Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency terminated thousands of experienced public health professionals in an April Fools’ Day massacre. We’re all about to pay the price.
Hah yep - I actually tried cold turkey-ing it about a month ago, which was not awesome, and then tried titrating down by halving my dose, but ended up just going back to the original within about a week and a half. Mental state was very markedly better, but the withdrawal stuff was pretty balls. Going to be working with a new PCP, psych, and medication coordinator to get off that shit and find a better pharmaceutical balance that works for me.
The aforementioned detox was cold turkey, and I absolutely get how hard it must have been. When you have your new team as support, it might be helpful to give a trusted person a bulk of your meds to be given back on an agreed schedule. Might make sticking to weening off easier. Knowing you only have a set amount until the next time would help me(personally) to not go over what the arranged lower dose is, with the assurance that it is actually available if you say… accidentally dropped half a week’s worth down the sink drain opening the container. Which has absolutely happened to me with antibiotics once.
For what it’s worth, taking things as prescribed is not an issue for me. This isn’t substance abuse, and I am highly motivated to get off of that shit. I am absolutely unwilling to subject myself to bouts of decreased cognitive capacity any longer than I absolutely need to. I am willing to put up with some significant discomfort to get through it and off of it.
Hah yep - I actually tried cold turkey-ing it about a month ago, which was not awesome, and then tried titrating down by halving my dose, but ended up just going back to the original within about a week and a half. Mental state was very markedly better, but the withdrawal stuff was pretty balls. Going to be working with a new PCP, psych, and medication coordinator to get off that shit and find a better pharmaceutical balance that works for me.
The aforementioned detox was cold turkey, and I absolutely get how hard it must have been. When you have your new team as support, it might be helpful to give a trusted person a bulk of your meds to be given back on an agreed schedule. Might make sticking to weening off easier. Knowing you only have a set amount until the next time would help me(personally) to not go over what the arranged lower dose is, with the assurance that it is actually available if you say… accidentally dropped half a week’s worth down the sink drain opening the container. Which has absolutely happened to me with antibiotics once.
For what it’s worth, taking things as prescribed is not an issue for me. This isn’t substance abuse, and I am highly motivated to get off of that shit. I am absolutely unwilling to subject myself to bouts of decreased cognitive capacity any longer than I absolutely need to. I am willing to put up with some significant discomfort to get through it and off of it.