature for me every 3rd or 4th day and can last hours.

can i ask you in your signature you said you had a bad reaction to Mag and fish oil..can i ask what happened

 

@sunshinekitty Magnesium glycinate made my night sweats worse and I had worse (much worse) anxiety during the day. Magnesium L threonate gave me whole body shivers. Fish oil caused dreadful depression and nausea and lower leg cramps - very similar to how I felt on stimulant medication interestingly.

1 hour ago, Sminismoni said:

Yes, frequently. I am bedbound when this happens. It is a feature for me every 3rd or 4th day and can last hours.

 

thank you so much for the info

9 hours ago, sunshinekitty said:

Oh i am sorry...i wasnt sure where to post it

Don’t be sorry 😀 its no problems. 

 

Medications, Supplements and Other Substances in Withdrawal

 

We have a post about supplements perhaps have a read. 

I am sorry if this is the wrong place to post this 

I need help

for the past 4 days I have had such bad wave I think I am drowning 

crying hysterically for hours

rocking back and forth 

shaking violently 

I am thinking of going off the Prozac and going back on Zoloft 

I never thought about suicide on Zoloft 

I need help 

no one I talk to understands 

please someone help me 

2 hours ago, sunshinekitty said:

I am sorry if this is the wrong place to post this 

I need help

for the past 4 days I have had such bad wave I think I am drowning 

crying hysterically for hours

rocking back and forth 

shaking violently 

I am thinking of going off the Prozac and going back on Zoloft 

I never thought about suicide on Zoloft 

I need help 

no one I talk to understands 

please someone help me 

Hey

 

Ive moved this back here for you. We keep all these posts in our intro threads. 
 

Im sorry you are having such a hard time. 
 

I notice you increased your dose this month from 2mg to 2.5mg this is a 25% increase and is much too much in one go. 
 

How would you rate your symptoms out of 10 before the increase? How would you rate them now?

 

What day of March did you increase your dose? 
 

Please check in here rather jump your dose around. We want to help before you make incorrect moves rather than after. Xxx

@sunshinekitty We do not recommend straight switching one drug for another, this can cause further destabilisation.

 

The symptoms you are experiencing are likely to do with the large dose cuts- these are far larger than recommended here and in other support groups:

Tapering Information - Tapering - The Antidepressant Harm and Recovery Forum

 

The reinstatement was also a significant increase. Continuing to jump around doses by large quantities is very likely to cause destabilisation and the types of symptoms you're experiencing.

 

I would personally not recommend further adding to the instability by making further dose changes or introducing further drugs due to a 4 day wave. This is likely to cause issues for longer than 4 days.

 

The best course of action in my opinion (and I am a stranger on the internet, not a doctor), is to wait further time to see if you stabilise on the dose you are on, making NO more changes.

I am struggling so bad on Prozac I have since I started it. I am at 2.6 mg and want to change over to Zoloft I was better on that years ago 

can someone help me with the conversion 

so I can tell my dr what amount in liquid

my dr is no help she just wants me on the max dose 

 

1 minute ago, sunshinekitty said:

I am struggling so bad on Prozac I have since I started it. I am at 2.6 mg and want to change over to Zoloft I was better on that years ago 

can someone help me with the conversion 

so I can tell my dr what amount in liquid

my dr is no help she just wants me on the max dose 

 

Hey

 

Ive moved this back here as we like to keep all the posts we make in the same place. 
 

The reason you feel bad won’t be down to the fact you prefer Zoloft. It’s because you have shifted your doses and drugs around so much. 
 

Have you read my post above?

 

Did you feel worse after your increased to 2.5/2.6mg? Do you have a date for this increase?