Posted by always_doing_laundry on October 23, 2008, at 14:47:01
In reply to Re: Wanna dump meds just because, posted by bulldog2 on October 23, 2008, at 11:51:53
Thank you everyone for responding. I know this recurring idea that I could be Ok without meds is part of having epilepsy and a mood disorder, and that it is me being a typical epilepsy patient, etc. I don't wanna be that patient, but I guess that's my problem -- I don't wanna be a patient, period. There is no evidence that anything has changed, but it would be so great if it had, and my brain thinks that I would never know without a no-meds trial. Plus, I always think if I'm that screwed up body-wise going off of meds, I wonder what they're actually doing to me and if I would feel like a different or better person if I could get off of them.
I think it might be mostly because my pdoc won't be taking my insurance anymore after Dec. 31, so I need to find a new one, and my neurologist already left his practice entirely a year ago. It's hard to start over with docs, and I think I just wanna be med-free so that I'm not dependent on either doctors or substances. Of course, if I flip out or seize, then I'm gonna be seeing somebody one way or another.
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