Need to know

Hey room
Thanks for your input last time. Now I need some more..I stopped meds 1 month ago and I get dizzy spells and heachaches.Is that a withdrawl thing? Also, I feel my ocd stuff lurking around again. It was worse sometimes on meds and sometimes not. So, how do I know..take them or not. I have been givin Lexapro but I haven't taking it yet.
Thanks
ali

Ali,
Did you discuss with your doctor before stopping your meds? I am a firm believer that it is really important to not stop medication cold turkey because the side effects can be really bad. While I am not a doctor your symptoms do sound like withdrawl..especially if you just stopped taking them.
If your doctor put you on medication it was probably because he/she thought that you should be on them. If you had strep throat would you take the antibiotics? This is no different...the medication is to make you feel better. There is nothing wrong with that.

Jessica

<font color=blue>The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There’s so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain</font color=blue>
~Seether and Amy Lee

Self medicating is just as bad as self unmedicating.
Make sure your physician is involved in your choices and following right along.

gab

Ali26,
for what it's worth; I always felt like I knew my body better than any doctor--after 10 years or so of suffering and occassionally allowing them to put me on antidepressants (that never seemed to work) I finally went to a psychiatrist who wanted to put me on lithium.
I thought as many as 10 years ago that I was manic-depressive (after watching Mr. Jones), but no one took me seriously--now I am more convinced than ever and it seems as though I am now finally being taken seriously.
Take care of yourself, but if the meds don't seem to work, find a psychiatrist who is trained in psychotrobic meds and will be able to HELP you find the best way to great health.
Hang in there,
Blessings,
Jon
PS. I'm learning that self-medicating in any form is never a good idea, but find someone capable of helping guide you through the med journey is a better idea I think. I HATE DRUGS!!! But I hate the depression, PTSD, and BIPOLAR even worse; I will not be defeated.

IMHO you probably will not have much of any drug in its system after a month... but some, if taken for a long time at a high dose, might have minute residual effects... I doubt it.

You have the right not to take any medications (lol unless a court has ordered you to!) but you MUST tell your doctor that you don't want to take something, that you don't want to continue taking it and want off it etc.

Perhaps your symptoms are from anxiety due to not taking the medicine you "think" you should be taking?

You need to talk to your doctor. Remember, you "hire" them for advice (and for drugs we can't get ourselves!) YOU still make the decisions.. but you need to discuss it like an adult, ok?