taking myself off the meds again
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because this lot aren’t working either and I’m sick of feeling all drugged up and sleepy all the time. Wean.
I did. Talk to doctor.
can’t. 2 week wait to see one (and that’s the gp, not the shrink), and I wasn’t about to pay for this month’s meds when I don’t see the point in taking them. Don’t do something you’ll regret later.
I won’t regret it. I don’t regret it. I’d have regretted it if I’d stayed on them, I can’t take being that dopey all the time when it’s not even helping deal with the depression. — Laz Spashett "damaged people are dangerous, they know they can survive" "I can categorically say that you are not a bigger banana head." (Empire Records) * Please visit European Relief Aid and help our work with Romanian children * * http://www.cwmebwy.fsnet.co.uk/era/ *
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because this lot aren’t working either and I’m sick of feeling all drugged up and sleepy all the time.
Wean. Talk to doctor. Don’t do something you’ll regret later. Mary Beth’s words of wisdom p’ed and e’d Glam Name: Icy Sparklefreak
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – because this lot aren’t working either and I’m sick of feeling all drugged up and sleepy all the time. How long has it been now? Long enough for side-effects to wear off and effects start, if I’m remembering right. just over two months. and if they haven’t started working after 2 months they’re unlikely to start at all. True. And 300mg is a good out-of-hospital dose so upping it’s not all that likely to help.
yep. I should get around to letting one of the doctors know I’ve taken myself off it, though. Kind of scared to do that, just in case they get peed off with me – I took myself off the last lot too…. Still, there’s a zillion (that’s American for, in UK terms, 21) more ADs out there in the wild. Plus lots of spiffing mood-stabilizers and augmentors. In combination, enough to last the aesthete a life-time. You haven’t tried them all yet, have you?
nope. and I’ve already had a gutsful of the whole thing! I managed to survive 22 years of depression without their "help" after all, and so now I’m wondering if it’s worth all the hassles to keep trying meds…. (He asked, hurriedly to remember exactly how old Laz was)
nearly 26. . No, you’ve not had time.
heh! (Trazodone, isn’t it? yep. Sleepy isn’t surprising; my psych uses it almost as a sleeping pill to counter the likely insomnia from tranylcipromine.) yeah, I know. Most people seem to get 100mg to counter insomnia, and I was on 300mg. imagine how sleepy that makes me. I’d rather not.
exactly. Mind you, I was kept on the trazodone to counteract the insomniac effects of tranylcypromine. Once the dose of that hit 60mg last Friday, I started having major difficulties staying awake during the day. Such, I presume, are the perils of atypical depression.
being atypical does sound more "fun". (couldn’t tell you if I’m typical or atypical, I had a hard enough time getting a vague diagnosis type thingy to write in the relevent box on my disability forms….) It wasn’t quite as bad today, so I’m hoping it’s a side-effect which wears off.
yep. the zombie-state isn’t fun, hope it wears off quickly. I’ve never had a serious one which didn’t, and not staying awake is a serious one.
you’d be amazed at how many doctors didn’t think it was a serious problem at all when I complained about it last time….. second thoughts, you’ve dealt with them for longer than I have, so you’d probably not be at all surprised! — Laz Spashett "damaged people are dangerous, they know they can survive" "I can categorically say that you are not a bigger banana head." (Empire Records) * Please visit European Relief Aid and help our work with Romanian children * * http://www.cwmebwy.fsnet.co.uk/era/ *
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because this lot aren’t working either and I’m sick of feeling all drugged up and sleepy all the time. How long has it been now? Long enough for side-effects to wear off and effects start, if I’m remembering right. just over two months. and if they haven’t started working after 2 months they’re unlikely to start at all.
True. And 300mg is a good out-of-hospital dose so upping it’s not all that likely to help. Still, there’s a zillion (that’s American for, in UK terms, 21) more ADs out there in the wild. Plus lots of spiffing mood-stabilizers and augmentors. In combination, enough to last the aesthete a life-time. You haven’t tried them all yet, have you? (He asked, hurriedly to remember exactly how old Laz was). No, you’ve not had time. (Trazodone, isn’t it? yep. Sleepy isn’t surprising; my psych uses it almost as a sleeping pill to counter the likely insomnia from tranylcipromine.) yeah, I know. Most people seem to get 100mg to counter insomnia, and I was on 300mg. imagine how sleepy that makes me.
I’d rather not. Mind you, I was kept on the trazodone to counteract the insomniac effects of tranylcypromine. Once the dose of that hit 60mg last Friday, I started having major difficulties staying awake during the day. Such, I presume, are the perils of atypical depression. It wasn’t quite as bad today, so I’m hoping it’s a side-effect which wears off. I’ve never had a serious one which didn’t, and not staying awake is a serious one. — The opinions given above may be mine. They might also just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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because this lot aren’t working either and I’m sick of feeling all drugged up and sleepy all the time. How long has it been now? Long enough for side-effects to wear off and effects start, if I’m remembering right.
just over two months. and if they haven’t started working after 2 months they’re unlikely to start at all. (Trazodone, isn’t it?
yep. Sleepy isn’t surprising; my psych uses it almost as a sleeping pill to counter the likely insomnia from tranylcipromine.)
yeah, I know. Most people seem to get 100mg to counter insomnia, and I was on 300mg. imagine how sleepy that makes me. — Laz Spashett "damaged people are dangerous, they know they can survive" "I can categorically say that you are not a bigger banana head." (Empire Records) * Please visit European Relief Aid and help our work with Romanian children * * http://www.cwmebwy.fsnet.co.uk/era/ *
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because this lot aren’t working either and I’m sick of feeling all drugged up and sleepy all the time.
How long has it been now? Long enough for side-effects to wear off and effects start, if I’m remembering right. (Trazodone, isn’t it? Sleepy isn’t surprising; my psych uses it almost as a sleeping pill to counter the likely insomnia from tranylcipromine.) — The opinions given above may be mine. They might also just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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because this lot aren’t working either and I’m sick of feeling all drugged up and sleepy all the time. — Laz Spashett "damaged people are dangerous, they know they can survive" "I can categorically say that you are not a bigger banana head." (Empire Records) * Please visit European Relief Aid and help our work with Romanian children * * http://www.cwmebwy.fsnet.co.uk/era/ *
