I Think This Would be Good, Do You?

Mozart22 · 12-06-2009, 06:26 AM

Hi guys, I'm slowly weaning off 20 mg Paxil.
It's my 4th withdrawal attempt and I'm determined to succeed
this time. I'm doing the 10 percent method.

There is one thing I'm planning on doing:

When I reach 10 mg, I'm gonna stay at that dose
for about 3 or 4 months. This would be for 2 reasons:

First, I could just pop one 10 mg pill and not have to deal
with cutting pills or measuring liquid doses, so it serves as
a short break from the withdrawal process.

Second, and this is the main reason, is so that my body
will have a longer time than usual to adjust to the 10 mg dose,
so that if my withdrawal goes really bad at the low doses, I can
return to my new "original dose" of 10 mg rather than
my original dose of 20 mg.

So basically I wanna stay at 10 mg per day for about 4 months
so that if I ever decide to cancel my withdrawal I will just stick
with 10 mg rather than what I took all along, 20 mg.

What do you think? Good idea?

LCrawford67 · 12-06-2009, 06:31 AM

I think that's a great idea! You can't taper too slow and you should always do what's comfortable for you.

HanPanes · 12-06-2009, 06:40 AM

I think this is a very wise idea too, I wish I'd stabilised for longer at 10mg rather that fairly quickly reducing to 9 the 8mg because I thought I could cope. As you know this has caught up with me. I seriously think that the lower you go the more of a shock it is to your brain and you don't always know until you're in a really bad way.

You've got a really good head on your shoulders, are rationally thinking this through and your determination is so evident I know you will succeed!

All the best

scotty · 12-06-2009, 07:45 AM

Good plan..you can't go to slow!

Mozart22 · 12-06-2009, 01:31 PM

Thanks people

Songbird · 12-06-2009, 08:18 PM

Sounds like a good plan. I've been thinking about staying at 5mg for quite a few months. Even now, at 6.5mg, I'm thinking I may need to stay on these doses for longer. I think it does help to give the body plenty of time to adjust to a lower dose.

pax80 · 12-07-2009, 02:56 AM

I'm sorry, but it doesn't sound like a good idea to me. I did the same and the drug pooped out in that space of time, I was doing really great at 10mg, but i stayed for too long, I should have had continued tapering. we see this happening all the time here.

Mozart22 · 12-07-2009, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pax80

I'm sorry, but it doesn't sound like a good idea to me. I did the same and the drug pooped out in that space of time, I was doing really great at 10mg, but i stayed for too long, I should have had continued tapering. we see this happening all the time here.

I dunno, I doubt that taking 10 mg for 4 months will lead to poop out.
4 months isn't that long, and we're supposed to taper really slowly anyway.

stan · 12-07-2009, 08:57 AM

hello mozart
sorry bad english

I think it's a bad idea
must all the time down, from 5 mg doses smaller, but down
no stop along the way, it complicates

and you've already done the yoyo in the past

bye

LCrawford67 · 12-07-2009, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pax80

I'm sorry, but it doesn't sound like a good idea to me. I did the same and the drug pooped out in that space of time, I was doing really great at 10mg, but i stayed for too long, I should have had continued tapering. we see this happening all the time here.

That doesn't mean this will happen to him and how is it any different than when a person hits a rough patch, while tapering, and holds at that dose till they're ready to drop again? He's talking about staying at that dose a few months, not a few years.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mozart22

I dunno, I doubt that taking 10 mg for 4 months will lead to poop out.
4 months isn't that long, and we're supposed to taper really slowly anyway.

You're correct. Four months isn't that long and you're tapering consistently all the way to that point, then holding for a few months; this isn't a bad idea at all.

leo79 · 12-08-2009, 06:34 PM

Mozart, you're a legend. Seriously. You rule. Don't worry about all this taper ****.

12-06-2009, 06:26 AM	#1
Mozart22 Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 189	I Think This Would be Good, Do You? Hi guys, I'm slowly weaning off 20 mg Paxil. It's my 4th withdrawal attempt and I'm determined to succeed this time. I'm doing the 10 percent method. There is one thing I'm planning on doing: When I reach 10 mg, I'm gonna stay at that dose for about 3 or 4 months. This would be for 2 reasons: First, I could just pop one 10 mg pill and not have to deal with cutting pills or measuring liquid doses, so it serves as a short break from the withdrawal process. Second, and this is the main reason, is so that my body will have a longer time than usual to adjust to the 10 mg dose, so that if my withdrawal goes really bad at the low doses, I can return to my new "original dose" of 10 mg rather than my original dose of 20 mg. So basically I wanna stay at 10 mg per day for about 4 months so that if I ever decide to cancel my withdrawal I will just stick with 10 mg rather than what I took all along, 20 mg. What do you think? Good idea? __________________ Original dose: 20 mg Paxil per day. On my 4th withdrawal attempt, determined to succeed this time. Doing super slow taper.

