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Originally Posted by centsless
After 20 years of being on an antideperssant, with the dr's advice on the proper weaning procedure, I am off meds for about one month. My emotions seem to be magnified, sometimes can't control the tears, other times, just crabby and mad! This does not seem like depression. What is this?
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It takes some time to adjust to emotions having been freed from their comatose state

. It will keep getting better. I did the same thing, only quitting cold turkey (to anyone reading - don't do that!!) because one day I experienced something that touched me deeply and make me feel like crying, and even that crying would be relieving, but I could not cry. I kept noticing that, and soon I wondered just what I was like, unmedicated. What was beneath? What could I learn? Was I now more able to cope on my own, being a bit older and (hopefully) wiser?
I struggled on my own with no meds or therapist for a few years, then found a therapist (psychodynamic analyst) who has helped me tremendously!! When I first started therapy with her, all I could do was cry - for months. And she was fine with that, reassuringly telling me that was okay, it was what I needed, and I might need to do it for a long time. I did, and then I started to feel better through therapy.
Wishing you the best!