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Old Jul 05, 2011, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by bertieb View Post
I guess this kind of goes with this forum on emotions. Just want to say I've told a couple people that I am no longer on Zoloft and they think it was a mistake. I got off because I had been on it 14 years and was starting to get bad night sweats and headaches with changing hormones. That is almost gone now without the meds. I get a little depressed and obsessive once a month but so do most women! Other than that I think I'm fine without them. My sister and best friend take and believe in the meds so wholeheartedly that they think I'm a fool for getting off them. They believe taking something that keeps you happy or at least unemotional is the only way to go. Now if I am ever in a bad mood or get angry at my sister for something, she starts saying it's because I need to be back on meds. What is the deal with these people? This second guessing made me try Prystique a month ago but got night sweats again and went off. People who don't take medicine think I'm fine without it, including my therapist. My boyfriend says he likes knowing the real me and that I have an opinion now. I guess I really just want to say I wish I could have a heart to heart with my sister or best friend about something that bothers me without them attributing how I feel to not taking meds anymore! I haven't told my friend I dropped the Prystique and don't plan too! Anybody had trouble with people who think if you don't agree with them it's because of your illness or medication status?
Yes, I got off SSRI's because I felt numb and I wanted to see who I really was without them. My sister is pro-meds, especially if it makes me easier to be around. When I started meds she didn't think they were necessary. Years later, she began taking meds. So now, when I tell her that I chose therapy over meds, she thinks I'm being stupid, that I should just take a pill and thinks therapy is unnecessary.

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