Hay.....if i stick round i will tell you my story. maybe i could get some help...maybe..kinda hope so. im trying to get of pharmacutical medications...i almost made it but went backward and take them again. oh theres allot more to the story than just that but that will be enough for now.oh im suppose to have ocd and adhd.
yes Tyrsonswood. hummm a sensitive issue..well lets start..ay.. YES my doctor knows im stopping meds. i live in a small village in mexico where there are no psychiatrists. im glad of that. i do not trust western medicine too much any more (i have allot of experience with both allopathic and alternative modalities of healing),unless you get really physically sick or have an accident.but thats another complex issue.up for debate.like a can of worms. my doctor is a gp and a compassionate man however he knows little about these kinds of meds. he is supportive of me getting off all the meds and dose know some things. im trying to stop 3 medications abilify (Aripiprazol) clonazepam and ritalin. im planning to start ramping again today and will cut 5mgs off my ritalin. just 5 mgs off a 60 mgs a day dose so its not allot. but i know that this must be done little by little. ritalin is not hard to get off. the two that are very hard are the abilify and clonazepam. maybe you wonder why i need to get off these meds? i was put on abilify some 8 years ago after i supposedly tried to kill my self. this was not true...but it took me years to come to terms with what happened. and the ritalin was my fault as i do have adhd but there where alternatives i could have chosen. the clonazepam just goes with the mix of uppers and downers. abilify is actually a big upper although classed as a atypical anti psychotic. i started psychedelic therapy with a group of people some 2 years ago however the above for mentioned medications block the action of the psychedelic and if i have a session i need 3 times the average dose to have a beneficial effect and at that level the organic substance can be a bit toxic because of the nature of the substance. it came to the crunch some days ago when i was told that i either stay on these meds or use psychedelic therapy as the two do not mix. i believe that its going to take me two years before i can engage in psychedelic therapy again as its going to take that long to get off these meds safely. i have known this for some time and have know the path i wish to go on. i am extremely interested in psychedelic therapy and the research done by individuals and organizations like MAPS http://www.maps.org/research/ and individuals and institutions and others across the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Psychedelic_researchers. ....https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=psychedelic+researchers because of where i live i am exposed to people who practice very old modalities of healing both physical and psychic. i beleive that i have managed to heal my ocd with psychedelics but still because of the meds its sluggish progress. however it (as i said) going to take two years to get clear of these meds im on. the psychedelic therapy i have engaged in is legal where i live.so i am breaking no laws. im very interested in psychedelic research and contributing to the pool of knowledge regarding psychedelic healing and mental illness. i am a trained homoeopath and natural therapist.derrr so how did i get in this mess? i think it was like a drift that started about 10 years back when i was offered prozac for a depressive episode i was having also getting confused as to the effectivity of homoeopathy. than i had a problem that was confused with a suicide attempt.(thats a bit vague but i do not feel safe in disclosure at this point). however the situation today is the ritalin is causing more depression. the abilify is giving me Tardive dyskinesia and the clonazepam is just turning me into a numbed out benzo junkie. so desperately want to get into some clear mental ground. i also am a long term meditator. i have other issues both social pollitical and interpersonal....so the picture is pretty complex. as i said if i stick round maybe you can get to know me better...and i can use these forums to help me move towards my goal... that being a healthy happy loving open consciousness. i also believe my experience can help others also but for now i have to heal my own self. thanks for listening. i have stopped using all other drugs..so there is nothing else in the picture here. apologies about the terrible spelling but im sick of the spell check.now i just got to get over the fear of posting this.and the fear of running into someone with a negetive adjender of some kind. cheers humm843
Taking it slow and easy, as you said, is the only way to go about this. I don't have any history with those 3 drugs but I do have a history with stopping an SNRI cold turkey, I had no choice and it wasn't easy at all... It nearly killed me. One thing that I will pass along, as you begin cutting your doses down, don't try to work on a schedule, let your body be your guide. In other words don't go down in dose until you feel you can handle it. Maybe after the first cut in dose you might feel okay after one week, that doesn't mean you can plan to cut the dose every week. Also, mild exercise, get your sunlight, good foods... especially high Omega3 foods, Flax, Tuna and other oily fish, or take a supplement. (or both) The Omega3 helps heal the nerve endings that these kind of drugs mess up. You may also find yourself low on Vitamins D and B12.... A lot of people will take a good multi Vitamin... I used to run a forum that was specific for the SNRI I had to quit... Doesn't make me an expert at all, but I have heard a lot of peoples stories about quitting that drug, sometimes combined with other drugs like you are doing and some of the things that helped them. Good luck and don't worry about people with a negative agenda, they obviously have no idea what you may be going through. Best of health to You.
yes today i asked openly 3 people for help. the people i live with have no concept of what i am going through or who i am. thanks
yeah we will see what today brings. im beleiving much more in luck these days.yeah..if i can take a small step at a time it is best. just for today i can dress nice and go to work. that helps. thanks for the thread..i will keep it updated even if im mostly talking to myself.
Good Luck. I have no idea how to help you with this but I do have a shoulder you can lean on or punch if you need to.
