Posted by bleauberry on March 8, 2008, at 18:56:42
In reply to Can someone please help me?, posted by vitalsign0 on March 7, 2008, at 0:13:25
I think some doctors do understand the horrors of antidepressant withdrawal, but most of them I think are just self blinded to how hardcore it really is. And no one really knows the longterm effects of the drugs. Most of us who have done the drugs know that something has changed a lot. I truly think doctors do the best they can, but they are just in a different world than we are. I chuckle at how silly and dangerous it would be at the same time, but sometimes I think in med school for psychiatry students should be required to take an antidepressant of their choice for 8 weeks and then taper off it, just so they know the game beyond what textbooks or pharmaceutical reps tell them.
But what to do now? Hmmm. That's tough. Why did he want you to get off Luvox? If you think it would work, maybe start getting back on it starting with very low doses. If there were problems with it, well then maybe a different drug needs to be considered. Just because zoloft stunk doesn't mean a different would. There's lexapro, prozac, cymbalta, effexor, paxil.
When I was withdrawing from zoloft, and yeah it seemed to go on forever, something that helped a lot but wasn't a total cure was 5htp. Doses as low as 10mg or as high as 150mg can do quite a lot.
Hundreds or thousands of people have thrown up their arms up in frustration and just switched to over the counter st johns wort instead. There are quite a few stories of former psych patients who found the herb to be better than meds.
I wish it was an easier road for us all. I wish there were more answers. I wish things were understood better. But in the real world we have to do what we think is best and see where it goes.
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