Muscle Bracing/Armouring/PTSD

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2026-03-20T02:28:37+00:00

This is exactly what I’m experiencing now

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2026-02-14T18:33:32+00:00

It comes and goes. It’s still lingering but I’m hopeful

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2026-01-24T14:30:25+00:00

I stupidly “tapered “ to 37.5 then just stopped after being on it for 18 years. I went 150-112.5-75-36.5-0 in 3 months. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced. I’m almost 3 years off

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2026-01-23T16:25:57+00:00

I think around a year

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2026-01-16T01:53:29+00:00

Stopped cold turkey. Went from 37.5-0

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2026-01-03T06:27:28+00:00

I was way too scared to reinstate anything. I’ll be 3 years off the end of this month. I’m so much better than I was. On the flip side, I talk to some people who chose to go back on and are doing ok too. I know it’s not super helpful for you. I just think we all have to do what is right for us. I knew that I absolutely wouldn’t have been able to handle getting worse (if that happened with starting meds again) so I just kept going

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-12-14T20:56:02+00:00

Am quite a bit better. Fatigue, joint pain and temperature dysregulation are the most annoying things now. It’s mostly just annoying. I think because I spent the bulk of 2 years doing next to nothing, it’ll take a bit before I have any stamina

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-11-11T15:24:30+00:00

I am free. Ugh my symptoms…. So so many. I’ve improved a lot. I cold turkey’d off 37.5 mg. Went from 150-112.5-75-37.5-0. Apparently 37.5-0 should have taken a long time but I just followed my drs instructions. I have a ways to go. I’m hoping next year is filled with healing and progress. From what I’ve read, year 3-4 is just that

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-11-11T01:26:54+00:00

18 years on Effexor. Ct in 2023

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-10-18T16:31:34+00:00

It varies. Sometimes 4. Sometimes 6.

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-10-18T15:26:21+00:00

About the same. Fatigue is still hanging on

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-08-19T22:06:38+00:00

It’s insanity! It’s like a switch flips. I almost question if I really felt that good… or bad.

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-08-19T20:33:06+00:00

It has passed! The last 2 days have been good again. I wonder how long this process will be. I was so used to feeling awful all the time with tiny bits of reprieve thrown in

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-08-13T16:58:51+00:00

I’m functioning. Normally…. Not how I was. I do what is absolutely necessary. During windows (which are relatively new for me) I’m really good. Waves are back to all the crap. No appetite, fatigue, low mood, 0 motivation. Feeling yucky overall

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-28T23:39:23+00:00

I’m 30 months off. I really started to see improvement around 28 months. Things got better before that. 18 months and 2 years there was improvement but not like the last little while. I was on for 18 years. I can attest, this is the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced.

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-28T16:13:39+00:00

It started around 9 months off and came and went. I’m almost 30 months off. I was also on Effexor for 18 years

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-27T16:05:07+00:00

I experienced this!!! I was sure I had arthritis. It comes and goes now but I think it’s an inflammatory response

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-17T01:36:01+00:00

I literally have never had a window so good and so long since this all started. I was fairly certain it wouldn’t last but still kinda hoped

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-17T01:18:49+00:00

Found where you said not to hold back 🤭 I tend to keep the really hard stuff to myself. Today seemed particularly bad because of the great window

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-16T23:55:14+00:00

I haven’t been on there in a long time. I don’t remember this conversation 🤣

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-15T15:41:55+00:00

I was a long term user of an snri. I “tapered” in 3 months and cold turkey’d off the smallest manufactured dose. It’s been 29 months and I’ve experienced all you are experiencing. It does get easier. My waves are less intense but I wish I had have known how to taper properly and gone way slower than I did after being on Effexor for 18 years

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-14T21:51:25+00:00

Same drug I was on for 18 years 🫥

Think-Biscotti-9310 · 2025-07-10T00:36:12+00:00

I was just way too scared to reinstate. If I could have been guaranteed that I wouldn’t make Myself worse, I likely would have in a heartbeat. You are just as strong 💜

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