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Sandnit: Tapering journey escitalopram

Sandnit
Sandnit
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12 minutes ago, SarahMc said:

Just the process @Sandnit, try not to search too hard for a reason today is worse -- unless there is something really obvious, I think most of the time it is just random, the bad day was going to happen no matter what. You're not doing anything wrong, this is just a really rough patch. But the flip side is all you have to do is hold on and those better days will come.

@SarahMc , Thank you so much. Nothing obvious so ....its the process..... Yes it's a really rough patch atm.... I hope and pray better days are around the corner....

Though they feel far away at the moment

In 2016 Paroxetine 20mg for 4 months then stopped more or less cold Started 10mg Escitalopram 4 Mar 2022

From 10 to 20mg on 19 Apr 2022

From 20 to 15mg on 23 Jun 2022

From 15mg to 7,5mg on 5 Sept 2022 (I was supposed to drop from 15mg to 12,5mg but I accidentally used 5mg and half of 5mg pills instead of 10mg and half of 5mg pills, when I found out 2 weeks later I decided to keep to 7,5mg since most of the WD symptoms subsided by then, I now regret this. From 7,5mg to 5mg on 23 Sept 2022

 

Started Cross tapering Escitalopram 5mg to tapering strip brand from 26th of feb 2024 over one week and stabilised on 5mg untill 31 March 2024.

 

31 March 2024 started taper using tapering strips. 

 

 Escitalopram 04/20/24 - 4,5mg (hold because of WD symptoms raming up), 07/03/25 - 4,3mg, 07/28/25 - 4,2mg, 09/15/25 - 4,0mg, 10/13/25 - 3,8mg, 11/23/25 - 3,6mg (after illness big wave, so hold)

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    @Sandnit Please don't be so hard on yourself ,my goodness it's hard for anyone to accept what we are going through .Yes when I'm ok accepting comes easy but when in a nasty wave all bets are off ,you

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    @SarahMc @Chippy @Fullhealing @Bernadette , the better feeling didn’t last for the rest of the day, but the evening was still fairly okay and I slept until around 6:30 this morning. This morning the u

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    @Fullhealing @Beehive , Thanks both, I really appreciate your replies. It helps to be reminded that this is part of the process and that I’m not alone in this. I’ll try to go a bit easier on myself an

Such a big pain these waves but they pass, you know well, you're just covered now to see it! hold on @Sandnit bright windows will come, bigger and longer, just a matter of time xx

1998 forced on cipramil *no anxiety/depression background*

Over the years all kinds of SSRI/SNRI/antipsychotics/stabilizers due to apparently side effects/withdrawal

Many attempts to quit over the years with failure (extremely rapid taper followed by doctors' guidens)

Current attempt-Paxil 20 mg:

6/24 20 mg to 5 mg-severe AKA

9/24 Increase to 20-AKA continues

10/24 stopped completely-AKA out of control 

11/24 Zoloft bridge attempt-25 mg to 75 mg+Seroquel-AKA continued-stopped them CT.

12/24 Back on Paxil 10mg (0.1789g)-some stabilization-from here tapered by about 30% each time (don't remember doses and dates).

2025 - 7.10 0.0558g (3.11mg)/7.11 3% 0.0541g (3.02mg)/4.12 1% 0.0535g (2.98mg)

2026 - 3.1 1.5% 0.0526g (2.93mg)/9.1 8.5% 0.0480g (2.68mg)/16.2 1.8% 0.0470g (2.62mg)/21.3 1% 0.466 (2.60mg)/23.4 2.2% 0.455g (2.54mg)/8.7 21.7% 0.0356.5g (2mg)/15.8 updose by 11.7% 0.0400g (2.23mg)

Supplements:

Magnesium Glycinate - started 28.5.26 1 capsule 200mg in the morning - Increased brain fog and muscle stiffness - stopped after two weeks.

Iron - liquid, quarter of recommended dose - increased anxiety and burning sensation - stopped after two weeks.

Saffron - started 8.7.26 1 capsule 30mg in the morning - pretty immediate improvement in terms of terror, body pain and sleep.

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    19 hours ago, Sandnit said:

    @Chippy , sorry to hear it is wavy for you atm.....

    Unfortunately it is not better today.

    I'm trying to accep but it is a really hard phase atm..... It feels like I'm paying the price for the better day.... But I didn't do anything out of the ordinary.... Or just the process?

    Sorry to read mate, yeah just how it is, we accept and float, there is nothing else we can do. It can get like this, just as you think things are turning a corner you are back in it again, there is rarely a cause, we always go looking don't we anyway!? Hope today is better mate

    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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    Hi all, update, yesterday in had a nice window again. Today I'm back in the trenches..... I hope and pray the windows will become more frequent, longer and better..... And stability will get the upper hand.

    In 2016 Paroxetine 20mg for 4 months then stopped more or less cold Started 10mg Escitalopram 4 Mar 2022

    From 10 to 20mg on 19 Apr 2022

    From 20 to 15mg on 23 Jun 2022

    From 15mg to 7,5mg on 5 Sept 2022 (I was supposed to drop from 15mg to 12,5mg but I accidentally used 5mg and half of 5mg pills instead of 10mg and half of 5mg pills, when I found out 2 weeks later I decided to keep to 7,5mg since most of the WD symptoms subsided by then, I now regret this. From 7,5mg to 5mg on 23 Sept 2022

     

    Started Cross tapering Escitalopram 5mg to tapering strip brand from 26th of feb 2024 over one week and stabilised on 5mg untill 31 March 2024.

     

    31 March 2024 started taper using tapering strips. 

     

     Escitalopram 04/20/24 - 4,5mg (hold because of WD symptoms raming up), 07/03/25 - 4,3mg, 07/28/25 - 4,2mg, 09/15/25 - 4,0mg, 10/13/25 - 3,8mg, 11/23/25 - 3,6mg (after illness big wave, so hold)

    7 minutes ago, Sandnit said:

    Hi all, update, yesterday in had a nice window again.

    Amazing :)

    7 minutes ago, Sandnit said:

    And stability will get the upper hand.

    It will in time mate! Hang onto that window! :)

    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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