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31-07-2020 08:17 AM
31-07-2020 08:17 AM
Re: Stopping medication
He @PlantLover ,
The side effects off coming off my meds were more physical including headaches, jitters, heart palpitations, sweats. I was slightly cranky, but as I said, I was ready for it and knew I had to ride it out. So I quietened myself for about a week. I made sure I timed the med reduction during a less demanding time with my job. I also told people around me beforehand that I'm sorry if I snap at them during this time - they were very understanding.
As for the meds itself, I took a lowered dose every ALTERNATE day for a week. Then I took the lowered dose everyday and monitored it. Pretty soon I adapted. Then two months later, I reduced again, taking the lowered dose every alternate day for a week, then lower dose continuously.... you would need to speak to your dr about it because sll
meds are different.
It's been really good so far. I didn't want to come straight off them altogether. I gave myself a few months in between each lowered dose to ensure I work with my baseline and not shock my body - 15 years after all!
I also had the support of my treating team who continued to practise coping strategies with me.
All in all, it's been really effective and I am totally satisfied with everything.
All the best!
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06-08-2020 09:39 AM
06-08-2020 09:39 AM
Re: Stopping medication
Hi @PlantLover ,
It took me a few months from start to finish. I'd only been on the meds for about 2 years. The main trouble I had was with weight gain. My issues didn't get any worse, I felt better in myself that I wasn't taking drugs that I didn't think were really helping Me.
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06-08-2020 09:41 AM
06-08-2020 09:41 AM
Re: Stopping medication
Thanks for your messages and support.
I'm going to the psychiatrist today in regards to getting off my meds. It feels weird going back to supports, It's been years.
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06-08-2020 09:51 AM
06-08-2020 09:51 AM
Re: Stopping medication
Good luck with your appointment with the psychiatrist today, @PlantLover ...let us know how you go... 🙂
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06-08-2020 08:44 PM
06-08-2020 08:44 PM
Re: Stopping medication
Thank you @NatureLover
It went really well. He is lovely. We have a play. As I go down on my current medication (let's call it S) I'm going to be starting on a new medication to help me get down on S. So the lower my dose of S the higher my new medication dosage will be (let's call this one O).
Apparently O is safer and easier to get off of than S.
He said I should have gotten off S years ago. I didn't realise my heart palpitations and chest pain from the medication weren't normal because I've always had them since day one of being on it.
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06-08-2020 08:44 PM
06-08-2020 08:44 PM
Re: Stopping medication
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07-08-2020 08:49 AM
07-08-2020 08:49 AM
Re: Stopping medication
@PlantLover wrote:It went really well. He is lovely. We have a play. As I go down on my current medication (let's call it S) I'm going to be starting on a new medication to help me get down on S. So the lower my dose of S the higher my new medication dosage will be (let's call this one O).
Apparently O is safer and easier to get off of than S.
This all sounds good, @PlantLover ... I'm so pleased that it went well for you and that this psych is a good fit for what you are wanting. 🙂 I'm glad you won't have heart palpitations and chest pains much longer!
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18-07-2021 10:03 PM
18-07-2021 10:03 PM
Re: Stopping medication
@BPD survivor - you've done so well managing your 'recovery'. Can you tell me a more about what you mean "I have learnt to love life. I have learnt to live with my BPD and appreciate it for what it is"
I was diagnosed with BPD in my 20s but more recently it's said that "it was annunkind diagnosis she believes I have "trauma with a capital T & an unfavourable childhood" I've been such a mess. Shouldn't have had kdz looking back and losing one of them 'finished' me (it seems), I am not strong since, and nobody likes being around me, not really.. Oh dear, crying now. Not sure if the SI pressure has gone because I realise i haven't got long anyway or if God has healed me (as is my prayer for so long). Anyway, love to talk about this if someone has the time.
What do you think @Appleblossom, @Smc, @Adge, @Eve7, anyone?
Thanks 💙.
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19-07-2021 09:30 AM
19-07-2021 09:30 AM
Re: Stopping medication
@Former-Member, going off medication is an "approach with caution" thing. (I'm sure you know that. )
Could you find some other professional who could supervise you trialling reducing the medication? So sorry to hear the ones you're working with currently seem unsupportive. Definitely don't stop it suddenly- your body/neurochemistry will miss the chemicals it's been supplying and either crash, or try to overcompensate.
If the SI is the biggest worry, it would be very important to work on long term solutions to that too. SI is closely linked to low self confidence and self value. Some of the biggest protectors against it are a sense of hope, a feeling that you are valuable as a person, and are loved for who you are. Annnd I think they're all things you struggle with. Needlessly, I might say. You're a very lovely and caring person. xx
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19-07-2021 10:13 AM - edited 19-07-2021 12:05 PM
19-07-2021 10:13 AM - edited 19-07-2021 12:05 PM
Re: Stopping medication
Thanks @Smc - you are right on all fronts. There's So much I feel powerless to change. You know my only real hope is in heaven really, where i hope to 'belong' at last. Isn't it sad that 'family' has been replaced by a little white pill 😞 Guess it will have to do, and I don't have the support or resources to risk coming off. Thanks for replying 💗