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Oct 24, 2011, 04:06 PM
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Lately I feel like my depression has been getting better little by little although it seems like I have the occasional day that is really dark.
I have had depression for over a year and have been taking medication for 10 months now. I began to take the meds to give me an edge in the battle against depression, not to "cure" my depression. Honestly that little edge the pills have given me has saved my life. But as I am getting closer and closer to feeling like ME again I have had a lot of anxiety. What if I relapse when I stop taking the medication? What if I'm not strong enough to be happy on my own? Will my happiness forever depend on taking little blue and white pills every morning? While speaking with my T, she assures me that I will be able to stop taking them eventually. Eventually is such an ambiguous word to me. I figured it would be helpful to get some feedback on here from people who have "weened their depression" so to speak from medication. What was it like? How long did it take? Dani |
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Oct 25, 2011, 08:00 PM
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Apparently I'm not alone in not knowing the answer to these questions. Are we all on medication in here then?
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Oct 25, 2011, 09:23 PM
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I have had a few depressive episodes through life, the first really bad one in my late 30s which required SSRIs for about 2 years. I was good then except for about a few weeks a year (the Holidays) and would go back on them for only a few weeks if that. That was the norm for about 8 -9 years. I am now battling another severe episode and am experimenting with different medications. I have depressive feelings one day and anxiety the next. When I tapered off it was relatively smooth --just a little anxious but no severe slide backward. Maybe you are not ready yet.
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