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Originally Posted by fern46
You are not a freak or abnormal. When I was in the hospital and I watched people take their meds I was BLOWN AWAY. I am a person who does not take asprin for a headache. I dislike pills of all kinds because my body is super sensitive. When I saw and heard what most people were taking it freaked me out big time.
Almost every person in IOP was on a 3 or four drug cocktail at least. A lot of people here take several things. I think that seems to be the standard of care. It is what three different pdocs instinctive tried to do for me as my symptoms evolved. That doesn't mean it is right or wrong. I think everyone is unique. I think pdocs are doing the best they can. Patients are as well.
How did you go about going off meds back then? What were you on?
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Thank you. I was only on 1200 of lithium, 15 of Zyprexa, and 300 of Wellbutirn XR at that time in 2012. My 'new' pdoc decided the way to 'figure out' if I really had bp 1 was to stop all my meds. Since I was in the hospital, she said it was safe. So, we did it. She did not taper much, just over a couple of weeks. Then, a few months later, I had a big recurrence. We started everything again and that was that experiment.