Posted by SLS on April 20, 2011, at 6:44:00
In reply to Re: the only way out » poser938, posted by 49er on April 20, 2011, at 3:45:38
Hi 49er.
> First of all, I am so sorry that you feel so distressed that you feel the need to commit suicide. As one who has dealt with withdrawal symptoms from psych meds, your feelings are totally understandable.
I think many people are confusing withdrawal with persistent changes in structure and function. In my experience and observation, drugs can often go in, make changes, and go out, leaving the system in a different state than when it went in. This is evidenced by several phenomena, including drug poop-out, post SSRI sexual and motivational deficits, and the loss of responsiveness to a drug following its discontinuation. These are not acute withdrawal symptoms. They are residual and persist long after drug discontinuation.
I agree with many of your recommendations for drug discontinuation, although I am still of the opinion that the rate of taper you suggest is too slow for most of the drugs being used in psychiatry.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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