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Please help with personal tips n experiences

I've taken 200mg lamictal for a couple years. Had horrible suicidal thoughts, crying spells, hard to concentrate, tired a lot. Then added on was klonopin 1mg, which has given me vivid dreams and total lack of emotions. Paxil was also prescribes but after 7 months discontinued after I noticed worsening depression as well as a constant who gives a sh*T mentality. Any success stories on discontinuing these specific meds?
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Going off Paxel cold is probably like when I stopped Celexa.  A horror show.  Brain sparks (Who knew that was even possible)    Anyway the point I really wanted to make is that I got a little OCD with how I was feeling and gave lots of feedback to my Doctor so she could adjust doses change the drugs until some sort of medication cocktail was found that made me functional first then fine tuned until I was feeling mostly ok / normal.

Its my experience that this takes a while and the process can seem long.  But the results are worth it.
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Only thing I'll comment on is, I hope you discontinued the Paxil by slow tapering, as you should all those meds.  You don't need more problems!
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