Taper Questions (Page 6)

Will it be hard to taper off of 5 mg of Lexapro? I have taken it for about a year and a half.

I am on the liquid and started at only 2 mg because I am very sensitive to medication

Taper off of Valium from 5mg to 2.5mg?

Can I safely go from 5mg three times a day to 2.5mg three times a day to start taper off Valium. Will I suffer any side effects?

I took my dose of prednisone too soon. What should I do?

I’m on a 21 day course that tapers from 40mg down, reducing ever 4 days. I’m only on day 3, so it was 40mg in the morning (8am) and then accidentally another 40mg at night (8pm). In theory that dose should have been the next morning. I am assuming I should skip the morning dose and just get back on ... read more

First time prednisone usage for asthma, do I need to taper?

I'm taking prednisone for the first time with an asthma flare that triggered due to a cold. I was originally prescribed a short burst of 50mg for 5 days by an urgent care doctor. I went to get checked again by my PCP and she prescribed me another dose of 40mg for 3 days and then 20mg for 7 days. Is... read more

Quitting Effexor at 75 after roughly a week?

Here is my timeline of Effexor usage - - 7 days on 37.5 mg - 2 days on 75 mg I am REALLY tempted to go cold turkey at this point (even though my psychiatrist did advise me to taper down to 37.5mg for 4 days first) since this medication is turning me into a zombie with no emotions at all. Can I get... read more

How do you taper off of citalopram 30 mg once a day?

Zyprexa - Does olanzapine get better with time ?

My mother takes olanzapine, at first it worked really great and got her to a stable mental health after a few episodes. When trying to taper down the dose, she had suffered insomnia so we had to go back to her original dose. But since coming back, she had been very sad and confused, and most likely... read more

Weaned off Clonazepam very slowly but insomnia is back!?

I normally take 1 mg at night. Every time I start sleeping better, I get off by doing a really slow taper using a liquid suspension, after a few months of successfully stopping, I get rebound insomnia so I always get back on it! I’ve tried numerous other drugs for the insomnia but nothing works as w... read more

Sertraline - From paroxetine to sertraline. Is it such a torture?

I was for 8 years on paroxetine but stopped working, so my Dc weaned me off and put me on sertraline gradually. The taper was 5mg each week and the sertraline introduction was 50mg per week. Total time on Sertriline is 6 weeks. I am 14 days off paroxetine and 3 weeks on sertraline 200. My anxiety... read more

Can I switch from 3 Klonopin to 2 Klonopin?

I don’t want to taper Klonopin. I just want to take 2 a day instead of 3. Will this cause withdrawal?

Venlafaxine - Venlaxafine - 7 weeks in and wondering whether to increase fro. 150?

I’ve just completed a 6 week cross taper from 200mg (Max Dose) Sertraline to Venlafaxine ER. The Sertraline stopped working after 16 great years and anxiety and depression returned. I have now been on Ven a total of 7 weeks (3 *75, 2 *112.5 and 2 * 150). I’ve just completed cross taper from 200 Ser... read more

Effexor - Doctor tried to taper me from 37.5mg to nothing. Anyone else experience this?

... (I’ve taken effexor for over 7 years) going 37.5mg at a time per week and yesterday it came time to cut it off altogether, and it was an absolute nightmare. I’ve experienced effexor withdrawals many, many times, but this was especially horrible knowing that my doctor intended for this to hap... read more

Got off Lexapro then had to reintroduce. Now it's not working.What happened?

I did a fairly slow taper of my Lexapro from 10Mg to 0 in about 2 months. after being off for 2 weeks I had horrible withdrawal symptoms; High morning anxiety that would increase through out the day to the point I needed Ativan to function. when the Ativan wore off the anxiety would creep back up.... read more

How to taper off meds - in what order?

I would like to ask a question in regards to tapering off the following meds. 

I had a manic episode with psychotic symptoms, about 11 years ago and since then, I’ve been on meds. However, I have reduced my dosage in the past years to the following with the help of an expert: 

Xanax - 0.125 m... read more