Posted by mair on February 12, 2005, at 15:31:57
In reply to Re: Are we chemically dependent forever? » rainbowbrite, posted by Toph on February 11, 2005, at 23:53:01
Toph I think that's an excellent point. What mostly does keep me on my primary drug is the fear that I might not be able to go back to it - that and the memory of what it felt like when drugs totally weren't working.
Before I started with Wellbutrin - at least 2+ years into a pretty serious depression - I went through a number of other drugs that all had to be abandoned for one reason or the other. I'd feel so great went i went off whatever the drug was - almost euphoric, probably because the drug du jour was making me feel like cr*p. Because I'd feel so good, it was almost doubly discouraging to crash again a few weeks later. I hated those cruel reminders of why I needed to be on drugs to begin with.
BTW thanks for the note to Bob over on the meds board. I never thought of rain's post as being a meds post when I responded to it. I guess it's one of those crossover posts.
Mair
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