Posted by stargazer on December 8, 2006, at 17:52:35
In reply to Re: Any Ideas What This Daily Pattern Is? » stargazer, posted by blueberry on December 2, 2006, at 20:25:00
Well the daily cycling seems insignificant now as you have decided to stop the meds since they were not working anyway.
We all get to this point at sometime in our treatment. I have stopped meds a few times and usually have had a relapse of depression again, no surprise, since many of us with chronic depression are predisposed to having more episodes.
Interestingly, sometimes the times off meds seem to be the best, leading up to what can be another crash. I typically get hypomanic, which feels great temporarily, but is usually followed by insomnia and the inability to handle any minor stresses.
If you have not come off meds before, your experience may be different.
If I were you, I would keep track of any and all of my symptoms as you go forward. Since you do not have a pdoc that you are currently seeing, the difficulty will be finding someone to treat you down the road if you really need someone.
Else it will be treating your symptoms as they develop or perhaps just keeping track of your mood and trying to keep it from elevating or depressing too much. How to do that effectively is the challenge.Good luck and keep in touch.
SG
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