Posted by bleauberry on August 6, 2011, at 16:17:25
In reply to What are your reasons?, posted by SLS on August 6, 2011, at 8:16:26
> Hi.
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> I would like to know what are the main reasons why people decide to stop taking their medication.
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> - Lack of therapeutic effect?Yes, and the complication of med induced anhedonia.
>How many weeks did you wait for the medication to work before discontinuing it?
Which one? Most were in the neighborhood of 3 months. Some were abandoned early due to paradoxical reactions or intolerable side effects.
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> - Side effects? Which side effects influenced your decision most?Anhedonia, sexual.
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> - Lack of financial resources?Not at the time.
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> - A doctor asked that you discontinue taking a medication. What were his reasons?Suggested since none seemed good for me.
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> - Remission has been achieved. For how long were you in remission before discontinuing medication?Close to remission on Paxil for about 9 months. Close to remission on Prozac/Zyprexa/Adrafanil for several years. During those times I wasn't depressed but had the common anhedonia complaint.
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> - Any other reasons?Well it wasn't until late in the game that I came to have second thoughts about the actual potential of psych meds. It seemed artificially inflated by the working of the pharm companies and the detailed flaws in all of the studies, as well as the flawed way in which they are interpreted or presented to the reader. Their track record really isn't very good except for a few combos and the maois.
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> - ScottEven though I am a fan of other methods to treat psych disorders, the difficulties with those can be frustrating too.
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