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Old May 14, 2016, 11:48 PM
UpDownMiddleGround UpDownMiddleGround is offline
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I have been thinking about stopping my meds for some time now. I talked to my pdoc about it a few months back and he started tapering me off. I ended up with a ptsd episode that sent me into a tailspin and it kind of halted everything. For the last two months, I have been on welbutrin in addition to lamictal, ativan, and respiridone. I went to my pdoc last week and he increased the dosage of welbutrin. He seems to have forgotten that we were going in the opposite direction. This week, I decided enough is enough. The only way I am going to be able to see if I can handle life without meds is to handle life without meds. So, as of today, I am off. I decided that I would not tell anyone this time. Everybody seems to freak out whenever I even think about it. They don't even know how things would be for me off my meds. This whole idea of tapering me off one med at a time does mot work because when you adjust one, it throws everything else off. Today was a good day. I have faith that tomorrow will be just as good.
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