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Aug 26, 2015, 01:26 AM
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Member Since: Feb 2012
Location: From Egypt, journeying in America
Posts: 244
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Hey Blue_Bird,,, 
I've got exactly the same problem as yours!  Though I don't go to a psychiatrist currently, but I've been taking Seroxat (Paroxetine) for around 5 years now, for my OCD, & can't stop taking it, 'cause I tried to stop it several times gradually, & even though I don't have an exact measure if my OCD symptoms increased then, but I had to go through severe nausia all the time while trying to withdraw, so I always return back to this drug (like a slave! ) only to stop this nausea!
I have the same thoughts you've got, I mean, I hate this feeling of having my body, my mind, & my whole life dependent & slave to a drug! & worse, it takes more than a quarter of my monthly spending to buy this expensive drug (my slavery master!  )...
Anyway, I'm willing to try again & again to release myself from this drug-slavery...
But you know what, I think we should consider several things to help us withdraw safely from such drugs:
1. I think a psychiatrist must help us in that. I'm willing to pay the high-fees of a psychiatrist just so that he could help me withdraw safely from this drug (I mean, it's a money-saver in the long run anyway  ). So really, try to press the issue further with your psychiatrist, & if he ignores you, try a strategy of telling him that you already decided to stop the drugs, "so are with me, or should I do this alone?!". Or try to tell him/her that if he/she thinks it's not a good idea right now, to tell you at least, when is it gonna be a good idea? Maybe he/she'd tell you after a certain number of years you could do that safely, or he/she'd tell you, if you progress further in your psychotherapy & show signs of improvement, & that should give you a motivation to improve to be able later to stop your medication as a reward prize...
2. I think it would better to try to stop the drugs, when we feel more advanced & improved in our progress in psychotherapy & self-healing & adaptation techniques to our problems, that we feel that we could do it on our own without medication anymore. Perhaps drugs are only to help us half-way or even 3/4-way through to healing, & then we withdraw from them, & say goodbye to them, in our final stages of adaptation to psychotherapy techniques for controlling our lives with our mind problems... 
3. I think it's also best to withdraw from drugs only in time-periods (of course, with the consultation of a psychiatrist to know the best time) in which we don't go through life situation that might cause additional stress or anxiety, like for ex., going through your last year in a diploma, or working in a new job, or going through the beginning of a relationship... etc. But instead, in a time that has no new situations, or out-of-the-ordinary events... 
4. While withdrawing also, I think we should prepare ourselves with ready-up techniques & strategies for dealing with any side-stresses or withdrawal symptoms that will take place. Perhaps like for ex., sticking to a schedule of going for outside walks or having some entertaining strategies (& never skipping this schedule no matter what pain of withdrawal we go through) in order not to give up to depression & to not get wrapped-up with the withdrawal symptoms & doing nothing else in life, which would only increase the pain & stress of getting the drug our of our systems...
& I really pray & hope that you & me could free ourselves one day from this slavery...
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