How to Taper Psychiatric Medications (In 5 Minutes)

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@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 10 месяцев назад

Still pinching myself that I did this taper solo over 5 years and got off my antidepressants completely after nearly 2 decades of physical dependency. The bloke is very accurate with his understanding of tapering percentages, holds during cuts and receptor occupancy as we go lower into our tapering schedules. Just wish if our local doctors and psychiatrists had this knowledge, would be a lot safer and cost effective for everyone out there in this incredibly tough journey.

@MajICReiki 10 месяцев назад

The unfortunate part is 'they' profit from prescribing, so the incentive for cognitive dissonance is higher than the incentive for ethical medicine.

@user-mb8qi3ky5q 10 месяцев назад

@@MajICReikiIt is called 'guaranteed return office visits $$$$' when a doctor prescribes benzo's (or opioids) for daily use. I told my doctor I wanted to taper after 20 yrs, that only lead to more appointments monthly. And she put a notation in my record that I was addicted, and all my prescriptions had to be screened by telehealth appointments for now on. Now I am charged for telehealth appointments every month for every prescription not just the benzo I am tapering from. Until telehealth said they were not comfortable with filling my benzo script because my doctor made a notation I was tapering and did not want anything to do with tapering patients. They left me high and dry and would not fill any prescriptions. My doctor got an earful, all she had to say was that is office policy. This completely broke what I thought was a relationship with my doctor. I have no confidence or trust in my doctor and stopped tapering. Told her it made tapering way too stressful which is counterproductive when tapering. In a blink of an eye I went from being a patient who was on a benzo to an addict and not to be trusted, which is what I feel about my doctor, not to be trusted.

@davidsplan4409 10 месяцев назад

OMG I prayed for this info today as my BP is out of control and resting heart rate 133. My nurse doctor know nothing.

@traceyrychewhite1874 9 месяцев назад

It's wonderful to hear a Doctor who actually understands the Ashton Manual. Excellent information. Thank you

@DieHeartly Месяц назад

How exactly do you taper 5 or 10 percent? It's a pill. Do you just measure and cut 5-10 percent of the end? I'm confused.

@i.ehrenfest349 10 месяцев назад

I tapered down from 60 mg escitalopram over 2 years. But when I arrived at around 7 mg, I went to pieces. Remained steadfast for several months, living very healthily, going to the gym almost every day. But it got so bad it was no longer responsible to go on. I so wish I could get off my ADs, but this episode has frightened me.

@Bethiegraceful 10 месяцев назад

Great information, but very disheartening that only the very wealthy can afford this type of treatment and guidance if you don’t want to go it alone. I’m not sure how many people can afford $3,500-$4,500 a month. Especially since a lot of people can’t work because they are in protracted withdrawal.

@davidsplan4409 10 месяцев назад

He just answered my drama. This is as great as Dr. B ADDICTION videos.

@MajICReiki 10 месяцев назад

That is very expensive for the majority who are targeted with medicine mismanagement and few resources to afford to recover. Scary to do it alone, without help. I don't recommend, but it can be done. ❤

@mcb00 9 месяцев назад

You can get the same information online and hire a withdrawal coach or a supportive therapist that takes insurance if you need support

@mcb00 9 месяцев назад

@@MajICReikithe thing is, he can't really help you. He's going to do the basic updose/slow down he just described, because your body will dictate the pace. There's not much that can be done about withdrawal other than slowing down/holding and managing stress

@MajICReiki 9 месяцев назад

@mcb00 oh! I know. I did my own over 15 years ago. There were no withdrawal coaches. Some supportive Therapists (psychologists) took insurance, but were not trained in anything withdrawal management, stress management yes.

@JacquiQ 5 месяцев назад

He is on to it. I am half way through a long protracted taper with many set backs and many awful side effects. He knows what he is talking about. I started at 10 % of Diaz and it was too much. Had no warning of the possible side effects, they were traumatising. Just awful. Start small and slow.

