Posted by SLS on December 19, 2013, at 11:15:13
In reply to A way out?, posted by Cif on December 19, 2013, at 9:56:14
Hi.
A way out? I guess that is a matter of perspective.
If a higher power were to tell you that you have a life-long illness that would need indefinite treatment, would you be able to accept that?
Well, the bad news is that your illness will be life-long, unless a cure for it is discovered (gene therapy, perhaps). There is no cure for diabetes type I yet, so the diabetic must administer insulin injections several times a day. Yes, they are dependent on the insulin.
The good news is that you managed to find an effective treatment. Most people on this forum have not, and continue to suffer. You, my friend, have already found your way out.
Acceptance?
> Or have there already been numerous neuropathways bored into my brain that have formed such a strong dependency that makes me a slave of the psychopharmaceuticals?
I am unclear as to what you are referring to. Are you proposing that the medications have made you permanently dependent on them? That might depend on the medication. For instance, it may be that serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants are more likely to do this than other types of psychotropics (just a thought).
If you decide to attempt discontinuing drug treatment, I suggest that you remove one agent at a time, and reduce the dosage gradually over the course of weeks or months. If you relapse under these circumstances, you will probably have to restart the drug. However, it is important to understand that one of the symptoms of withdrawal from psychotropic drugs is often indistinguishable from relapse, and can be caused by a rebound phenomenon. If you remain ill for more than two weeks after discontinuing medication, it is probably relapse rather than withdrawal.
What side effects are you experiencing with Zyprexa?
What other antipsychotics have you tried?
- Scott
Some 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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