Posted by musky on October 24, 2006, at 0:18:11
In reply to Re: Withdrawal from long term antidepressants » SLS, posted by joslynn on October 20, 2006, at 9:31:38
>Hi joslynn
just read your post, and one thing that i have come across and is now in the latest findings are that the chances of a relapse is a lot less in people who receive cognitive therapy..
I have been off Remeron for 5months now, and still say that I would give it a least one year before I would say it wasnt withdrawl..
The medical community seems to be unclear that withdrawl takes a long time, not just a few weeks.. withdrawl encompasses the whole picture of the drug coming out of the body, PLUS the time it takes for the body's natural chemical balance to return..
If you can manage to get throught the depressive states long enough and avoid the meds, then go for it..
again this depends on your history.
They are now studying why people relapse,, they are finding that after a person is off the med and hasnt done any lifestyle changes and cognitive,or psychotherapy, then these people tend to relapse or get depressed again. usually the same people havent dealt with the life issues that have caused/contributed to the depressed state in the first place.
Hope this helps..musky
SLS, here is a question I have wondered about: As a general rule, how many weeks or months off a med until a person can conclude that depressed feelings are a recurrence of the original problem vs. withdrawal?
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> Since withdrawl and depression can feel similar, I wonder, if I were to try withdrawl, and if I feel depressed again, at what point would I say, keep trying it's just withdrawal, and at what later would point would I say, no it's the depression coming back, go back on those meds...?
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> (I am not antimeds per se, but would rather be off them than on. I have had recurrent episodes of severe depression in my life, but also long stretches of feeling good too.)
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> So if I were to try to withdraw, I just wonder, what time period should I give myself?
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> I do NOT want another severe depression. Yet I wouldn't want to stay on meds forever just out of fear, especially if I decide to have children one day.)
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