Posted by JohnL on January 3, 2000, at 17:37:14
In reply to Re: drug withdrawal from bipolar meds, posted by judy on January 3, 2000, at 11:43:31
Hi Judy. Reading your post was heartbreaking. Finding the right drugs is tough enough, but finding the right doctor is even tougher a lot of times. Sounds like your docs were rather worthless. That doesn't mean they all are though. There's an expert somewhere near you who can fix things up nicely. Probably by using fewer drugs instead of more too. Using the right drugs. The hard part is finding him/her. In the meantime, I give Jensen credit for this one thing...providing hope. If he's the only source of hope right now, then so be it. Any hope is better than none in my world.
I can relate to wanting to strip away the drugs to discover the person underneath it all. I've done that a couple times. When I was on three, four, or five drugs at a time and not doing much better than I had been on just one, I weened off them all just to wash out and start from scratch. I find it helpful to know what my baseline is. I don't stay off drugs for long though, because it only takes a week or two for the depression to return with a vengeance. It is dangerous and scary. But it reminds me very quickly why I was taking drugs in the first place. And I return to treatment with renewed strength, hope, and determination.
I hope you too will find renewed hope, strength, and determination in treatment. Kind regards, JohnL.
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