Posted by Tabitha on March 20, 2003, at 14:12:18
In reply to Taking a break..., posted by lauran on March 20, 2003, at 11:36:45
I get the same impulse. Sometimes I think if I didn't spend so much time focusing on problems, they'd diminish. I quit therapy for 2 months once, and found that I just didn't get so upset about things, since I knew I didn't have the therapist to put me back together. Not sure how that would have worked long term. I did quit some support groups, and found that when I'm doing OK, I feel better not having all that focus on problems. When I'm really really down I kind of miss the groups.
I've also tried cutting back on meds (doing that now in fact) and what gets me is I start to have small symptoms, panic that it's a full-blown relapse, and go back on. That expectation of relapse could be making it worse. I'm trying to go for longer this time, see how I do over several weeks. Maybe every little dip isn't the start of a major relapse. It's hard, since the common wisdom is you have to stay on meds for life. Maybe they're right. The side effects are so awful though, I just want to take the risk. Again!
I've gone thru the quit - relapse- start thing many times.
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