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Posted by obsidian on August 26, 2008, at 22:25:26
when do you imagine it might be?
what would have happen for that to be possible?
what do you imagine you would face?
how do you think other people might react to the decision?
what do you think would get in your way?
Posted by Sigismund on August 26, 2008, at 23:22:42
In reply to if you can envision a day that you'll be off meds., posted by obsidian on August 26, 2008, at 22:25:26
I think I'll get off them eventually, just before I get cancer.
Posted by Phillipa on August 26, 2008, at 23:24:30
In reply to if you can envision a day that you'll be off meds., posted by obsidian on August 26, 2008, at 22:25:26
Seriously? Lack of money. As that leads to most of my anxiety oh a thyroid that becomes normal again. Phillipa ps also chop off at least 20 years
Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on August 27, 2008, at 0:25:05
In reply to if you can envision a day that you'll be off meds., posted by obsidian on August 26, 2008, at 22:25:26
I figure I am doing fine on the meds I am on, and they have kept me fine and will keep me fine as long as I keep taking them. I don't even think or worry about having to come off of them. I've been through that whole "denial" phase, as I've been on meds for about 14 years.
FWIW...
Jay
Posted by raisinb on August 27, 2008, at 16:30:10
In reply to if you can envision a day that you'll be off meds., posted by obsidian on August 26, 2008, at 22:25:26
I'm thinking I would have to experiment with being off them, then get back on if necessary. Which would suck, but I'd have to keep the option open. With meds, I've been very successful at changing negative thinking and making progress in therapy. I hope one day, I'll have gotten so good at this I won't need meds. But the problem is that I've never been able to change like that until I started antidepressants. I'm starting to think about whether I simply inherited major depression (my father and several other relatives have a history of depression and suicidality) and I just need them. I don't know. The whole thing is so complex that it's impossible to tell.
Right now, to tell the truth, I'm doing well on my meds (very well, the best I've done in years) so I have no incentive to quit them. And I doubt I will unless I a)want to get pregnant, or b) start experiencing poop-out or horrible side effects.
Posted by raisinb on August 27, 2008, at 17:33:40
In reply to if you can envision a day that you'll be off meds., posted by obsidian on August 26, 2008, at 22:25:26
I'm thinking I would have to experiment with being off them, then get back on if necessary. Which would suck, but I'd have to keep the option open. With meds, I've been very successful at changing negative thinking and making progress in therapy. I hope one day, I'll have gotten so good at this I won't need meds. But the problem is that I've never been able to change like that until I started antidepressants. I'm starting to think about whether I simply inherited major depression (my father and several other relatives have a history of depression and suicidality) and I just need them. I don't know. The whole thing is so complex that it's impossible to tell.
Right now, to tell the truth, I'm doing well on my meds (very well, the best I've done in years) so I have no incentive to quit them. And I doubt I will unless I a)want to get pregnant, or b) start experiencing poop-out or horrible side effects.
Posted by elanor roosevelt on August 28, 2008, at 0:21:00
In reply to if you can envision a day that you'll be off meds., posted by obsidian on August 26, 2008, at 22:25:26
> when do you imagine it might be?
might just be wishful thinking
> what would have happen for that to be possible?
a sudden attack of emotional stability
> what do you imagine you would face?
and empty f*cking medicine cabinet--yahoo!
>
> how do you think other people might react to the decision?
the decision would be made only if/when i was okay with the people i love
> what do you think would get in your way?
the darkness
the terror
my aggression
insomnia
nightmares
self-loathing
could be a longer list but i think i will go to bed instead
Posted by Zyprexa on September 3, 2008, at 1:45:43
In reply to if you can envision a day that you'll be off meds., posted by obsidian on August 26, 2008, at 22:25:26
I'm taking mine for life!
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