Posted by AprilA on February 19, 2000, at 11:24:19
In reply to Re: Patronizing Psychiatrists, posted by vesper on February 18, 2000, at 19:31:46
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> > I hate to say it but if you have clinical depression you should "grow up" and admit to yourself you are going to have to go thru a "get worse" phase where you will suffer from the meds during the adjustment period...lasts a few weeks and then usually goes away.
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> Please don't tell me to grow up when you don't even know the facts yet. Thank you. I have had very bad experiences with SSRIs and Effexor, and I took them for quite a long time, far longer than is considered the minimum time required to get used to them. Paxil in particular was also very bad in terms of withdrawal symptoms.(Which one psychiatrist in a hospital insisted didn't exist. After such horrifying withdrawal symptoms were later well documented, my psychiatrist acknowledged it.)Of course if just "grow up" doesn't work perhaps you could augment with "snap out of" or "get a grip" ;-) [attempt at humor]
I've found lots of good ideas here in reading through the posts but it is SO individual. I'm sorry so many sad things have happened to you lately. Keep hanging on. Stay safe. A
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