In my experience, it takes FOREVER for medications to wash out of your system. I took myself off Depakote because of weight gain and hand tremor, and the tremor persisted for weeks following discontinuation of the drug.

I've been reading online about people's experiences stopping SSE-causing drugs (SSE=sexual side effects) and one woman reported starting to orgasm again after a month of not taking her SSE-causing drug.

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Way to go - dinner with son. I envy you. My son lives in Canada and I have not seen him since 2009. Long story, not for now. He is 19 - just a bit younger than yours. I find it hard to believe that I have a child that old, but - it is true.

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I hope you will get to go to France by yourself. I had a miserable experience in Paris being down with a most violent cold, and I would love to go back and experience it while being well. It is not anywhere on the horizon, but...