Posted by Krazy Kat on January 29, 2002, at 10:52:05
In reply to OFF all Meds: feeling better!, posted by JDavid on January 28, 2002, at 12:52:55
I don't know quite how to put this without sounding condescending - please try not to take it that way, as I have been very bad with my phrasing lately. (It's probably the meds. :))
Do you think that this is a sign of the current over-medication of our society, expecially with AD's? That those who go off the meds, and then actually do Better, don't really have the big Depression? As a manic depressive, I have found that I absolutely cannot go off meds, and this is very difficult for me to admit. I turn into an overly-senstized psychotic without a stabilizer. Paranoia starts to play in (friends are out to get me), hallucinations, such vast agitated depression I come close to suicide. Someone like myself really must take meds.
But, then again, for those who aren't "at that extreme", I can certainly understand wanting to stop meds. Just be careful and have someone supervise you, even after the process.
- KK
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