Posted by andromeda on March 1, 2006, at 10:37:16
In reply to The Truth Do SSRI's and SSNRI's Work For Anyone?, posted by Phillipa on February 27, 2006, at 13:12:49
> Was talking to a Medical Resident. He said the SSRI's and SNRI's are all hype. They may work for a few but not for the majority. Please some good experiences I'm fed up. Thanks Phillipa/ Jan
Hi Phillipa/Jan,
Interesting comments so far. My thoughts are that you just have to trust yourself at some point. I have been doing meds for 14 years with little or no success. I am only on 25 mg of Lamictal now. I have gone in many times to my pdoc and said I wanted to stop taking meds. Pdoc's always gave me hope to try something else or tweak the dose or add this. Something else never helped. I would have hope. Hope will only go so far and than reality sets in.
I will be going off the Lamictal completely because this time I am listening to "me".
Before when I would stop meds I would do so quickly. This time I am slowly decreasing meds. I do feel worse after each drop of 25 mg of Lamictal weekly ...for awhile anyway until I adjust. Addiction??? Pdoc's were never willing to help me go off meds. They seem to want to play it safe and I really can't blame them for doing that. I wanted to play it safe, too many scary stories of what might happen if went off meds.
I have to find out what is best for me and that is all I can do. Don't listen to everyone else listen to yourself. This is hard to do bc sometimes it is hard to figure out which is your inner knowing and experiences or someone else's experiences and inner knowing. Information can be good and helpful but it also cannot apply to your situation and confuse the situation even more.
MY family and friends know what I am doing and can help me judge my reactions to going off meds.
So far I am feeling a little better some days or about the same other days. Time will tell and I always have the option to choose which works best for me and rather or not to continue searching through the maze of med combos.
Not only do I question the drugs but I also question my diagnosis and my therapy experiences. When my dx has the word atypical in front of it that pretty much ia a clue for me that they don't know. I do think the mental health field can harm as well as help, as happens in any field.
You need to be the judge. From reading your posts you sound very capable to know what works and does not work for you and what you need to do, whatever that may be at this point in time.
Peace and blessings.
Andromeda
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