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if increasing is a must for you can you try 25 first .it will be more kind to your nervous system.

or reduce?i reduced because 20 was unbearable

I dunno what to do lois x do you remember ages ago when I came off mirtazipine I only started improving once I got to 40mg and like an idiot I panicked at 12 weeks after having a blip and changed 🙄

also do you know about the other stuff I'm experiencing as you are full of infinite wisdom ❤ I know you will know too x

what is wrong with me why cant i get better 😭😭

I was on 10mg for about a year when I first started and they didn't do anything at all. I stayed on them because it just became habit I think x when I went to 20mg it really helped x not no more though x

ok then do five at a time .that way it wont hit you full force.

that's a good idea. oh god I'm turning into somebody else we know arent I 😅

thank you for your reply it does really help 😊

knowing that the memory thing is not just me and it can happen to other people x

yeah 20mg just isn't cutting it this time at all. I know it's still early but today was horrific and have never felt that bad before and that was scary x I wanted to try an increase before switching.....again x I'm hoping it works x

what dose are you on again nina? like I said my memory is terrible 😅

I feel doomed and trapped no matter what I decide to do so I really don't know what the best way to go is x

this is truly horrible x how are you? x

I know exactly how you feel. My mind is always racing with different solutions and ideas. Sometimes I think my pills are what’s making me depressed and I need to come off them, then I may start to think I need a new med altogether.

I’m on 40mg at the moment. Usually I always went to 30mg if I went through a bad spell, but after five weeks I didn’t noticed much improvement. So I’m going to try 40, stick with it for 4-8 weeks, and if it works; great, and if it don’t then I know it’s not the pill for me. I’ll then lower it, come off it to see if being off the meds altogether helps and if it don’t, then I’ll try something new. That’s my current plan anyways.

sounds like a sensible plan. I too wonder if the pills are making me more depressed - I have been so emotional and weepy. i dont remember getting like this last time. Read some thread yesterday about a girl who went back on same AD for anxiety and it didnt work at all after 13 weeks so she has been put on clonidine by the psych!Hadnt heard of that one. we just have to remember that there are loads of options for us if these dont work. My psych works a lot with acute/severe people and he said in the vast majority of cases people find something that works for them xx

p i get that memory thing but as i start to settle it improves, please be careful changing doses x

Just wondering how long you’ve been taking the lorazapram? And what dose?

I have some as well which I take about 4-5 times a week but I’m terrified of becoming hooked on it or experiencing withdrawals afterwards.

hi Nina i was exactky like you but my psych convinced me it was ok. Have been on it for about a month or so. First 10 days on 0.5 in the evening. Then 2 and a half weeks or so on 0.5 in the morning and 0.5 in the evening. Now back to 0.5 in the morning. Psych said i will need to taper off but doesnt think it will be a problem. He says he puts people on it all the time for short term use and theyve all come off it fine. it made a big difference.

I take 1mg before bed. Not every night, but usually after a bad day or a bad evening. So like I said, around 4 times a week. Only been doing so for two weeks now, but I’m still worried about becoming addicted or having them lose their effectiveness.

ive had no tolerance issues and have gone from 2 a day to one without any issues

That’s good to hear. When I was first put on citalopram 4 years ago, my doctor at the time prescribed me 1mg every night for a month. Took them for a little over 3 weeks before stopping but didn’t have any withdrawals.

Afterwards I heard all these horror stories online about benzos, and wondered if I knew that back then if I would have took them to begin with.

i know i was so scared after reading all those stories - still am to be honest but i trust my doc

mind over body.best regards

just looked at the benzo thread on this forum and it does look pretty scary coming off. Doc told me today that i can keep using 0.5 a day for another month but now in thinking perhaps i should stop them now

i would not pay attention to that benzo chat.i took for one year with no problem stopping no withdrawls.cold turkey.and iam sure your doctor is not going to contribute to any type of dependence or addiction with higher milligrams.

I’ve made the mistake of going on there as well.

The weird thing is there’s posts saying some people been on them for a year or longer, and after a slow taper, they never had issues. Then you have some people who are saying they’ve been on them for 1-3 weeks and got people yelling at them to stop taking them ASAP because they’ll ruin their life.

I think a lot of it comes down to how high of a dose you’re on. If you’re increasing the dose, and taking them more often than you should. You aren’t doing either of those things so I highly, highly doubt you’ll experience anything. Like I said before, I was on them a little over three weeks at 1mg a night and just stopped them. No taper, nothing. And I never had a issue.

Once your antidepressant kicks in, it’ll make getting off them that much easier anyways. Which is what I think happened for me.

Also if you don’t need to take the 0.5 for another full month, don’t. Just take them for another week or so and when you feel like you can do without them, stop. But at least you know they’re there if needed.

thanks Nina good advice. The doc has said that I shouldnt just stop ill need to taper as ive been on then a while now but at least i know theres the option of a very slow taper if i do need it. i went from 0.5 twice a day to just once a day without any issues so hopefully it will be ok