Posted by gpznos on January 26, 2013, at 15:07:48
In reply to Re: Is quitting all meds a viable option? » tensor, posted by cellular on January 26, 2013, at 14:20:04
> > I'm not in a good mood right now. Is it possible to overcome this depression without meds or is it just a fantasy? If I'm going to be depressed anyway why not be that without the meds?
> > There was a time in my youth when I actually wanted to meet people and I was unmedicated. Now I just want to be alone. The "plan" now is to replace Seroquel with ziprasidone. When that turns up to be a failure I think I'm done with meds.
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> Hello Tensor,
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> I really don't know how to answer your question in a satisfactory way, so I can only give you input based on my own experience.
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> Before I was lucky to find the meds that made my depression bearable, I was on numerous different types of meds of every kind. Inbetween the switching of meds I used to be under no influence of meds and used that time to take a vacation "to get away from it all" or to try and seek fulfilling my "carnal pleasure dreams" in foreign countries. In both cases I was lucky to have had more positive experiences than I even hoped for.
> I would not have been able to do this if I had been taking any meds, because they all have side-effects that make it difficult or impossible to master adventurous types of activities.
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> But please never think of giving up hope of finding the med(s) that will keep you stable and content enough in everyday life.
> Even with my current "jackpot" med-combo, I'm unable to function like healthy folks and there are times when I feel bad enough to augment with some other, unconventional meds in order to get back to my "base-line condition".
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> Take care,
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Hi
Just out of curiosity: What is your med-combo?
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