Keep us updated...You can do this. You will be dizzy and you may
even scream..its those feelings comming out that you probably have
not felt in a long time...Its normal so please don't be afraid and
change your mind. It may feel like you need to get back on them and
then the bad stuff will just stop, trust us that have got off...it
will work!!! HAVE FAITH!!!!...
I'm just catching up on your post as you taper off, does your doctor
know you are getting off? I did it without doctor approval and I was
lucky but would tell anyone not to do that if they can help it. I
think a doctor needs to know once your off how you feel.
Good luck and please keep us updated.
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>
> Day 2 : 4.0mg
>; Morning has been ok. Waiting for the worst tonight. Hopefully it
> won't be as bad with a smaller step, and with any luck, her body
> getting more used to the dropping.
>
> So I left off on Day 2 of 4.0mg. Here is the continuation.
>
> Day 2 : 4.0mg
>; While I had expected the evening to get worse, particularly with
the
> horrible experience of the week before, I was pleasantly surpised.
> Other than some restlessness, and some grinding of teeth, things
> were relatively ok.
>
> Day 3-8 : 4.0mg
>; These days were pretty mild...some symptoms of heaviness, nausea,
> and a bad dream here and there but not too bad. I was almost worse
> just waiting for the other shoe to drop. There were some periods,
> actually quite a few on day 3 and 4 of increased sensitivity...and
> even an episode of extreme sensitivity...I mean emotional
> sensitivity. All in all it was similar to the weeks prior to last
> week.
>;
> Day 1 : 3.0mg
>; A little dizzy, a little tired.
>
> Day 2 : 3.0mg
>; Not too bad until the evening. Besides being tired and heavy, she
> was very angry...for no real reason...just pissed off. The night
> was somewhat difficult due to lots of bad dreams and waking up.
All
> in all, a crappy experience, but still not as bad as last week.
>;
> Day 3 : 3.0mg
>; More than halfway through the day and this morning was pretty bad.
> High anxiety, overwhelmed feelings, shaky, nervous, tired. Nausea,
> stomach ache...She stayed home and slept the first part of the
day.
> Has been ok since, but had some increased irritability, and some
> increased anxiety. All in all things are going well.
>;
>
> A couple of conclusions-
> 1) Heaviness is substantially amplified by tiredness.
> 2) Water is essential...fell off the drinking water kick a couple
of
> times and it hasn't been good.
>; 3) The Vitamin B complex is really making her stomach upset (even
> when taken with food) so we are dropping it!
> 4) At the 4.0mg drop, we added 50mg of 5-HTP...seemed to help quite
> a bit. At the 3.0mg drop, we added 50mg more.
>;
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