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hellorhih2o
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Lumberg said:
damn, when are you people going to listen to me. DON'T STOP YOUR ANIT-DEPRESSANTS ON YOUR OWN OR TOO EARLY. You will, as this article says (thank you Lumberg), cause serious harm to your body (and it's not just your brain). Your body chemistry is fucked up when you're suffering from depression or anxiety.
Also, all this nonsense about "Lexapro is great, Paxil sucks" is just that: NONSENSE. Different people have very different reactions to SSRI's (or other anti-depressants) and getting advice from a message board on what to take is insane.
Also, all benzodiazepines (Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan) are addictive. They might be an alternative to SSRI's if you're suffering from anxiety now and then but again, you can not make that judgment call on your own.
This is serious shit. Go see a real physiatrist (not just any MD) and get some real help or you will do serious and most likely permanent damage to your body. Is a shortened lifespan worth it?
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casavant
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Man, that's weird. My verbal abilities were scored in the 99th percentile on most standardized tests I took in high school, and language skills run in the family, yet depression runs pretty strongly in my family too. Also, it seems that many, many great writers have suffered from depression.
I'm not disputing the facts of the article, just saying that that's a strange anomaly.
Thanks for the info. I go in to see my doc (yes, just a regular MD) on Thursday, so I know I'm going to have meds if I need them. Who knows, I may go back on them.
Life has been a much shittier deal the past few days. I don't feel real fucked up, I just feel like I remember myself feeling before I went on meds. One good thing about that though is that it seems to turn me into a crazed, obsessive animal in the weight room. I'm not saying I can't get "in the zone" on meds, it's just that they make me a lot more content with what I already have and I don't have this pissed off, anxious feeling that I carry around all day and then let loose on the iron.
We'll see.
hellorhih2o
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casavant said:
casavant, that most likely means that your depression is not in remission. I'm really, really not trying to be a jackass about it but I've seen too many people get off ADs prematurely and if you do, chances are that you'll permanently harm your system. Not worth it.
Also, 400 mg of Wellbutrin is the maximum dose prescribed. If your doc really knows what he's doing, that indicates a significant depression. A qualified psychiatrist would not prescribe 400 mg of Wellbutrin for a minor depression. And even if getting of Wellbutrin is the right thing to do, going from 400 mg to 0 without any tapering over several weeks is not the thing to do.
I'll shut up now.
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