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I wouldn't do every other day because of the short half life. Even at small dosages it may make a difference.
Farmboy, I'm sorry you're not feeling better by now. But a change in dosage can result in symptoms like you've described, even for this long. I try to look at other causes too, it could be a combination of things going on, even the stress over all of this will exacerbate the symptoms.
I'm a "friend of Bill" too. Whoever thought coming off an antidepressant would be 1000 times harder than getting and staying sober? At least it's been for me!
That is an excellent article, especially the part about the feelings people have about their lives being useless. Really described it perfectly.
Sending positive thoughts to everyone on their journeys. We can do this!

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I've long thought there must be other ``friends of Bill'' on this site. Thanks for sharing and I certainly agree with your comparison!!

Oh, I take it every day, just alternate the dose. This method of stepping down incriminately has worked well for my situation. I've been working on it for 8 months.