Posted by PuraVida on September 10, 2002, at 19:57:04
This is a follow up to a previous thread that I thought was interesting. I'm trying to taper off meds, and I know from previous experience that most likely 1) my "I can handle it" attitude is probably a sign of cognitive fog, and 2) I'll be right back on meds after either a lengthy low period or a steep plunge.
Currently I've stopped Prozac after tapering every other day or so for a month (even 10 mgs was influencing orgasm) and cut my Serzone from 400 to 200. I started this a few weeks ago when I had a stomach flu and could not hold anything down - so no meds. And I felt great - clean and even. I decided to try to start using supplements and exercise to counter the taper, but haven't done it.
Now I'm binging on fast food, feel generally like I want to crawl out of my skin at times, and sex drive is non-existent.
I've been on meds for almost 7 years, and I suppose I feel like its been too long. I'm in an excellent relationship, and somehow feel like I want to prove to myself that I can be "normal" - med-free. The other reason I want to stop is that I tend to forget my meds at least once a week, or take them at different times of the day, etc. I usually feel great the day after I skip - but the next day I get all jittery. I don't like thinking that they make such an immediate difference -
Any comments appreciated -
> Watcha Beardy,
> [love the name b.t.w.] my opinion is that the reason lots of people, including myself in the past, put themselves down over taking ADs is because putting yourself down IS a cognitive symptom of depression, simple as that.
>
> I regularly put myself down for:
> not getting enough sleep, not being able to solve problems quickly, not being able to drink, feeling shit, other people's mistakes, the pollution caused by cars [even though I don't own one], the plight of the third world, other people's unpleasant acts/habits/traits... the list is endless.
>
> So, my view is that when someone who's depressed puts themselves down for taking meds, it is just a concrete instantiation of a classic symptom of depression.
>
> <Phew>, blurb over!
> Cheers,
> pete.
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