Posted by Racer on December 29, 2005, at 5:09:22
In reply to Re: I've decided to stop all meds :-), posted by Deneb on December 28, 2005, at 17:15:33
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> I never said I was going to hide it. I also don’t understand what “supervision” is. Asking me what I think I feel? I can very easily say all the right things to manipulate my pdoc.But, Deneb, why would you manipulate your pdoc? You're going to see him for help, which he can't give you unless you're honest with him. Think on that one, 'K?
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> No, but have I improved dramatically *on* meds?YES! When was the last time you were blocked? That's a good sign that the meds ARE helping you. Dramatically.
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> It tells me that I don’t think too highly of p-docs.
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> *I* don’t think most know what they are doing.I wonder, actually, if that's an excuse. They're telling you something you don't want to hear, so you're devaluing them? Can you go to your next appointment with an open mind?
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> I want to stop them mostly because I’m ashamed to be on them and because I really don’t think I need them.. It’s not because of side effects. I have never had problems with that.OK, this sounds like the crux of the matter -- you're ashamed of taking them. Think about that, Deneb. Think about it hard. Not taking a psychotropic medication that improves your condition and your quality of life simply because you're ashamed of taking it is -- well, you know the adjective that I'm thinking of, right?
Think of it as being like having Type I diabetes. You have a chronic condition which you'll need to treat for a long time. Just like a diabetic needs to take insulin. If you were diabetic, would you stop taking insulin because you were ashamed to need it? These drugs aren't really any different -- unless you believe they are.
Before you decide that you don't need them and will stop them -- keeping in mind that more than five people have chimed in to say you have improved -- ask yourself how you'd feel about them if they were for a purely physical disorder?
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