Ok so I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression several years ago and have been on many medications in that time everything from Ablify Buproprion Cymbalta Lexapro Prozac and the list goes on and on after a recent visit to my pill pushing Doc and after yet another med change i told myself enough was enough i decided to do something many would consider stupid i decided to jusst stop so i did just that i stopped taking all the meds now without consulting any of my docs i decided to stop so i did just that i stopped ll the meds no doc told me to go slow or taper off slowly .... something strange has happend i feel better i don't feel the cloud over me like i did i don't feel the sadness i don't feel the confusion like i did .. so what now its been almost a month since i quit it all .. do i tell my doc i didnt listen to him .. or anger him and face his wrath saying i should never do that ...
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I stopped taking lexapro a long time ago. Nearly 10 years ago I stopped seeing a therapist. I'm not cured, but I learned to understand my problems and live with it enough my therapist said she has nothing left to help me with.
Psychology and sociology. Learn about them and it'll help. Read books, or take courses. The more you know, the more you can help yourself.
I've been off lexapro for 20 years. Out of therapy for 10. Education and a willingness to look at your self in the 3rd person are key. I was on SSD, and I've been working for 12 years now.
Keita
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June 22, 2018
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The last thing you should worry about is what your doc thinks other than his professional opinion. Healthcare is about collaboration between the patient and the physician. Decisions must be made as a team not only for results, but for safety. "Pill pusher" docs are trying to help, but often the patient isn't cooperative and open-minded. It can take lots of time and false starts to find the right "cocktail" of medications, and some docs are more skilled than others at managing them. My doc saved my life more than once in the 22 years we worked together to manage my symptoms and greatly increase my quality of life.
I'm quite concerned by your post; run-on sentences (only 4 ellipses and no other punctuation) suggest pressured speech, which is a symptom of hypomania or frank mania.
I would go back and have a very frank discussion with your doc. He can't help you if he doesn't have all the information he needs, and that includes the bad stuff as well as working out a strategy to move forward.
Happyatheist
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May 31, 2018
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thank you for your opinion on what the docs could or would say.. however your thoughts on what ever mania i may or may not have im not all to concerned since i have never had proper punctuation in my writing style i realize there are many people such as yourself that it annoys beyond belief but other then the random person such as yourself it never effects me i laugh it off and silently say what a grammar nazi .. i self-admittedly know my Grammar is absolute crap however i think my grasp on the English language is excellent in comparison to others.. as far as having a discussion with my shrink about taking a pill that might help me putting a period or a comma in a proper location well then that's kinda defeating the purpose of not having to take as many meds as i would want.. so again thanks for your concern but if my only problem is not using punctuation properly i would say that's a small thing to live with
@paulson322 Whoa; I'm not "annoyed" or criticizing your grammar or punctuation! I was commenting on something that seemed like it could be a symptom. I happen to be on 5 psychiatric medications and have enjoyed stability for over 4 years with only fatigue as a side-effect, but my doc was very skilled. It did take many medication changes over the 22 years I saw him, but we persisted until we found the right combination (several times). I hung in there because I never wanted to suffer from my symptoms ever again.
I'd probably stop seeing the pill pushers altogether. Apparently they didn't help you.
RichWWeissmann
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May 31, 2018
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