Posted by cybercafe on July 26, 2002, at 11:28:27
In reply to Re: I'll tell you what happened » Mireille, posted by Mireille on July 25, 2002, at 17:24:57
>knew there must be even more out there who had been put on the wrong meds, had meds thrown at them as a solution, etc. One of my dear friends had the same experience as you - she was put on antidepressants of various sorts for 6 years
yeah i had a doc give me valporate and it just made me depressed but he wouldn't listen to me.... so i eventually just went off it myself ...
effexor was causing me to cycle, ... so i reduced the dose, and then i felt better... the only way that i could do this (doc was too busy to see me or didn't want me to change meds) and maintain a relationship with my doc was to leave a message on his machine (as i know he never calls patients back) saying "i'm going off ____, i'm sure you realize that's a wise idea, otherwise you can feel free to give me a call"....
... having said that, this was done very very slowly and after charting my moods for quite a while ... i definately wouldn't recommend patients take their case into their own hands...
i would instead recommend a consultation with another pdoc....... but in my case i changed docs so i can see that my new doc might have thought that if i went off valporate i would go crazy or something...
yeah the younger docs are always complaining that the older docs don't know what they're doing...
... but i tend to think most cases are much simpler than mine so that's rather comforting...
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