Hi Resident,

Congratulations being med free. I've been completely med free now for about 3 years. Be patient it will take a long, long time for your brain chemistry to return to a pre-pharma state (for some it takes years). I would suggest looking into Orthomolecular vitamin and amino acid supplementation (very, very helpful - I take a cocktail of 5-htp, gaba, theanine, melatonin and vitamins). Be extra zealous with your diet, avoid gluten, sugar and caffeine, get exercise and meditation. And if you have some sort of a Higher Power in your life, throw a few prayers out to the universe for help. You can do it. I happily nuts and completely psych med - psych doc free. However, I'm not anti doc, just a particular kind of "anti-doc", there is a whole new breed of psychiatrist emerging that believes in orthomolecular treatment for manic depressives. There's a bunch of us med free.

Best Regards! : )