Guest guest Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 , It is my experience that " slow " is the key to dropping down on antidepressants. Having 2 brothers whose doctors reduced their dosages rather quickly, I recommend you be cautious. Just last year I went to stay with a brother in Huntsville whose doctor stopped his Lexipro and started another antidepressant without any tapering. He is fine now, but I was very worried about his mental state at the time. My oldest brother stopped Paxil too suddenly with the result that he was not able to work for several months. Doctors should have known, but use your own judgement in a case where the tapering seems too fast to you. If your prescribing physician was a psychiatreist, then he/she will probably do what is best for you, but otherwise don't hesitate to question if you are in doubt. After all, this is pretty much your idea. Although imapramine is a tricyclic antidepressant and dissimilar to SSRIs in many ways, my experience with tapering was very easy. I took close to 6 months to taper from 100 Mg.. Since it was my idea to stop, he pretty much left the dosing up to me. In your case, your doctor wowuld probably ok a 5 Mg. drop over time, if you both decide this is inin your best interest. I hopes this helps. Jerry/Mississippi/IPF/dx April 05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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