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#1
Feb 04, 2016, 09:48 PM
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Tonight I'm fighting myself. My anxiety is through the roof and I keep trying to talk myself into quitting my meds even though I know I need them. I know what life is like for me without meds, and I can't go back to that. Knowing what I know there is still a little voice telling me to stop taking them. Does anyone else go through this internal battle?
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#2
Feb 04, 2016, 09:56 PM
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No. I don't have that internal struggle. I never have thought about not taking my meds especially since I remember vividly how much of a struggle life is without them. Your thoughts are just thoughts, you don't have to listen to or believe the little voice.
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Feb 04, 2016, 10:00 PM
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All the time. Especially now. I just think it's so awful that I should have to suffer through depression without getting the highs. And recently I've convinced myself that the Invega is keeping me down in this pit of despair. I want off of it so badly, even if it sends me up, because at least I'll be UP...but I know I'll also end up a sniveling psychotic mess...so...there's that. Plus I can't just stop taking it. It's an injection.
We know we should stay on meds but who wants that?
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Of course it is happening inside your head. But why on earth should that mean that it is not real? -Albus Dumbledore That’s life. If nothing else, that is life. It’s real. Sometimes it f—-ing hurts. But it’s sort of all we have. -Garden State |
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Feb 04, 2016, 10:34 PM
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I just keep reminding myself of what life looks like without the meds, and that I have two children who need me to be on these meds. Tonight is very hard though for some reason.
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#5
Feb 05, 2016, 07:48 AM
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I agree with you totally. Not a day that goes by that I don't wish to be off meds.
I'm barely coping right now. Staying in the house. Not leaving my ranch. But I keep having faith that I'll learn enough about meds and have better pdocs and better combos. The side effects kick my butt. No sex drive. No creativity( I used to be a painter and house designer). I don't even want to sit by the pool.
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Feb 05, 2016, 08:27 AM
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When I'm comfy and cozy in bed and I have to get up to take my night cocktail, that's when I'm so annoyed I have to take these things every night.
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#7
Feb 05, 2016, 12:54 PM
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I think about this frequently. However, my t won't see me if I quit my meds because she knows how detrimental it would be. I just try to remember what I'm like without meds and like Lorie Torie mentioned, I have 3 kids who need their mom, not some moody witch who sometimes dances like a fool with them and sometimes can't get out of bed. The problem for me is that I sometimes feel the same way on my meds.
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Feb 05, 2016, 03:35 PM
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yeah i go through this daily. i often think "do i really need to take my meds" and when i do stop them, even for a day or two my mind races and i start to feel out of control again. i know it's hard but you just need to keep taking them and hoping you dont give in to that little voice inside your head
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