Posted by SLS on May 7, 2019, at 10:42:09
In reply to Re: doctors stopping benzos » SLS, posted by sigismund on May 7, 2019, at 1:53:43
> Scott, you tried it before and it made things much worse?
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> That was a higher dose, right? What was that?You have a great memory. Thanks for asking.
Last year, I discontinued Parnate rather abruptly. I allowed myself only 14 days to taper from 100 mg/day to zero. I experienced a severe worsening of depression with anxiety. It was more severe than my baseline depressive state, and most likely a rebound effect. I began Trintellix after a 10 day washout. I think that I was taking 20 mg/day until I experienced a weird reaction 10 days into treatment. I felt dazed and confused. I was in a fog and couldn't think straight. My memory was terrible. I felt like my eyes were open too wide, and I stared into space. I would remain motionless for minutes at a time. I was altered. I concluded that this state was a negative reaction to Trintellix, and I stopped taking it after being on it for only 10 days. However, I experienced the same intense reaction to my subsequent trials of Effexor and Nardil. I returned to Parnate out of desperation, and the altered state slowly dissipated. Unfortunately, I ended up back where I started. Parnate helps with energy and cognition, but leaves me with a barren existence. My doctor thought that my negative reactions to Trintellix, Effexor, and Nardil were caused by my abrupt discontinuation of Parnate. I urged my doctor to retry Trintellix, but only after a very slow taper from Parnate. I allowed for over two months to taper and discontinue it entirely. I reduced the daily dosage by 10 mg every week or so.
I restarted Trintellix at 5 mg/day. After one week, I raised the dosage to 10 mg/day. I have remained there for over a month. My doctor seems to think that less is more with Trintellix, and that it usually takes 6-8 weeks to begin working. Yesterday, I felt uncharacteristically good for the first half of the day, but faded by late afternoon. I experienced similar improvements for a few days when I first started Trintellix and upon the dosage increase. I am scared to hope.
What's been going on with you? I always find your posts on the other boards intriguing, but they are usually beyond my scope of knowledge.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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