Posted by ClearSkies on January 1, 2007, at 21:45:24
I've been on psychotropic drugs since I first met my DH. We met in 2000 and have been together ever since. Most of the thick and thins have been on my part, while his extraordinary skills of tolerance have kept our bond very strong. I've had a rotten run of side effects and new complaints over the past months. I can't say that I have been stable for a long while now. I know that I am having a hard time looking at my situation as chronic and requiring (most likely?) a life time of treatment.
I recently got into a "I wanna stop taking all my meds" frame of mine after a frustrating and unsatisfactory appointment with my pdoc. In thinking through my desire to just stop everything and get myself back to a baseline of some sort. my husband has been this cheering section, urging me to go on and get "clean".
Does anyone else go through this with their spouse? I'm afraid that if I eventually decide to leave my medications alone and just carry on with the endless tweaking, my DH will lose all faith in how I manage my mental health.
CS
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