12-06-2009, 06:31 AM	#2
LCrawford67 Moderator "Everybody poops" Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 30,287	Re: I Think This Would be Good, Do You? I think that's a great idea! You can't taper too slow and you should always do what's comfortable for you. __________________ aka LC aka Laurie C. Paxil, 20 mg since 1997, for IBS Two unsuccessful attempts to quit. Started tapering 11/27/06 PAXIL FREE 12/29/07 *"Whether You Believe You Can, Or You Can't, You Are Right."* ~ Henry Ford

12-06-2009, 06:40 AM	#3
HanPanes Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 107	Re: I Think This Would be Good, Do You? I think this is a very wise idea too, I wish I'd stabilised for longer at 10mg rather that fairly quickly reducing to 9 the 8mg because I thought I could cope. As you know this has caught up with me. I seriously think that the lower you go the more of a shock it is to your brain and you don't always know until you're in a really bad way. You've got a really good head on your shoulders, are rationally thinking this through and your determination is so evident I know you will succeed! All the best __________________ Seroxat (Paxil) 1997 - 2003 (age 17 to 23) Breakdown from withdrawal 6 month stay in hospital - July 03 - Dec 03 Somewhere in that mess - Mirtazapine, Olanzapine, Diazapam, Lorazepam, Cirpralex, Promazine, Effexor, Busperone - all off now Reinstated 15mg Prozac one month off 15mg Remeron 1mg Fluanxol 0.5mg Ativan

12-06-2009, 07:45 AM	#4
scotty Administrator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: new jersey Posts: 40,828	Re: I Think This Would be Good, Do You? Good plan..you can't go to slow! __________________ AKA Laurie "By ignoring the environmental factors the psychiatric profession gives itself complete job security by diagnosing life as a mental illness. The only people who will not qualify for a disorder are those who are dead." Joseph Arpaia, MD

12-06-2009, 01:31 PM	#5
Mozart22 Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 189	Re: I Think This Would be Good, Do You? Thanks people __________________ Original dose: 20 mg Paxil per day. On my 4th withdrawal attempt, determined to succeed this time. Doing super slow taper.

12-06-2009, 08:18 PM	#6
Songbird Queen of the appendage vocabulary Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 9,170	Re: I Think This Would be Good, Do You? Sounds like a good plan. I've been thinking about staying at 5mg for quite a few months. Even now, at 6.5mg, I'm thinking I may need to stay on these doses for longer. I think it does help to give the body plenty of time to adjust to a lower dose. __________________ Jul 01-Feb 02 Aropax Feb - Dec 03 Citalopram Jul 04 Aropax Jan 07 - Feb 08 20mg - 5mg Apr 4.5mg 5mg Jun 10mg zopiclone > seroquel Jul 20mg Aug + methionine Oct aropax > loxamine Dec off seroquel 7 Dec 17.5mg 30 Dec 15mg 24 Jan 12.5mg 16 Feb 10mg 10 May 9mg 30 May 8mg 5 July 7.5mg 2 Aug 7.25mg 1 Sep 7mg 9 Oct 6.75mg 8 Nov 6.5mg 18 Dec 6.3mg Appreciation is the antidote to stress - Trust is the antidote to fear

12-07-2009, 02:56 AM	#7
pax80 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portugal Posts: 3,765	Re: I Think This Would be Good, Do You? I'm sorry, but it doesn't sound like a good idea to me. I did the same and the drug pooped out in that space of time, I was doing really great at 10mg, but i stayed for too long, I should have had continued tapering. we see this happening all the time here. __________________ 2002- 10mg diazepam(for a neck pain) 2003- 20mg seroxat(for benzo wd) 2005-stopped diazepam (1 year taper plus acupuncture) 2006-stopped paxil (1 year taper) 3 years free from drugs

12-07-2009, 08:57 AM	#9
stan Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: FRANCE Posts: 2,053	Re: I Think This Would be Good, Do You? hello mozart sorry bad english I think it's a bad idea must all the time down, from 5 mg doses smaller, but down no stop along the way, it complicates and you've already done the yoyo in the past bye __________________ 59 years old, for anxiety 12 years paxil, cold turkey 1,5 month,held 8 days, then switch citalopram, 1 month 20 mg then taper 11 months avril 2008 to march 2009 : 20 mg to 0 mg off since april 2009

12-08-2009, 06:34 PM	#11
leo79 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 1,444	Re: I Think This Would be Good, Do You? Mozart, you're a legend. Seriously. You rule. Don't worry about all this taper ****. __________________ Poisoned by SSRIs.

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