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Re: Denial/Shame about Medications...

Posted by peddidle on May 2, 2007, at 11:41:14

In reply to Denial/Shame about Medications..., posted by jealibeanz on May 2, 2007, at 5:43:03

Wow, yes. My T has been trying to get me to change my meds for months, and I keep telling her no. I was put on zoloft almost 8 years ago for OCD, and no other T or pdoc I've seen since has seen any evidence for that diagnosis. I'm not entirely sure what my current diagnosis is, because my T doesn't like to use labels, but I think the last diagnosis I got was dysthymia.

I can't help but think that, if the first diagnosis was wrong (or even if it was right, there are no longer any symptoms present), maybe I never needed to be on meds to begin with. Or, maybe I did need to be on them at one time, but I don't need them anymore. I've told my T that I want to see what happens if I try to go off the zoloft (I also take concerta, but I think I would wait to give that up). Why should I add more meds, or change the dose of the one I'm on, when I don't even know what it's doing for me in the first place?

I'd be willing to admit that I still need the zoloft (or any medicine), but I want to know what my "baseline" is. How can I know if I'm "better" or if I need to change my meds, if I can't even remember what I was like before I started taking them?

 

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