Posted by musky on June 14, 2006, at 0:15:01
In reply to Re: To Musky and JohnnyJ, posted by jeninco on June 12, 2006, at 22:53:34
Hey Jenico:
I see that you had a hard time first time.. cold turkey is NOT the way to go... remember these drugs Change the body chemistry... therefore must gradually change it back..
I believe ATTITUDE is a big part in all of this.. Theway we think .. If we say "we cant we cant, then guess what .. we WONT. you have to get real tough on yourself and sorry to sound blunt but any reason to not stay off is An EXCUSE... Please dont take this the wrong way.. I under stand your concern for the young children you mentioned and company etc.. but hey I too have kids(they are a bit older) but stilll and Im still going to work through all this. sure I could go along and say " ohh I feel realy down today I cant go to work or clean my house, etc.. BUT i just dont give in to the mental negative stuff... Yes its Hard but hey life isnt easy.. To me its like running a marathon.. you just go a section at a time. When I feel crappy which i have been since stopping and also last night I didnt sleep at all.. But Yet I STILL dragged myself to work.. and worked, dizzy and all and I have neck issues on top of this. So I just kept as calm as possible and then did some self care on my lunch time, etc.. That got me through the day.. then tonight I felt real down.. but just put on a smile , made a healthy supper, listened to a chinese mediative tape, and well it helped me calm down and picked up my mood.
Now Im not going to worry about tonights sleep, Iknow that in time it will get better. I refuse to take any sleep aids..thats just masking the problem.. I let the body do what it needs to do.. There are so many OTHER safe nonaddicting ways to sleep... I have acupuncture again on Friday that has been helping me maintain balance and has helped with the w/d getting too bad..
I also am drinking some chammomile tea( I ran out and got some more tonight).. so hopefully this will help too.. I also am starting up my Calcium magnesium supplements before bed .. this helps relax muscles etc. I usually take a HOT bath just before bed...
All these things help us cope until we get a more stable mind and feel stronger...
Sorry to ramble...
I suggest NOT to skip days when tapering.. just cut the dose and STAY on it until you feel stable. I noticed other posts where they skip the dose.. I dont think this is wise, as the body then is up and down in the titer... and then I think people have more problems this way..
When you think you cant go on.. thats when you just go into "robot mode" and DO IT... I even pretend Im well when feeling real bad,, you'd be surprised how you can mentally control your own health..Try it
Keep going ... you'll do it.. Let the WANT of being off, be stronger than anything the docs feed you(pills that is) or your fear of not coping.Hang in..
Today is day 20 for me OFF the Remeron... Ive gotta keep going
Musky
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