Posted by Huxley on June 9, 2010, at 19:28:30
In reply to Re: scott, posted by manic666 on June 9, 2010, at 12:21:29
I am not in a good place. But I feel I am in a pretty rational and sane place.
I dont't know if it is just Australia but the doctors here seem to have no idea when it comes to psych meds.
I have been to two or three doctors who specialise in the area to get a different perspective.One of them gave me a lecture on the meaning of life and advised me that there is no such thing as med withdrawal (he acknowledged that
there was rare withdrawals from ssri's...) and to taper of my medication in 2 weeks and the other one tried to tell me I was bipolar and add depokate.
I have never had a maniac episode in any way shape or form. I am not bipolar, which seems to be the trendy mental illness of 2000s.As maniac mentioned before, stopping your meds that quickly is a shortcut to the mental ward in your hospital.
Realistically I see getting of meds as a one or two year taper process. But where can I get help for this?
Where can I find someone who will assist me rather than process me in 30 minutes, make me fill out a survey and put me into some category and
try and pump me full of more medications.I am not trying to get people to agree with me to justify what I am doing. And I am not trying to convince anyone that this is the right path to take.
I truly believe that I can personally live without medications and that in my case they are making things worse.
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