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Originally Posted by fishsandwich
Well you have the acronym "IDK" in my head now, thanks to you, and it really is the only answer I have. IDK!!
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Sorry! It's all I have in my head too. I'm fine when I distract myself from the whole med-thing, but then I start thinking about it and just get increasingly confused. It's doing my head in really, all this confusion
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Originally Posted by fishsandwich
I guess my own experience of coming off meds was really similar. I was worn down to a point where I kind of had accepted that taking meds would be the easy way out (if that makes any sense) -- especially socially, in terms of pdoc/CPN/family pressure. It was really tough to come off and face all that uncertainty and lack of support from those people. It was the right decision for me, though. Me, I'm not so much guilty as angry about everything, so yeah. IDK!!
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If you'd accepted that taking meds was the easy option (I understand what you mean by that), how did you then decide to come off them?
I haven't DECIDED to come off psych meds as I'm still taking my lamotrigine... IDK (sorry! lol) Decided implies that I've thought this through and have reached a decision, but this is much flimsier than that. I have periods of certainty and then periods where I think I've made a mistake and so I really just don't have a clue what I'm doing.
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IDK IDK IDK I guess the thing is that coming off meds . . . it doesn't work unless you know how you're going to cope. There is an incredible amount of pressure to stay on them, and you have to be galvanised to fight that AS WELL AS being ready to cope with your actual problems. It's really tough. I wish I could say more to help you.
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I haven't planned anything like how to cope off meds. I goes I haven't thought that far in advance
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PS: I think it's perfectly possible to have a life whilst you hate yourself/are guilty/whatever words adequately describe what you feel. It's how I live. I'm not a happy person, but I manage (often if only because of Mssrs. Cadbury and Marlboro, but yeah).
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I'm tired of living a life feeling sad and guilty for everything. I want to feel happy again, not all the time but the 'normal' amount. And Mr Cadbury is feeling my wrath at the moment cos I'm never going to lose the imipramine-weight with his chocolate-y goodness on sale everywhere! Grrr! :roll eyes:
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PPS: I got my fancy handbag; now whenever I carry it I think of you  |
YEY! Fancy handbag
Thanks for your replies fish
*Willow*