Posted by morganpmiller on July 31, 2009, at 2:08:02
In reply to Has anyone ever successfully withdrawn?, posted by TimeLord on January 21, 2009, at 10:29:21
The most likely explanation for why people get depressed again after stopping medication is because they are depressed. I don't buy into this long term damage done by medications idea as much as I used to.
You have been off the meds for 8 months. That is great. I would have to say, after 8 months, if you are not having any withdrawal symptoms, and you feel somewhat normal, your brain has healed and you are free of any possible long term ill effects of the medication you were on.
As far as regular old AD's go, I'm not sure if they do any long term damage to the brain/body. Now as far as some of the atypical antipsychotics and mood stabilizers are concerned, I'm not so sure.
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