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#1
Oct 14, 2011, 02:28 PM
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I'm on 750mg lithium, 40mg prozac and 1mg risperidone. I have n0 job and n0w n0 bf, i have no need for keeping up appearances and would like to detox asap. Don't see my pdoc for an0ther 3 months so i can't ask him how. Please explain to me how to taper off my meds, i'm fed up with them!
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#2
Oct 14, 2011, 02:46 PM
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If you want to quit, you need to taper off slowly, preferably supervised.
I could provide you few websites, but... I am not sure if at this moment you are in state to mess with your chemistry... it is not something to do when in acute distress and not much support network. But sounds to me you are rather acting self-destructive atm. Try to sit down with yourself and reevaluate your situation more rationally... it is not all lost. You still have somewhere to go from where you are now.
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#3
Oct 14, 2011, 02:46 PM
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Oh, my. I have been in your shoes being on all those meds at once and wanting to be off of them. You MUST not taper, change, or stop your meds before talking to your doctor. Call and get an appointment. Please do not change your dosage without talking to a professional who can guide you on dosage instruction.
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#4
Oct 14, 2011, 02:59 PM
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i think if you called your doctor and said "sup? I'm goin off my meds." Then he will get you in much much sooner. Unless you are self-destructing.
I took myself off SOME OF my meds. Dumbest thing I ever did. Learn from my mistake. It hurts. And usually results in an episode, and not always manic.
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#5
Oct 14, 2011, 04:01 PM
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#6
Oct 14, 2011, 04:36 PM
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Oh man! D0n't make me start crying again. Just help. I can't afford to get sick it would kill my m0ther. I just want my life back. And so what if i hit self-destruct,there are no m0re repercussions. I can be happy,sad or downright unstable. and it would only affect me. What if i get hurt you ask? Dammit i probly deserve it. I just want S0ME c0ntrol. PLEASE d0n't make me do it cold turkey!
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#7
Oct 14, 2011, 04:42 PM
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why you want to quit all of sudden? what is the motivation behind it?
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#8
Oct 14, 2011, 04:45 PM
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Please promise me you will call your pdoc and have a discussion before you go off meds.
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#9
Oct 14, 2011, 04:52 PM
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There's no pressure or reas0n to want to appear n0rmal. I can be what i am,whatever that is. And this whole mental health trip was steered by a man who doesn't even want me. It was he who sent me to a pdoc, he who encouraged stability (meds) and HE is no m0re! So why should i have to try so damn hard??
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#10
Oct 14, 2011, 04:54 PM
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Wait, you just said getting sick would kill your mother, but there are no more repercussions to self-destruction? Um, no offense, but that is a little contradictory - your mother would probably be upset if you self-destructed! And wouldn't going off meds potentially make you sick?
The collective wisdom/experience here suggests that going off meds is something you might later regret (and when we're upset we're usually not thinking all that clearly about the consequences of decisions like this...) AbeIsAbe's suggestion of giving the pdoc a call with a status report sounds like a very good idea to me. Give it a try? Last time I went off meds entirely (10 years ago, I think?) I had to call in my bf from 2 hours away to take care of me because I couldn't stop crying long enough to do anything for myself. I was literally beating my head against a wall, it was a very bad situation, and that was only after being off meds for 2 days! Last time I tapered off anything (February) I had 2 weeks of nonstop migraines. Stopping meds can be as disruptive as anything else, even when supervised. You don't deserve to hurt any more than you already do! You deserve to hurt less! |
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Oct 14, 2011, 04:58 PM
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what do you want for yourself? I remember you posting how you felt better than ever on meds... so to be honest, these post sound off coming from YOU.
you don't have to be stable or whatever for anybody but yourself. Or feel comfortable in your skin. you decisions should not depend on others. you are in bad place now. take your time, breathe, relax and don't do any hasty decisions. after few days you can start analysing, calmly how you feel about the whole thing. Do you have a therapist or somebody insightful to talk to? Somebody who can devote you more than few minutes?
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#12
Oct 14, 2011, 05:11 PM
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I try to dodge therapy. D0n't like talking bout my feelings to s0me0ne who's only got til the end of the year to treat me. Idiot Pdoc sent me back to T,but i'm n0t going. I want s0me c0ntrol dammit. My family wouldn't mind me being med-free,they're still in denial.