@user-mi4xe2iz3l 7 месяцев назад

u r doing great work..

@Elektra_7 9 месяцев назад

Great info

@haileysmom2358 10 месяцев назад

I am grateful for the information.

@ajax700 10 месяцев назад

If you want to know the same Josef knows search for Rxisk "guide stopping antidepressants" for tapering "antidepressants" drugs. And Ashton manual for tapering benzodiazepines. You will save a small fortune. Best wishes.

@kata6966 4 месяца назад

Is there a guide for antipsychotics?

@lauriemtz8616 Месяц назад

Wow. That’s really slow tapering. How do cut a small pill by 2% etc. ?

@jasonsenator6144 6 месяцев назад

They say its doctor shopping if i come in and ask for my medication back. I was in 6 mg clon. For about a decade. They cold turkeyed me and marked me as a drug seeker. All i did was say i have to work i can't pee on command. The nurses were very rude to me and they redflagged of that. Feels like im fight for my life 6 years later.

@KFlow-ox2yi 27 дней назад

Thank you so much again!

@melissadawncoaching 8 месяцев назад

What if people don’t stabilize at any dose and also can’t function? Hold forever or cut anyway? Curious your thoughts

@gracegrace1896 8 месяцев назад

I can only do 5% reductions and I barely make it each time. No I’m not functioning. It’s awful.and I wait 3-6 weeks depending on how bad I feel. But anymore it’s so bad I don’t care. I have to get off. Last time I only waited 3 weeks. I don’t function at all.

@palm3rfishman 10 месяцев назад

the jumps in perspective (or framing?) make it much harder for this med-addled brain to follow. I'm seeing this a lot in videos now - is RU-vid advising youtubers to do this? It's very hard on my sensory disregulation.

@user-wy5uu8gm4z 20 дней назад

HOw do you drop by 2 MG if you're taking a hard pill? IMpossible to cut it like that.....

@naimamarie4228 5 месяцев назад

I noticed you never really speak about tapering antipsychotics? Have you ever taken someone off antipsychotics? If so, how did you do it?

@kata6966 4 месяца назад

True. Not much on antipsychotics. I too need guidance on antipsychotics, Clozapine in particular. I hope the doctor replies to the comments.

@surajjha1740 4 месяца назад

@@kata6966 Any suggestions? I am on risperidone 1 mg for 2 months for OCD and now I want to quit What percentage should I reduce in order to get no severe withdrawal symptoms?

@4GSLmusic Месяц назад

It’s going to be the same process. For all of it

@fazoolbaatein8224 24 дня назад

I want guidance on tapering from antipsychotics too, specifically zyprexa.

@elainaknibb6809 10 месяцев назад

I did the last one. Got down from 50mg to 10mg easy going down in 5mgs. Now I am having to liquid micro taper down the last 10mg. Tried the 10% reduction and it was too much.

@adamwiseman6117 10 месяцев назад

Which ssri is this? And 10% of 10mg was too much to reduce by? How slow will you go?

@user-qi1iz5di2e 6 месяцев назад

Hard to taper when you can’t get your meds . I’m afraid I’ll have a seizure getting off of Klonopin

@NealGumpel 4 месяца назад

Yes I moved to Tennessee and NOBODY and I mean nobody will help you. They will give you buckets of Seroquil but won't even listen

@jenmcw84 15 дней назад

Do you recommend an every other day as a way to drop gradual? On Effexor specifically. Or should I just drop and hold? Thanks! (Started at 112.5 im now down to 75 after 3 months!)

@beatrizdickens6183 6 месяцев назад

Help! My son was misdiagnost and I would like him to taper, he said he would do it but he does not, how to convince it!!!! I wonder if meds already screw him!!

