**Disclaimer and update: this is only an example of a protocol. Individual needs vary greatly. I in fact stopped tolerating all of these supplements as I got deeper into withdrawal. This was not a stagnant protocol. Now off meds there is an ongoing process of fine-tuning my responses to my body's needs. (I pretty much... Continue Reading →
I just called my doctor in Israel
My orthomolecular psychiatrist is out of the country so I followed him there. My symptoms have really not abated since I started my period. I'm dark, hostile, angry and depressed, though not in the same despairing way I was while premenstrual. That certainly made things worse. I am, however, still a complete mess. Yesterday I... Continue Reading →
Completely painless Lamictal taper
This did not last: please see here for more info on tapering Lamictal. Tapering Lamictal often runs into serious problems if not done carefully and slowly. I'm beside myself with glee. I really didn't expect this---I came out here with a very feeble sense of dubious faith. I tapered my Lamictal five days ago and feel... Continue Reading →
Still waiting to stabilize
Traveling any distance either within a time zone or out of one has become extremely difficult for me since about 6 months into my withdrawals and increasingly so. I don't really know why, but I stop sleeping and get all out of sorts. I've pretty much been out of commission and hence my presence on... Continue Reading →
Met with the MD yesterday
The doctor seems good so far and I'll talk more about the nutritional therapy later. I'm just starting it and I have a bunch of blood work to get done today. So really I know nothing right now. I'm having a crisis of consciousness and am basically a melted-down mess. I'm not sleeping as is... Continue Reading →
Ask for alternatives
You have six more days to e-mail to USA National Institute of Mental Health about their "Strategic Plan." NEEDED: Voices for Choices in Mental Health! Why you ought to call on NIMH for research on more CHOICES in mental health system other than drugs, drugs, and more drugs. One of the biggest funders of research... Continue Reading →
It’s not a traditional “medical detox”
I'm doing more research on the detox facility. It bugs me that I know a lot of my readers who have gone through withdrawal are so wed to the "it takes forever and you gotta suffer real bad" theory. My experience with a whole host of other readers is that is certainly not the case... Continue Reading →
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