Posted by SLS on January 8, 2012, at 22:02:47
In reply to Might come off meds, posted by newo38 on January 8, 2012, at 20:21:45
> When I said I had sexual side-affects, someone asked why I don't just come off meds. Amazing that I hadn't thought of that.I have been on them for 12 years, and I think all they've done is helped me to not grow and adapt. I know that is the case when I used to take klonopin. Why whould we take ads for decades? It can;t be healthy.
Being vegetatively depressed for decades is not healthy. It is actually intolerably painful.
Hopefully, you don't need medication to function and feel human. Perhaps you never did.
For those of us who require medical treatment for a medical condition, these drugs can be true miracles.
Good luck in coming off meds. Maybe this is the best thing you could do at this point in time. You might as well come off of them gradually, if for no other reason as it is less uncomfortable. There is some debate over whether or not abrupt discontinuation is more likely to cause a relapse than a gradual taper. I would err on the side of a gradual taper and try to protect a 12 year investment.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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