Posted by linkadge on February 13, 2006, at 10:27:14
In reply to Re: about that 1965 MRC study, posted by joslynn on February 12, 2006, at 21:53:52
I went of meds a year ago. The first 6 months I felt more suicidal than I did before I ever started the meds. Right now, I am just back to dysthemic old me :), but I am certainly more functional off meds.
I cannot tell anyone to come off meds because that may not be a good idea. All I know is that depression, even when left unmedicated, almost always resolves within a certain timeframe.
My greatgrandmother went through 4 depressions in a lifetime, each lasting a little over a year. We may say she could have got faster nowadays, and perhaps. But when she got better, she was completely normal, and didn't have to feel drugged for the rest of her life. So AD's may speed recovery, but at what cost.
I am sure that having blunted sex drive for 6 good years of my adolecent development has impacted me now. (I think I may have missed my shot - I don't know if thats possable :)?)
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