Posted by gretta on July 12, 2007, at 23:24:28
i am diagnosed manic-depressive. over the past 3 months i have tapered myself off of both depakote and cymbalta. i tried to do it responsibly: keeping friends/family/ and therapist informed. i did not have a psychiatrist and now wish i did (and have an appt nxt week). i think that my uneducated tapering off (tough methodical and gradual) has compounded what was aparently going to be a severe withdrawal period.
the brainzaps were disconserting, but nothing compared to the nausea iv'e been experiencing for the past two weeks. and the nausea is becoming more intense (especially in the morning). i have what iv'e learned are called "rigors". and my gastrointestinal tract (though i havent seen it lately :) is in shambles. iv'e barely time anymore to work on the emotional issues brought upon by being bipolar and unmedicated because the physical aspects are taking over my life.
i feel betrayed by the pharmeceutical companies and drs whom i used to preach "saved my life". i fell for it. hook line and sinker. they do not equip patients with education about getting off the meds... if they had, and if they had explained how i would become a twitching, gagging, cess pool; it would have been ethically responsible.
is anyone else angry? (and not just cuz we're not medicated either :) did anyone else become so sick? did it get better? how?
poster:gretta
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