Posted by floatingbridge on April 22, 2011, at 22:15:41
In reply to Re: the only way out » SLS, posted by huxley on April 22, 2011, at 20:13:50
> YEh well I guess the situation I am now in,
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> trapped in a hell created by an antipsychotic and unable to stop it due to severe withdrawal effects and the need to go on in life
> and support my family makes me an angry person sometimes.
>You have an absolute right to be angry. You are justified. I am angry myself, so I can begin to imagine, only imagine how you might feel.
I haven't heard much about zyprexa withdrawal. That said, just recently I had a doctor tell me to come off my snri by half, half, half, and well, basically in four days. I felt like I was back in the 90's. I said to him, but I've been on this class of med for at least three years. He was so upbeat. Oh, but how long for the cymbalta? Only eight weeks? Then it shouldn't be a problem. (He's not my pdoc, thank gawd.)
Right.
> I can't stand by and watch someone casually recommend someone try an antipsychotic like it is vitamin pill.I just haven't seen people here do this. No one is super-happy about even needing medication. When it works well enough, it can help.
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> I would like you to stop recommending people take antispsychotics when you admit that you have no idea what it will do to them. Or at least
> warn them that it is a very potent medication which can have severe side effects.
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I think a FAQ, some real updated FAQs would be great on this site. I commented as much to Linkage's post. But that's admin's job.> Sure they can be used in a situation where the benefits outweigh the risks.
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> But how you can deduce that from reading a post or two I don't know.Huxley, has SLS given you advice? Have
you ever asked this poster's advice? I ask because you seem to be treating him in this thread as an enemy, and it's not clear to me why.SLS can take care of himself. I'm posting to you because you seem so upset, and it
seems to me that you are aiming at the wrong target. How can that be good for you?Finding the exact target for anger can be very constructive and promote some positive change. I say this because I am working on this right now in my own life.
Things happened. People were hurt. You were hurt. Absolutely.
I just don't see how this thread will help you. That you care enough to reach out and warn people to be cautious shows strength and caring on your part. Cultivate your strength wisely. I'm trying to.
Whether someone's personality or style rubs us wrong, I believe posters show up at babble looking for and working on some sort of recovery. My two cents, but we are peers here, for better or worse.
Respectfully,
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> I reserve the right to use sarcasm.
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> Have a good day sir.
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*a rose by any name
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