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Anecdotally, I’m not sure how true this is. But I’m also not sure what’s slow enough. I cut down in dosage half a pill every two weeks, as my doctor recommended

Anecdotally, I’m not sure how true this is. But I’m also not sure what’s slow enough. I cut down in dosage half a pill every two weeks, as my doctor recommended. He said it was slow enough to avoid problems but the withdrawal was awful. Those several weeks were hell. I was having anxiety attacks all the time. I initially thought something else was wrong and didn’t even consider withdrawal (since the doctor had said I should have no issues) but later googling revealed withdrawal was pretty common with the drug I was on. I’m just glad it’s over.

TheCowboy 7y ago
This approach could change due to more evidence supporting a longer tapering period. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/health/depression-withdrawal-drugs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/health/depression-withdra... "In a paper published Tuesday in Lancet Psychiatry, the authors argued that any responsible withdrawal regimen should have the patient tapering off medication over months or even years, depending on the individual, and not over four weeks, the boilerplate advice."