Posted by Katgirl on April 10, 2010, at 10:33:54
In reply to Re: So why did you take it in the first place, posted by Sigismund on April 9, 2010, at 0:19:15
Conundrum-
I feel for you. And I have often wondered, what if, when I had my first bout of clinical depression, they would have put me on prozac instead of the new wonder drug paxil?? While paxil was great for pulling me out of the depression, I couldn't get off of it (And since it was a brand new drug, for years they denied there was a withdrawal syndrome with it and in affect told me I was crazy. The withdrawal I eventually went through has definitely changed my brain chemistry. I don't react to any medications the way I used to.
I wish pdocs and drug companies were more interested in the different ways these drugs affect people. Why can some people take AD's for a year or so, reap the benefits and then stop them and continue on their way, while others of us seem to have our brains altered in a negative way from using them.
Please, never blame yourself for taking the drug in the first place. I was in my 20's when I took my first AD. I was in a very severe clinical depression and I trusted my doctors. And really, what would have happened if I hadn't taken it?? Maybe I wouldn't have made it through the depression.
I do know, for me, after the rTMS, I have slowly continued to improve. I am nowhere near normal, but I am better than I was.
Take care, Kat
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