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Jan 06, 2016, 04:58 PM
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Hi everyone.
I took this medication about 12 yrs ago for about 4 years. It was one of the hardest drugs I ever got off of in my life. Also hard was Cymbalta. If you're on GABA be very careful. You may be different but my experience was worse than bad.
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 Bipolar 1Day Vraylar 3 mg. Wellbutrin 150 Night meds Temazepam 30 mg or lorazepam Hasn't helped yet. From sunny California! |
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Jan 06, 2016, 05:00 PM
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Why so hard? I've been on it three years
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Jan 06, 2016, 05:41 PM
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It was hard to get off. Like worse than trying to get off pain pills.
I don't know. The chemical make-up of the drug and your receptors in your brain. Nothing I could take would relieve the fright, Anxiety,and nervousness I experienced withdrawing from this drug. I would never ever take it again.
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Bipolar 1Day Vraylar 3 mg. Wellbutrin 150 Night meds Temazepam 30 mg or lorazepam Hasn't helped yet. From sunny California! |
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Jan 06, 2016, 05:50 PM
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Omg now im scared to stop it
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Jan 06, 2016, 06:10 PM
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If you need to get off, ask MD for tapering advice.
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Bipolar 1Day Vraylar 3 mg. Wellbutrin 150 Night meds Temazepam 30 mg or lorazepam Hasn't helped yet. From sunny California! |
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Jan 06, 2016, 06:40 PM
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It's been offered to me by my pdoc, but I'm scared of any kind of weight gain, even though it's supposed to be weight neutral. Is that a normal reaction when discontinuing it? Why did you stop? Was it just not working anymore. Cymbalta took me 6 months to get off! It was BRUTAL!
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Hashi/Bipolar Mom 300mg Lamictal 1800mg Gabapentin 10mg Memantine (weaning off) .6mg Clonidine (for sleep and anxiety) 40mg Propanol (for sleep) 3 mg Xanax 10mg Saphris |
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Jan 06, 2016, 07:52 PM
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Really? I went off 2400 mg a day cold turkey and nothing! Not an ounce of withdrawal
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I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the word Now in the morning, I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listen as the crowd would sing Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand |
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Jan 06, 2016, 07:56 PM
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I'm on 1600 a day
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Jan 06, 2016, 09:19 PM
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I took it for years for my Fibro and I dropped it cold turkey and didnt have a single issue.
Everyone reacts differently to meds 
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Jan 06, 2016, 09:51 PM
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I came off a high dose cold turkey without problems and have missed several days of my current 400 mg dose without problems as well.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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Jan 06, 2016, 09:55 PM
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I've been on it 4 years. Hoping I don't have major problems if I ever go off of it!
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