Posted by linkadge on December 28, 2005, at 17:33:35 [reposted on December 28, 2005, at 23:27:20 | original URL]
In reply to Re: I've decided to stop all meds :-), posted by Deneb on December 28, 2005, at 17:15:33
All I'm trying to say is that some people get worse on meds, its not as uncommon as you might think.
I stayed on meds, probably more because of the support that accompanied them.
I had based my life on the benifits of psychiatric meds, so I did not want to hear "you may not need these meds", cause that simply didn't compute. For years, I spent all this time thinking about this or that chemical imbalence I may have had. It was a fantacy, and to stop meds was to kill the fantasy.
I mean look at me now. I havn't been on meds in 3/4 of a year yet I am still at this site, because well I still like the fantasy.
I felt like this site was a club, and that I could not be a member unless I was "taking something".
I didn't want to hear "you may not need meds" because Ihad spent so long making meds who I was.
But quite honestly, I feel the same minus the side effects.
Linkadge
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