Posted by grammy on October 4, 2005, at 23:31:10
In reply to Re: A lot of wisdom in this post, posted by DanielJ on October 4, 2005, at 21:22:27
The comment the biochemist made about getting off of the meds is the exact reason I got off my meds 2-3 times. I felt like I should be able to pull myself up by my boot straps and get well on my own, but I couldn't. It made me feel even worse to have to rely on medication to function so-called "normally". Also, when I got on ADs, people didn't talk about it like they do now, so I was in the closet. You know that song, "Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown"? That was me.
Each time I got off my meds, I relapsed into deeper depressions and more intense anxiety, until I finally had to get back on the medications. Sometimes, even after 16 years on ADs, I think I can get off of them and try again to function normally. However, I think back at how sick I was and I know I can't.
I sometimes wonder what I would've done if I'd have been born in a different era, before medications - it's scary.
Philippa, please ignore him. Carole
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