Posted by Katgirl on November 14, 2009, at 15:42:05
In reply to Re: Peter Breggin » bleauberry, posted by SLS on November 12, 2009, at 7:35:06
Is this guy one of the "anti-medication" experts? Take care before throwing your medications away. My ex-husband spent our entire marriage insisting I was less than because I took 10-20mg of Paxil. I was inundated with books and articles by people like this. The fact that I had such bad withdrawal from Paxil seemed to prove their point. HOWEVER, after going through prolonged paxil withdrawal even after the slowest reduction EVER, I ended up in a treatment resistant depression because my brain/body could no longer tolerate any of the medications. I spent two years in abject hell, and another three in moderate hell after a semi successfull course of rTMS that at least gave me enough biochemical stability on which to build from. I am much much much better than I was, but nowhere near normal when it comes to anxiety levels. I have to stay on a very rigid schedule to have anywhere close to normal funcitioning. I would like to go back to school or God forbid, date some day but that is out of the question with my anxiety. I pray in my lifetime that either a new medication will come along that I can take or that I will very slowly continue to make progress. I am an odd case when it comes to this subject, because yes, in my case I DO think that paxil (or rather withdrawal to it) did profoundly alter my brain chemistry in that I no longer react to any medications the way I used to. So yes, the drugs have dangers, I whole heartedly beleive that. But if I could go back in time you can bet that I would have stayed on my little bitty does of 10mg paxil for the rest of my life and been able to actually LIVE a full life.
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