[Longing2Exhale]

triggering maybe...

soooooo the other day I talked myself into this genius idea of possibly getting off my meds. my thought being "they're obviously not working" as i still cry all the time. so what's the point of taking all these meds all the time and still being miserable and crying several times a day. doesn't that mean that they're not working? is what I'm saying ludacris? I just don't know I don't see the point spending $100 a month on all these meds and then still crying all day. and I've tried tons of combinations and supposedly this is the one my psych thinks works the best ( PS I don't get that ish anyway. pdoc talks to you for 30 minutes once a month or every few months... I just don't see how they know us well enough to prescribe the appropriate medications).

I guess it's the thought that if i stop taking the meds that it will get worse but sometimes it seems like it can't get worse even if it does I don't know...

opinions? thoughts? experiences?

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[xina08]

Hello. I have BPD and I went off meds completely about 6 months ago. I was same as you - what is this? all these drugs I take & I still feel like crap? what's the use?! I still struggle with bouts of depression and I still have emotional issues, but I certainly feel better than when I was taking all those drugs. I was on every kind of drug you could think of for 20+ yrs - thanks to my family doctor & former shrinks - but none of it actually helped.

If you're thinking of going off your meds, you MUST do it gradually and as slowly as possible. I won't kid you - it's a rough ride - there are withdrawals involved, physical and mental.

I'll give you a link to a website that really helped me: beyondmeds dot com. Look for PsychDrug Withdrawal, click on Withdrawal 101.

Best of luck to you!

[greentires4me]

I know Pdoc is suppose be the be factor in treatment plans maybe ask for more routine observant like every 3 weeks or something. Because this is not working for you neither is the drugs because you are crying everyday.

Considering i am around people who don't even take their pills as prescribed or overdose on the pills because they aren't taking the above bubble pack prescribed amount. I feel like calling them idiots. Makes us rest of us who take the prescribed stuff seem like royalty. I take my meds every day I could stop taking them but I would notice a huge gap in my well being besides I stopped stalk piling my meds over ages ago after being caught one too many times.

Do you have depression by any chance? because that could be why you are crying so much just an observation then if its your anti-depressant needs to be change.

I agree you don't necessarily need to stop your meds but just adjust them somewhere, either a new antidepressant or increased dose. I also thought it was a really good idea to stop my meds a month or so ago. They never worked or so I thought. Now I'm off them I feel worse though so I guess they were doing something.... Now just waiting for a pdoc appointment so I can get more...

[allme]

I tried coming off meds a few times while feeling 'ok' but it never worked out for me. It sent me always into a deep depression and feelings of deep anxiety just like the old days before meds. I still experience these feelings at times but no where near the same way I feel off meds. Maybe you just need them adjusting? If you do decide to come off them, do it VERY slowly.

[CarmillaHyde]

there's something about meds that dulls your thinking. when i got off them everything started to seam clearer like i was out of a fog. also i always built a tolerance too quickly and the only reward i got was the side effects. it got so bad i started self-medicating with weed which only made my panic attacks worse in the end. i stopped everything cold turkey and supposedly that's really bad but i never stopped twice to think about it because i was in such a haze. then everything started seeming alot more real and my feelings were less dull but i had more conscious say which made it kinda better. still sucks but atleast i feel like i am in the drivers seat instead of the passengers, where time flew by so quickly

[Longing2Exhale]

thank you so much everyone. yes I definitely have depression like major depression. when i went to the hospital in-patient they changed all my meds, and i still don't really understand why. I was on my normal antidepressants for years which I'm guessing is why they changed it but I felt fine most of the time off until my little break. I don't know...the last year and a half we've continually changed my meds trying to figure out the right combination and I'm just kinda tired of it so I don't know ...I don't know what to do. I don't know if I should just get off of them and try to learn to cope without them. or try again to find the right combination... I'm just so tired of trying to figure it out, it's like a game and I'm really bad at it

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