Posted by Lou Pilder on February 5, 2010, at 13:32:12
In reply to Re: Symptom of Medication? » conundrum, posted by 49er on February 5, 2010, at 13:04:20
> > Yes many people need very slow tapers. I've seen that some people on paxil take months to get off the drug and have trouble getting of the tiniest of doses, and they need some every day.
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> > The fact that you can take it for a couple days and not feel bad means you probably don't need to keep taking it. If you feel fine after 3 days I think you are probably through the clear.
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> That is absolutely incorrect.
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> BF may feel fine for even a few months but as is the experience with many people who cold turkey a drug, the symptoms come back to bite them big time.
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> People who cold turkey a med end up taking longer to recover than folks who tapered a med slowly. Of course, there is no hard fast rule to this and perhaps BF might be one of the lucky ones. The problem is he/she won't know until it is too late. Why take that risk?
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> By the way, tapering slowly does not mean you won't have problems. But I had tapered too fast, there is no doubt in my mind I wouldn't be able to hold a full time job like I have been able to currently do.
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> 49er49er,
You wrote,[...this is xxxxxxx yyyyyyy...experiance with many people..the symptoms come back to..big time...people who cold turkey..end up taking longer to recover...won't know until...too late].
I am in need of more infomation to respond here, and if you could post answers to the following, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
A. Could you post a link to an article that is an authority that supports that [...it is xxxxxx yyyyyyy...]?
B. Also for [...that the symptoms come back to..big time...]?
C. also for [...taking longer to recover...]?
D.also for [...too late...]?
Lou
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