Posted by olivia12 on September 23, 2010, at 19:40:28
In reply to Re: Have our brains been permanently damaged?, posted by huxley on September 23, 2010, at 19:28:30
Huxley, I can only speak from my own experience. I can't say if my withdrawal was better or worse than your own. I do know that the 1st time I went off a drug I was blown away by how horrible I felt--both physically and emotionally. I called the doc and he had little to say--he sounded like I was the 1st patient with side effects! And so, I researched and found that my symptoms were normal. Luckily, they did go away and so I can't respond to your comment re: years of withdrawal effects. I do think the psych community is a bit irresponsible in discussing the probable withdrawal effects though. Maybe they don't want to deter their patients from pursuing a medical regime? When getting off of some of the AD's that I have tried, I have felt crazier than I ever did before ever taking anything. However, my experiences have never been so awful that I have regetted my choice to take the drug(s).
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