[ouch]

I feel better - haven't stayed on the couch for hours or cried in 2 days - I know 2 days is no victory but it is still an improvement. However, it also coincides with increasing (due to Dr. recomm's) my Antidep dose. So, really it isn't me feeling better but rather the meds making me think I feel better. I don't want to be on meds for long - they scare me A LOT, but at the same time I know that I will relapse as soon as I quit them. Why can't I do it solo? many pple do, don't they?

[Mystry]

Hey ouch...I like that name...ouch...some people need the drug to help them feel normal...there are so many things to be said for meds both bad and good...the thing you got remember ouch is that taking a drug to keep yourself up isn't a bad thing...it's one of life's little pitfalls...but with the proper care and other ways to deal with your problems you may be able to live without the drug...I'm kind of new to the med thing but someone else here should be able to give you some better advice...the important thing is that you continue to seek help. I'm rooting for you...ouch...

[damajdancer]

((( ouch )))
It is very scary being on meds. I'm always scared that I'm going to get addicted. But if you think about it, they are helping you feel better. In my experience once I knew how happier I was to be....happy, I worked so much harder on being able to go solo. I'm still working at it and it is rough but in the end it will be worth it. If you have a therapist, then trust him/her a little extra. And beleive in yourself.
Hang in there,
-megan-

[LILITH]

OUCH, meds make me scared too....everytiime I take my meds I wonder what will be the effect......but without meds I do know the effect.... as well.....sad and crazy days and nights.......I wish you the best.....

i'm older than dirt, so i can talk to you in depth about meds. i wouldn't be alive if i had not been diagnosed properly and given meds to correct the organic imbalance in my brain. i think i phrased that correctly. i am bipolarII. i take four meds and my days are getting better all of the time.

i think it is wonderful that you're feeling better and aren't lying around. i wouldn't worry too much about taking the meds as long as you are being helped by them. a lot of research goes into the making of any of the psych meds and we are so much better off than we were even 30 years ago. 20 years ago, i was still misdiagnosed and living a miserable and depressed life. i am very grateful that a Pdoc found a combination of meds that keeps me "up" and about.

keep posting and keep us updated, okay? xoxoxo pat

[desirae]

Yes people do, but there's a right way of doing it. You can't just take meds one day and quit the other. Not only will you relapse, but you will have a very bad low and physical withdrawal symptoms that make you sick.

I think what people normally do is go see a therapists, take their meds for awhile, and when they feel their ready the Doc assists them in tapering off slowly so the body and mind does not go into shock.

Please be careful. Maybe the meds will benefit you for now, please give them a chance before you make any drastic decisions, especially if you feel better.

[almostangela]

If it is the "drug reaction" you are afraid of, then Lilith hit it on the head. Without it, it is worse. If you had to be on them until the end of your life, why would that be so bad? Life is short and you can't hurry healing. My doctor put it to me like this; you wouldn't berate a diabetic for taking meds, so why feel bad for what you have to deal with?