@JinKobayashiHearMe 10 месяцев назад

I've been on sertraline since 1998. Last year I lowered from the usual 75mg to 50mg while the Dr also prescribed buspirone at the same time. The withdrawals from the sertraline combined with the side effects from the buspirone was horrible and that was 14 months ago. I'm still feeling the effects some days are pretty rough. I was told in a Facebook group about protracted withdrawals that I should not lower again until I feel leveled out. I hope that I feel better soon . it comes in waves. A few.days feeling not so bad and then days of feeling depressed and anxious and feeling strong dread and hopelessness. Any suggestions?

@MajICReiki 10 месяцев назад

I am so sorry that you're going through this! May I ask, did you ever feel level on those medications before deciding to taper?

@mcb00 9 месяцев назад

Mindfulness may help with the anxiety. It helped me with the withdrawal anxiety from effexor. Also, support from individual and group therapy

@Ycnan111 2 месяца назад

@JinKobayashiH. How are you now?

@GGShakes 2 месяца назад

You are strong. You can do it.

@jennybobick5270 5 месяцев назад

How fast can I taper after only being on Lexapro for 6 weeks?

@Uma921 10 месяцев назад

Comment to boost.

@joefarrow1599 20 дней назад

Hi can you do Lithium tapering schedule?

@DeniseHurd-qm7id 10 месяцев назад

A lot of the sickest people never stabilize are only partially stabilize after each cut

@rosesRred2400 10 месяцев назад

That’s me 😢

@VaibhavSharma-x3p 14 дней назад

Hii i am from india can i also taper my mediccines please tell me

@instructoruldemeditatie2367 10 месяцев назад

So how do you taper by 10% when there are only pills not drops? 😊 These issues are wellknown and yet they are not bothering to make them in drop form . It's like they don't want to help people to taper ..

@TE-7302- 10 месяцев назад

Big Pharma doesn’t want anyone to taper off their drugs. No money in that. Capitalism at its finest. 💩

@jesperchristoffersen8413 10 месяцев назад

Yes, it is ridiculous! They don't care one single bit.

@TE-7302- 10 месяцев назад

And, to answer your question: you buy a Gemini scale, a nail file, and spend hours each week cutting and weighing doses; basically become a home pharmacist. Or you could pay for compounding, which can be expensive. It’s infuriating that we have to do this ourselves.

@jesperchristoffersen8413 10 месяцев назад

@@TE-7302- And if they find out we try to take responsibility on our own, they become infuriated and will blame us for every single problem that ever occured (even though it probably has to do with exactly the fact that pills are only in one-size-fits-all options).

@JohnDoe-fc3nh 10 месяцев назад

Ok So, first you take a pill of your med. Let's say it has 2mg. Now, let's supposed you can divide it in two, or even four equal parts. You get 0.5mg for each. You take it and dilute it in a glass with 100ml of water in it, for instance. Mix it really well. Then, you determine the amount of milligrams for microdose intake. Let's suppose you wanna take 0.05mg. You convert it to ml, and then you get 10ml. Pick up a seringe and take 10ml from the glass. That's all.

@anteg9084 10 месяцев назад

The 7 day hold doesn't protect one from the risk of protracted withdrawal though, right? It's too early to know... But I guess one can't wait 3mo-1y after each reduction to see if they will have protracted withdrawal from that reduction. But going slow enough one might let the protracted withdrawal catch up early enough to know that you are having this reaction and know for the rest of your taper (not sure what one does when one gets protracted withdrawal, if they need to re-instate to be safe or they can only ride it out for as long as it takes.... Haven't seen all the videos yet, if they talk about it).

@Bethiegraceful 10 месяцев назад

I’m curious about drugs like Prozac where the half-life is longer. When I do tapers I don’t feel the withdrawals until almost a month later, so the 7 day hold doesn’t work for me.

@mcb00 9 месяцев назад

@@Bethiegracefulif it takes a month to get withdrawal, then space your cuts for 5 weeks..the point is to give your body enough time to tell you if it tolerated the cut, before cutting more

@thisgirl5933 7 месяцев назад

Yeah, I thought about that. Nuts.

