Stage and season
Coming off
By choice, by cost, by side effect, or because your prescriber said so.
People stop for all sorts of reasons and almost nobody talks about it in public. This circle is for the deciding, the doing and the afterwards — including the honest bit about appetite returning and what the trial data actually shows about that.
What is not allowed here is the framing of stopping as failure, or of any return as a moral event. We have had that argument and we will have it again if we need to.
Who this circle is for
- You are thinking about stopping
- You have stopped recently
- You stopped a long time ago and can say what year two off it was like
Agreements here
- Stopping is a decision, not a verdict on your character
- We name the evidence on discontinuation plainly and without threat
Nobody in my life understood why I would stop
Gabe14 replies
Something I have been sitting with: Nobody in my life understood why I would stop Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. Long one, sorry. I have been chewing on this…
Stopping after a gallbladder problem
Delyth15 replies
Stopping after a gallbladder problem Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. I do not know if this belongs in this circle. Move me if not. Here is where I am. The…
Six months off — what actually happened, in order
Sara8 replies
Oslo. I stopped in the summer of 2024, was off for the best part of seven months, and restarted in the spring. People keep asking me what the off stretch was actually like, so here it is…
Six months off and where my appetite is
Ted12 replies
Six months off and where my appetite is Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. I do not know if this belongs in this circle. Move me if not. I am aware some of this may…
What helped in the three months after
Niko18 replies
What helped in the three months after — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in. Long one, sorry. I have been chewing on this for a fortnight. My prescriber…
I regret stopping and I am not sure what to do with that
Birdie B14 replies
Something I have been sitting with: I regret stopping and I am not sure what to do with that Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. Writing this partly to ask and…
I stopped for surgery and it was fine
Gabe14 replies
Starting a thread on this because it keeps coming up in ones and twos: I stopped for surgery and it was fine Writing this partly to ask and partly because writing it down usually tells me…
What the withdrawal trials actually show, in plain words
Tilly18 replies
What the withdrawal trials actually show, in plain words Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think. Long one, sorry. I have been chewing on this for a fortnight. I have read…
I cannot afford the next three months so I have decided to stop on purpose
Zoë7 replies
Twenty-six, Hackney, paying out of pocket, watching every penny — and the pennies have run out. Here is the arithmetic, without the numbers, because I know we do not do numbers here and…
Coming off while pregnant — what my obstetrician said
Bramwell21 replies
A question rather than an update: Coming off while pregnant — what my obstetrician said I have been reading here for a few weeks and have not posted, so this is me posting. I have written…
A year off and mostly steady
Bastian18 replies
A question rather than an update: A year off and mostly steady I have been reading here for a few weeks and have not posted, so this is me posting. What I would find most useful is not…
Reading STEP 4 without panicking
Tressa19 replies
A question rather than an update: Reading STEP 4 without panicking I have been reading here for a few weeks and have not posted, so this is me posting. What I would find most useful is not…
I stopped at week nine. I would like to say why, out loud, once
Grizel7 repliesfacilitator note
Fife. Frank about the hard bits, which is what I put on my profile in January and I may as well live up to it. I stopped three weeks ago, at week nine, and I have been avoiding this circle…
The fortnight after the last dose
Fen20 replies
Something I have been sitting with: The fortnight after the last dose Not looking for advice so much as other people's experience. I have been reading here for a few weeks and have not…