Posted by johnLA on December 3, 2013, at 0:14:24
In reply to Re: Nightmares + Meds are they Connected? » johnLA, posted by Phillipa on December 2, 2013, at 20:20:00
dear phillips-
i am not a doctor. but, i just started talk therapy with a new therapist...
one thing she told me; i know myself best. i know this is not the case with all of us here. we all have varying degrees of mental conditions. i have straight depression with a bit of anxiety.
i will not go into my history, but i never had a suicidal thought until i was put on psych meds. had a terrible first pdoc. guy lost his practice. i have mentioned before i had unbelievable akathisia which i knew nothing about at the time. i was literally losing my mind. this was totally induced by a medication. not one person told or asked me about it. all he did was keep upping the dose.
i have mentioned this all before.
2 months into my depression i was receiving ect at ucla. the doc couldn't even look me in the eye when he was explaining it. i look back now and wonder wtf? i realize i was freaking-out due to medication. i was so anxious i would have agreed to anything to make it stop. load me up on benzos for a few months for example. they sure work for anxiety for me which was what i was really suffering from. the depression was secondary at that point.
it's been 3 years now. i am ever so slowly getting better. it's some small things that i am noticing that makes me say this. this may be as good as it gets for me. compared to my 1st year, due to 'treatment' by pdocs i actually feel better on my own and with less drugs.
i am far from well. but, i am better. like i said before; for now i will take that. i am still looking at other meds, therapies, etc. i am not ruling out anything for the future.
i want to try no meds for a bit. i have the benzos just in case. i will reevaluate in the new year.
you asked how i got off ad's. some were easy (prozac and remeron) and some were brutal. (don't want to say which ones cus i don't want to influence anybody negatively.)
again, i am not a doctor. please talk with them about what you are thinking/feeling.
and, again; for some us we are our own best chance at knowing what is right for us. that may or may not include a medication(s).
john
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