@rockyarora2008 3 месяца назад

Thank you. I need your help to taper duloxetine. I have dizziness and my head spins. I can't even get off the bed. My tinnitus is always there. I am on 20mg of duloxetine grom 3 years.

@stevio8865 3 месяца назад

Hey. Have you been on 20 mg all the time? If you're having withdrawal symptoms when tapering down to zero, you could try to go to your psychiatrist/neurologist to prescribe you fluoxetine as it has a really long half-life. So that could help to taper down itself. You can also try medication to ease your withdrawal symptoms, for example, dimenhydrinate for nausea and dizziness.

@gabriellemorellisinger1608 9 месяцев назад

I wanted to join the waitlist for your group???

@athena5862 2 месяца назад

How do you taper off of vrylar. There are only 4 doses and they are only in capsule form which is ar least 25%. How do they expect you to taper.

@4GSLmusic Месяц назад

Get your dr to order to a compounding pharmacy and do a liquid taper. It’s a lot easier and the same dose cuts apply. Not more than 10% for most people every 4-6 weeks. 5-10% is a general starting point. Some can come down quicker at that reduction every 2-4 weeks. All of these drugs can be tapered in the same way. When you’ll know it’s too big of a reduction and too quickly is when you experience symptoms that aren’t just annoying or uncomfortable, but debilitating. This is when you go back up to the last dose and slow the taper if you can’t wait until restabilizing. This is very doable. Find a compounding pharmacy.

@bhadresh1135 10 месяцев назад

❤

@johnmcglynn7311 Месяц назад

How can I taper off 2.5mg of valium at night and in the morning please

@timcepin3386 3 месяца назад

If someone took two doses of a medication such as Rexulti, does he or she need to taper off the aforementioned medication?

@4GSLmusic Месяц назад

Not typically.

@johnflynn2109 9 месяцев назад

Extreme excersise

@sarasmile5274 2 месяца назад

Are u saying extreme exercise will help with tapering off and the depression itself?

@johnflynn2109 2 месяца назад

@@sarasmile5274 yes + sunshine

@sarasmile5274 2 месяца назад

@@johnflynn2109 im in the danger zone cause i am lazy asf

@Thebellreve 3 месяца назад

I’m so done with Wellbutrin. It lost its effect

@sendalisrondansalazar6079 3 месяца назад

❤❤❤❤❤

@arvindize 10 месяцев назад

👍🏽

@magicaree 10 месяцев назад

How are people cutting 5% of a tablet??

@kristeandreatujague7016 9 месяцев назад

Some use a file and a scale like a jewel scale to check the weight.

@mcb00 9 месяцев назад

You make liquid or buy it liquid form

@europeanamerican 4 месяца назад

Fingernail file with scale set on grams.

@nitpm8088 3 месяца назад

This is interesting. ! Will try it.

@tammy4760 2 месяца назад

This email does bot work. How do i get ahold of this dr?

@VaibhavSharma-x3p 14 дней назад

Hii i am from India can i also do taper my psychiatric medicine olanzapine

@Me-fs5mi 3 месяца назад

Kriss Reese, Tim fletcher

@XenoTravis 7 месяцев назад

Don't list to the comments saying it is expensive. That is excuse to keep taking the medicine that is hurting you. Diazepam is very cheap. The helper medicine is also very cheap. Apply for Medicaid and have your doctor say you are indeed disabled and need the insurance

@ancabostinariu6550 6 месяцев назад

With Effexor the tapering is easy if one opens the capsule and counts the granules and then figures out how many can be taken off evey week to avoid sy of withdrawal

@KeishaKiger 5 месяцев назад

I have been taking 75 mg of FXR for two years and I’m wanting to get off of it or at least lower it so for the past four days I’ve been taking out 13 balls cause I thought that was 10% but is it fine to just take a bigger jump with that bigger dose and then go extremely slow later or am I on the right path feel free to give me any detailed information I greatly appreciate appreciate it