Posted by Maxime on March 19, 2005, at 12:26:32
In reply to Re: I'm tossing the trileptal » maxime, posted by Sarah T. on March 19, 2005, at 4:05:03
Thanks Sarah. After going on and coming off of over 40 meds I am a whiz at tapering. I knew which meds I can come off slowly and which meds I can stop cold turkey.
I wish I had never started taking meds. I have been depressed since my teens and I am not 36. I started taking meds when I was 25 or so.
I have an eating disorder which I should have been paying more attention to. If I had used all the money I have spent in the last 10 years or so on treatment then I would be better off.
I know I will not be alive in 2006. I will eventually succeed in taking my own life. It won't happen for many months but it will be before next year. This much I know is true. Then FINALLY I can be at peace.
Maxime
> Maxime, I'm sorry that you're going through such a rough time now. I am in full agreement with you that these meds cause more problems than they're worth. I really do believe that, for many of us, the drugs make us worse than we were at baseline. I really wish I'd never taken anything. That doesn't mean I don't need an antidepressant, and it doesn't mean that the right medicine won't be available some day. It just means that the currently available meds are not right for me, and they're not right for many of us. If you do decide to get off of the meds you're on, please do it S-L-O-W-L-Y!!! If you get off the meds too quickly, you're likely to go into a rebound depression. Slow and steady is the way to go.
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