NSV! Antidepressants begone!

(Erin Wilson) #1

NVSs:

  1. I’m down to a 25mg dosage of Sertraline (generic for Zoloft, SSRI antidepressant) 4-5x a week (don’t take it on fasting days). I’ve taken 100mg a day for 22 years and even THAT is considered a modest dose. The 25mg is just to keep the withdrawal brain fog at bay. My goal is to use acupuncture this summer, regularly, to get off entirely.

  2. Steered out of the plus size section at Nordstrom, even though I was just admiring a shirt, “Ma’am, would like like to see that in a medium? These are larger sizes.”

(Empress of the Unexpected) #2

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#3

Fantastic NSV!

Hope you write an article or do a podcast about your journey and smart navigation of the withdrawal protocols - so many people are on anti-depressants, I’m sure it’d benefit many!!!

Elimination of prescription dependencies is such a liberation! And, it’s really suboptimal that tons of people are utterly dependent on their supply. When devastating disasters like catestrophic weather or war zones happen, people can be lurched into horrific withdrawal symptoms and potential harm towards themselves or others.

Keto is power!!!

(Empress of the Unexpected) #4

So true. Never thought of that. Major disaster, no meds. But sad for the people on lifesaving meds. (I’ll live without my beta blockers).

(Leslie) #5

You go girl!

This is the best post I have read in a month.
I’m soooooooo happy for you.

:grinning:

(Candy Lind) #6

Did you kiss the sales clerk? I would have been hard-pressed not to! :joy:

(Erin Wilson) #7

I just smiled. I think what was different about it this time is that I was not worried about the clothing size–just enjoying looking at a beautiful shirt. In the past I wouldn’t have even step FOOT in a plus-sized section because it made me too self-conscious and ashamed. I haven’t been plus-sized in quite a while though and STILL felt this way while shopping. This time though, I just didn’t even care.

(Erin Wilson) #8

Thanks all! I’ve been tapering the SSRIs for about 8 months, starting by not taking them at all on fasting days. Gradually I started cutting my dosages on eating days. I read an article recently about how people who have been on SSRIs for a long time can even taper down to microdoses, just to keep the withdrawl, “white noise in the brain” (that’s my technical came for it) away.

Right now I’m playing with taking a good helping of fat when I’m having symptoms, to see if that helps. I was originally prescribed them when I was 22. I now suspect my “depression” was actually brought on by chronic dieting, specifically related to a low-fat, vegetarian diet. My cholesterol was low at the time, which I now believe to be a contributing factor.

(Raj Seth) #9

And those salespeople see lots and lots of bodies. A truly GRAND NSV