Posted by Gabbi on July 23, 2002, at 4:25:16
In reply to Re: Effexor sucks! » rjk, posted by jay on July 19, 2002, at 15:31:57
I think recommending that someone 'go off' there medication to see if they still need it, is really a slippery slope. Perhaps if they are dysthymic, but not for clinical depression.
I found when I stopped taking my medication and (it took me 3 times to clue in) that the depression is insidious, its not like you wake up one morning and think "Oh I'm depressed"
For me it was so slow in its return that I thought each time it was external in its cause and that I was completely helpless. I've O'd'd
three times, because of this. When l am well unable to recall how horrifying and how "real" it feels.
This is a bit reductive, but I wouldn't recommend someone not take their medication to just see if they have another heart attack or not, and depression is deadly too.
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