Posted by bleauberry on October 14, 2010, at 4:58:25
In reply to Thinking of coming off meds, posted by Maxime on October 13, 2010, at 22:32:42
I think the whole thing sounds reasonable to me. I think it needs to be done slowly and carefully. Very tiny changes while dropping dosage. Personally I would probably whittle down the doses of the other meds too in tiny amounts at the same time.
Maybe it's just me, but I see no logical or justifiable reason to stay on meds that have done little or nothing to improve quality of life. It boggles my mind, but probably countless people do it.
Feeling worsened symptoms while decreasing the dosages will probably happen, and each time it will pass in a few days to a week or two. It's adjustment stuff happening. Many people erroneously think "oh, that means the med was doing something good after all, and I get worse without it"....wrong. It's called withdrawals and readjustments. The true baseline will not be evident for a month to three months after a final dose. Everything up until that time is related to readjustment.
Plan of action for going forward?
Japaneses Knotweed
Siberian ginseng
High potency refrigerated probioticThose would be basic staples to whatever else you do.
Doxycycline has to be tried. No ifs, and, or buts, about it. Again logic comes into play....if a boatload of psych meds have not done the trick, then something else is going on. Doxy and the above plants just happen to cover a wide range of them.
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