RubyTuesday Introduction

[RubyTuesday]

10:30 am intense crying/grief AFTER getting all dressed & fed and ready to go, as opposed to before-- like much of the year, demonstrating that indeed the withdrawal is better than the drug?

[Luc]

but if you use 10% of the current dose, you will never get off it, due to the law of infinity?

Kind of reminds me of the Achilles and the Tortoise Paradox. :)

Well, when you're in the low registers, and the dose is really small, you simply stop taking it, Ruby.

[Sheila]

“There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” -- Leonard Cohen

Ha ha! You have discovered the mystical calculus of tapering and w/d – you never know you’ve arrived until you look back and realize you already arrived…..

I don’t think the slight shift in timing of the crying was indicative of that much. But I do respect your intuition. Sometimes, people really *know* what they need to do about these drugs. One day, I got a horrible occipital headache I had never had before and *knew* it meant I had to start tapering the Paxil I was on.

It sounds like you’re going to try 1.875 for awhile?

Sending you healing and protective energy.

[RubyTuesday]

is it 1.875? thanks for doing the math for me, I just hit a brain block on that one. yes, I'm going to stick with that for now. Although considering stopping in advance of summer solstice and lying out in the sun for a few days, and/or working in my garden.
9pm Day #1
had a good day. lots of sunshine, lots of good people to interact with. mood improved after noon. feeling optimistic.

[Luc]

Good to hear about the good day! May more of those keep coming.

[RubyTuesday]

Day #2
still having a good day, and talked to a friend who knows someone who studies the relation of medication to the solar & lunar cycles, as I have a hunch that 3 weeks before Summer Solstice is a propitious time to stop the Remiron.

[Sheila]

Sounds intriguing! Love your new avatar.

[RubyTuesday]

Day #3
still feel great, forgot to take my 12.5 m of Seroquel in the morning, a little shaky, but nothing major, that I have been taking for a few weeks to manage daytime anxiety. no repercussions.
Last time I stopped Remiron completely, April 6 to 10, I felt really good Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. On Wednesday I got hincky, and on Thursday I restarted the 3.75 m. of Remiron. So tomorrow we will see what we will see.

[Sheila]

Great news, Ruby.

Next question, would it be OK if we moved this thread to the Journals section? That’s really where it belongs. That’s where everyone else’s Journals are. I didn’t realize it was in the Coping section. It will still be plenty accessible!

[RubyTuesday]

No problem. I was wondering why it was not in the Journals section.I am still figuring out the tech about how this site works.
Day #4: mood was really good. Physical sensations were uncomfortable at times. Muscle tension,skin tension, aches & pains, fatigue, a little shaky. took tylenol, aleve, & seroquel in tiny amounts Managed my 4th ballet class in 10 days for the first time in over 2 years, which is a major miracle.
and I have actually started writing again. wrote a short article. trying to build up an online writing portfolio. even had fantasies about writing my novel on a schedule this summer. haven't thought about that since summer of 2001, before Prozac.