Posted by 49er on February 15, 2009, at 8:37:05
In reply to Should I return to my meds now?, posted by tepi on February 13, 2009, at 0:18:04
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> I have been 7 days off meds. I stop taking them because I was having very bad days . I have found that sating off meds help me to feel good an normal at leat for a while,
> Seems that tha while is done. Its midnight here and Im stating to feel depressive
> Should I restart them again or maybe the goog effect can return?
> Also Im thinking in doing this more frecuently.. seiously Im thinking of treating myself by this way, at least I have some real normal days
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> By the way my med is Nardil and Xanax
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> What do you think?Hi,
What you experiencing is withdrawal and it is probably even more magnified if you tapered too quickly or cold turkeyed the meds.
Even many (not all) psychiatrist who erroneously think that withdrawal lasts only two weeks would call this what you are experiencing.
It depends on what you want to do. If you want to taper off the meds, I would slowly resinstate the doses. It might take trial and error to see what would work.
Then I would taper very slowly at 10% of the current dose every 3 to 6 weeks.
If you want to go back on meds, obviously, that is your choice. But please don't mistake withdrawal as a relapse. It isn't and sadly too many people make this mistake.
49er
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