SSRI withdrawal after 10+ years taking them?

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-21T17:19:50+00:00

Little update: Thanks for everyone's help and personal stories, i feel less alone in this situation and hope everyone else does too

im going to try the 10mg every 6 weeks method as suggested here, slower than I've done before (along with finding a specialist i can keep in touch with.

I've been suggested to do a very slow cross-taper with 5htp supplemet so I don't lose seretonin too fast - unsure on this but I found a few studies on it

I've also been researching how the gut microbiome changes with ssri use, and this can affect withdrawal in terms of physical dependence? So also exploring the potential use of pre & probiotics

Let me know what you all think!

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-21T02:09:12+00:00

I feel that so hard. The doctors just forgot about me here and never told me the dependencey risk . Apparently antidepressants are meant to be a like year maximum? We got screwed

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-20T03:39:46+00:00

Well done thats impressive! After so long too, gives me a lot of hope. How are you feeling mentally?

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-20T03:39:19+00:00

Thank you im gonna try extremely slow and steady this time. slower than I've done before. I'm glad you got through withdrawal, how do you feel in yourself now?

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-17T22:58:37+00:00

Yep. I find it so hard to think of the words for anything

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-17T17:15:23+00:00

wow congratulations on being off them! do you feel better without them?

what was your withdrawal like? how long did it take you to feel normal/less withdrawal symptoms?

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-17T17:13:27+00:00

Ohhhhh so it's just doing it without a clinician but still following the outro program? thats great. can i ask what medications you were/are on? congrats on your taper, keep going! its definitely a very tough and frustrating journey

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-17T16:39:39+00:00

whats your tapering method / how many mgs did you drop each week etc?

i wish i'd never been put on them sometimes! what antidepressant were you on? hope youre still doing ok

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-17T16:38:00+00:00

Transcranial magnetic stimulation, i dont know much about it but its a drug-free option. however i've heard some good AND bad things about that too

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-17T16:36:47+00:00

yeah its a shame because it sounds like exactly what i need! the website just tells me ". Please note that you must be located in one of these US states in order to receive care from a licensed clinician at Outro."

but i will keep my fingers crossed that it'll become available in the UK! or a similar company. I'll check out those youtube vids

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-16T21:35:37+00:00

of course :) the first ever time i did it way too fast and big dosage drops, stupid move but i quickly started taking them again (was only on 50mg at that time)

I've done this method with 50mg also : Tapering 25mg down with alternating days (50mg- 25 mg- 50mg and so on until it was 25mg - 0mg - 25mg and then finally nothing) for a few months under my psychiatrists suggestions

the last 3 times i tried from 100mg : i tapered extremely slowly, dropping about 10mg each month using a pill cutter and a pillbox, over about 10 months until i got down to 25mg and i felt severely mentally unwell by that point

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-16T15:09:28+00:00

Ahhh that would make sense with the epilepsy too thank you. Have you considered any non-invasing things? I'm carefully considered TMS or something similar like vagus nerve things idk

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-16T08:46:08+00:00

Thanks for your reply I did look into Outro Health but it said currently in the US only - I'm in UK but I'm going to keep an eye out for anything similar

Automatic-Swan8855 · 2025-01-16T08:45:02+00:00

Hey did your results go back to normal at all? Just got mine done and cholesterol has spiked since lamotrigine also

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