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#13
Oct 14, 2011, 05:16 PM
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you want control, but yet you refuse to grasp it?
look, talking about feelerz hurts and it is on nobody's list of things we like to do. But that is the only way to notice the reoccuring patterns and learn to cope. And if you want to be med free, you have to have a supercontrol. doesn't matter about if your family is in denial or not. It is not about them. It is not their mind to lose. what is it you are feeling right now at the moment? Three main emotions?
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#14
Oct 14, 2011, 05:25 PM
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Hurt,anger,loneliness.
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Oct 14, 2011, 05:29 PM
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understandable...
but you know it all passes, right? It hurts now, but we humans are capable of surviving a lot. be well and be safe. Be kind to yourself and don't do any hasty decisions, okay?
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#16
Oct 14, 2011, 05:34 PM
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Been wanting to quit meds for a while. But always had reason to hold onto the illusi0n of n0rmalcy. I d0n't need it anym0re and i certainly d0n't want it. I want to find me and i want to give her a hug...
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Oct 14, 2011, 05:37 PM
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what do you percieve as normal? the person you were "before"? Or some ideal you think you should be? Have you ever felt the said normalcy?
You are still there... although distressed and down at the moment.... but you still got it in you... sit with yourself. Allow yourself to feel. comfort yourself. be well...
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#18
Oct 14, 2011, 05:42 PM
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Thats exactly why i d0n't want my meds. I want to feel everything, n0t this water'd down version. I want to hurt till i'm ready to die, i want the anger to enc0mpass me, i want the anxiety to eat at my body. AND THEN? Then i want to be so happy love d0n't c0me close to an explanati0n, i want to laugh with my whole heart and i want to feel God!
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Oct 14, 2011, 05:56 PM
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Really? Nobody? Well ok then. Thanks
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Oct 14, 2011, 06:01 PM
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do you feel too numb? that is something you need to discuss with your doctor though... none of us can help too much here. also... as much as emotions can be beautiful, they can get too intense if you cannot handle them properly. that is why i think you should try working on your feelings with your T and give yourself time before making any decisions.... this is not a good time to play with fire. i need to go to sleep now, but hopefully someone else will chip in. Be well.
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#21
Oct 14, 2011, 06:03 PM
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Thanks Venus...
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#22
Oct 14, 2011, 06:40 PM
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FINE i'll just quit cold turkey. Lotta help you guys have been!
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#23
Oct 14, 2011, 07:26 PM
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Please don't do anything rash, you sound like you're in a crisis situation. At least talk to your pdoc. Let her know what you have said here about wanting to feel things intensely. Wait a few days before you drop the meds and maybe you will be calmer and will be able to look at the situation with more clarity, but call your pdoc right away. |
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#24
Oct 14, 2011, 07:34 PM
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I'm sorry that you have recently suffered a break up. I've never been through one (never been in a relationship) but I have experienced unrequited love many times, and I know that it hurts.
The other people who answered did want to help you. They just couldn't help you in the way you want to be helped. Quitting your meds without a doctor's guidance is a bad idea. You could really hurt yourself, physically and psychologically. If you can't see your pdoc for 3 months, perhaps you can see your GP and s/he can help you. It wouldn't be as good as being guided by your pdoc, but at least you'd be medically supervised. I understand what you mean about wanting to feel all of your emotions. Sometimes when I'm depressed (including right now, incidentally) I can't feel anything. Time passes, but I don't feel it. I don't feel alive, but I sure as h*ll want to! I was so touched by your description of what you want to feel that I wrote it down on a post-it note and added it to my inspirational quotes wall.  My understanding is that the right meds will allow you to feel all of that, but in a way that allows you to remain in control of your actions. Your boyfriend already hurt you. Please don't add to your pain by quitting your meds cold turkey. You deserve better than that. 
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#25
Oct 14, 2011, 07:45 PM
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I d0n't mean to be a b!tch, sorry. Just wanted to do this the right way. Even if i call my pdoc, he'd advise against it. It's my life,my body, I want a say... And yes maybe being dumped was the m0tivator but that doesn't mean it's aut0matically wrong.
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