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Default Mar 25, 2021 at 12:20 PM
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What is the best way to detox off of meds? I need to get off Lithium, Lamictal, propranolol, klonopin, and Focalin. Taking it slow will be a 1 to 2 year journey and that is without complications. Is it worth going into the hospital to speed it up?

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Default Mar 25, 2021 at 12:27 PM
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No! I would seek medical advice your gonna have side effects which can be severe if done alone. Your best bet is to seek advice from medical professionals
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Default Mar 25, 2021 at 05:46 PM
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The best way to detox off med IS by going slow. That’s the rough truth. I’m weaning a patient off Xanax and the process has taken two years and may take as much as another year because we are going so gradually . I don’t know if you would benefit from a hospital stay or not- but if you do it I don’t think the goal should be to stop meds as quickly as possible
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Default Mar 26, 2021 at 07:44 AM
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From another post of yours, it sounds like this is a recommendation from a neurologist having to do with the side effects that have set in for you. I urge you to work WITH your doctors to come up with a safe plan of withdrawing from meds. It may be that some of them will be fine at lower doses once they find the culprit, but it is imperative that you let the doctors figure this one out strategically.
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Default Mar 31, 2021 at 11:09 AM
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I agree, definitely work with your doctors around this issue. When I have done stuff regarding meds without my doctor's approval, things have gone way south. That would be my advice, just stay on board with what your docs want you to do.

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I actually no longer take any psychotropic medications. I was mis-diagnosed and I was so hurt. I had so many records to have amendments added to.

Laws protect healthcare providers and mental illness providers with little regard to the outcome of their mistakes and mis-diagnoses.

Myself and my adult daughter always experienced adverse reactions to depression, anxiety and mood stabilizers. We think the reaction from the mood stabilizers is because of being mis-diagnosed.

I actually have Hashimoto and if I could get rid of one of my chronic illnesses....hands down it would be Hashimoto. My teenager also has Hashimoto. Hashimoto impacts several systems in the human body including moods. Off meds

My teenager and adult son are diagnosed with ADHD. Both were taking Focalin XR. My son was rushed from his college to a local hospital in Tennessee. His primary care recommended he no longer take Focalin XR.
About six months later my teenager began experiencing horrible adverse reactions to Focalin XR. Both my kids had been taking Focalin XR for several years.

Fast forward me and my children don’t believe in any psychotropic medications FOR US. We’re also not interested in the medication merry go round.

I treat my depression, anxiety and PTSD with self care. I created a list of things that I pick from to do when I feel depression, anxiety or PTSD.

When I tried tapering off Lithium it was a bih. Doctors are not as knowledgeable as society would paint the picture. I actually contacted the pharmaceutical manufacturer. They gave me all the steps and explained it to my psychiatrist. This all happened in early 2018.

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