Posted by Mitch on January 14, 2002, at 23:41:33
In reply to Re: Anyone Had Long Term Adverse Effects from A/Ds ? » Mitch, posted by Simcha on January 14, 2002, at 13:34:59
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> > I think a lot of what you are hearing are people who are probably more "treatment intolerant" rather than "treatment resistant". Obviously if your meds are working for you and you are tolerating them then you should continue taking them (IMO). I am personally not trying to fool myself into thinking that I can somehow be "med-free". I know better than that! I have problems with antidepressants primarily because I have bipolar disorder. I just think there is more than just a little bit of a coincidence that I have trouble tolerating them physically as well as mentally.
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> Mitch,
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> I hope I did not come across as disagreeable. I just want to believe that the mix of meds I'm on will be what I need for a good long time. I really do not want to have to go through more med changes. I don't want any long-term side effects.
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> My pdoc warned me that the meds are no cure and that if I decide to take myself off of them more than likely I'd relapse. Usually for someone like me who has had 4+ major depressive episodes in only 32 years (and each one gets worse) the illness gets more difficult to treat if untreated.
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> When I read about these threads where all of you talk about nasty long-term side effects I get all creeped-out because I don't see that there is much of a choice for me. OK there is a choice not to take the meds but that would be choosing unbearable depression, sexual OCD, and anxiety. That's not much of a choice.
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> Damn, it kind of makes me angry that I cannot live a balanced life without depending on some outside substance. OK though at least there is something that works and I'm on it. I need to be grateful that this is my only serious health burden there are others who have it worse. And there are those who are treatment resistant.
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> OYE!Simcha, I don't see anything you are saying as disagreeable at all. I *do* worry about posting negative things about meds, because I know there are a lot of folks that are going to be helped a lot and they might be afraid of medical treatment and not get better-or worse commit suicide or something. But, OTOH, there *is* a large subgroup of folks (IMO-mostly bipolar), that have horrendous problems with antidepressants. I just don't want to see others get confused about the different groups of folks that can be harmed by treatments as much as others are being helped. it is a dilemma... NOTHING is black and white...
Mitch
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