June 27Jun 27 Hello,I am wondering if other folks have been using AI to design and modify their tapering schedules? I use a mood tracker and uploaded data from the app along with my taper schedule to get a sense of which days my withdrawal is the worst. Since I am on Prozac/Fluoxetine, the withdrawal is not felt immediately but is delayed.I am also trying to overlay that info against data I track from a period tracker.Anyway, just curious. I am playing around with this to see if I can get some more precise information to tweak my tapering schedule. I have been on antidepressants for 30-plus years. Currently tapering Prozac. I am currently using compounded capsules and have been decreasing my dose on a monthly basisI was tapering by 5% then reduced to 2.5% then 1% due to difficult withdrawal symptomsStarted taper in 2022 from Prozac 30mgCurrently:08 June 2026 Prozac 4.653 mg (1% decrease)
June 29Jun 29 I record about 30 different daily metrics in a spreadsheet. From the obvious like the dose, mood, symptoms, sleep quality, energy levels to less important like body stiffness and social activities. I use Google Sheets and they integrate with the Gemini AI; on a few occasions I've asked it to do some data analysis and uncover trends. I've been doing this for over 630 days and have plenty of high-quality data.While it is definitely useful for data analysis, I would never trust an AI to make a decision on how to schedule my taper. The reason for this is that too much incorrect information goes into the training data; if there were an AI that were exclusively trained on the work of Dr. Mark Horowitz or even on posts from online forums like this one, I would be more likely to consider its opinion. I run a Discord server for tapering Abilify come chat! (Not affiliated with Antidepressant Recovery) Medication and drug history:2001 - 2013 - various ADs, changed every few yearsEarly 2013 - psychotic episode following heavy abuse of Ketamine, Psilocybin and many others...2013 - Early 2015: Clozapine, various dosesEarly 2015 - Mid 2015: Venlafaxine 150 mg + Olanzapine 20 mgMid 2015 - Sep 2022: Venlafaxine 225 mg + Aripiprazole 20 mgSep 2022 - 8 Jan 2024: nothing, but relapsed and had a psychotic episodeAripiprazole/Abilify: 8 Jan 2024: 15 mg | 16 Apr 2024: 7.5 mg | 15 Aug 2024: 3.75 mg | 1 Dec 2024: 1.88 mg | 30 Jan 2025: 1.5 mg | 26 Mar 2025: 1.25 mg | 30 May 2025: 1.07 mg | 11 July 2025: 0.94 mg | 24 Aug 2025: 0.83 mg | 7 Oct 2025: 0.75 mg | 16 Nov 2025: 0.68 mg | 26 Dec 2025: 0.62 mg | 31 Jan 2026: 0.54 mg | 14 Mar 2026: 0.47mg | 18 Apr 2026: 0.38mg | 30 May 2026: 0.31mg | 11 Jul 2026: 0.25 mg | 15 Aug 2026: 0.19 mg Supplements and biohacks: Fish oil and multivitamins, intermittent and extended fasting, ketogenic diet, deliberate cold exposureSobriety: cannabis: 26 Oct 2024, caffeine: 25 May 2025, nicotine: 6 June 2025, everything else: too long ago to remember
June 29Jun 29 Author @zlatinb Thank you for your response! Wow-you track a lot. I am not necessarily looking to AI to tell me how to taper but like you I am wanting to notice trends such as the intensity and frequency of my symptoms at different percentage drops. Any insights that can help the process go more smoothly I want to avail myself to! That's great that you have so many days of data under your belt. I have been on antidepressants for 30-plus years. Currently tapering Prozac. I am currently using compounded capsules and have been decreasing my dose on a monthly basisI was tapering by 5% then reduced to 2.5% then 1% due to difficult withdrawal symptomsStarted taper in 2022 from Prozac 30mgCurrently:08 June 2026 Prozac 4.653 mg (1% decrease)
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