Posted by SLS on July 17, 2008, at 4:49:16
In reply to Want to stop meds ... should I?, posted by Maxime on July 16, 2008, at 20:48:26
Dear Maxime,
Either you are hypomanic with its attendant lack of good judgment, or you have fallen into the trap of:
"I feel great. I guess I don't need meds anymore."
Just what in the hell do you think is keeping you feeling so good? Please exercise some common sense and realize that you must remain on your miracle treatment for at least 14 months. If it were me, I would not entertain the notion that I were somehow cured.
My recommendation is for you to remain on your present treatment, and research for yourself the clinical outlook for people with your severity and chronicity of depression. The outlook for such a situation is to remain in treatment indefinitely. In the future, there may be better treatments - perhaps even 1 month treatment protocols. But that is not true at the moment. At the moment, it is imperative that you don't make that mistake in logic. Just continue to live a life that, for you, seemed impossible previously.
Remember, your illness, if left untreated, gets worse with each episode. You might also not be able to "recapture" the antidepressant response, despite reinstating your current treatment.
Maxime, I'm afraid that were you to find yourself again in the position of having severe depression and become treatment resistant, you might head in the direction of suicide. That would be a tragic consequence for your discontinuing your treatment at so early a juncture.
Don't rock the boat.
Examine why you have such a disdain for remaining on medication. Acceptance of the facts will be difficult, but ultimately life-saving.
Are you hypomanic?
What drugs are you currently taking?
- Scott
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