Posted by musky on June 4, 2006, at 0:28:36
In reply to Re: Going off all meds for good, posted by detroitpistons on June 2, 2006, at 18:33:07
> Hmmm interesting.. I kinda wondered that myself about quitting and relapsing, but from my experiences I have been told there is MORE chance to crash being on a MED than being off and taking control.. there are many ways to overcome depression.. and if you go back to the doc, all they do is PUT YOU BACK ON IT and the cycle starts again.. a no win situation..
I am coming off Remeron and plan to just gut it out. I have had some mood stuff already but I am using other techniques to fight this w/d.. and alot of the depressive symptoms are from w/d .. I never had a problem until i started meds for a chronic health issue,and thats when I started getting symptoms..I plan to stay clean ... no matter what..
musky
For me, I have relapsed every time I have tried to quit. Initially I will have what feels like must be a good hypomania, a two week reprieve where I am so happy that I don't need them anymore and then whammo. Everytime.
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> I second that. That describes me exactly...same thing happens to me. I resented having to take meds, as a lot of us do. So I've tried to not take them, but now I'm terrified of getting off of them because of what happened.
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> Even now, sometimes I think that maybe I'll get off of them, but then I come back down to earth. If you really want to see what happens, try it. But be VERY aware of signs of depression. If it comes back, nip it in the bud....When I quit meds and then started getting depressed again, I waited waaaay too long to get back on. I thought I could resist the depression for some reason, and little by little I made my way back to rock bottom. I'm not trying to scare you, but if you do quit meds, just make sure you're responsible enough to go back to the doctor at the first sign of depression.
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