Posted by linkadge on May 29, 2005, at 20:35:12
In reply to Re: Meds need vs addiction?? what do you think?, posted by Phillipa on May 29, 2005, at 20:10:15
I am the same as you. I am afraid to take what the doctor prescribes. I was on 20mg of celexa for a while, but I did **much** better when I decreased it to 10mg. My body thanked me for it too.
I am certainly not trying to persuade you one way or the other, but I know that I felt my ABSOLUTE WORST, when I took the medication I was prescribed: ZOloft, Lithium, Depakote, clonazepam, and clomipramine, cogentin, and zyprexa. Like what in Goodness sakes is that.
I have also seen first hand (with my mother) how most doctors don't know much about which they are talking. My mother has probably been on over a 60 different medications, and has been hospitalized many times. Finally, one doctor listed to what she wanted to do, and guess what?? she got better.
In the end, her recovery was a product of fewer drugs, more help from the community, love, and of course time.
I really think that the whole drug trial is this:
The fact that you are always trying new drugs give you enough hope to continue. Eventually that hope gets you over a hurdle in your life, and you end up settling on some drug that you can tollerate.Linkadge
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