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for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 17

Im not against medication as i said some people realy do need them to survive.... i think that anyone being on so much medacation .... sometimes the body gets over medicated and it counteracts what its suppose to do in the first place.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 183

I hope no one was offended because of my earlier post about remaning on anti-depressants. I just know so many people (myself included) who have stopped taking their medications because others make them feel as if they are some how weak because they need to take it. Of course with any medication you may experience withdrawal and over time medications may lose there effectiveness and you may have to switch, but when someone is extemely depressed or in the middle of major panic and anxiety the last thing they need to worry about is taking the medication the doctor has prescribed for them. I am living proof that the medications do work. Now that doesn't mean I can just be dependent on meds to take away all of my problems. A person has to also seek therapy and work through whatever issues they are facing. Sometimes it take years to complete the process. There is no such thing as a magic pill, so I am learning to deal with my anxiety in other ways ,but if I didn't have the zoloft and klonopin to keep my mind under control I would never be able to focus long enough to relax, breath or even come on here and participate in this forum. Now that the medication has allowed me to feel normal again I can work on making sure I stay well and in time under my doctors supervision I will try to wean off of them. If I have a setback then I suppose that's my bodies way of telling me I need to have that chemical (serotonin in my case) replaced in my body through medication.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 364

There are good points in taking them, but you have to weigh out correct way to differeniate if the "problem" coming back is true panic or a withdrawal effect. Dont get me wrong I have been on Paxil before for about 3 years, and went off it, I am one of the people documented with others that have never regained the loss of sexual desire, the pharma companies mislead the public and doctors they push to market these, that once you are weaned off, you suffer no effects. The only documented report I have read deals with the pooped out effect that SSRI's work great for average 3 years, then lots of people are having to increase dosages, or start the vicious cycle of starting another SSRI, when you get to the point of years of up'ing and up'ing, switching drugs, you have to ask are you truly treating anxiety or the withdrawal effects? Benzo's dont give a pooped out effect for around 20 yrs. It just helps to be educated. You can do a search engine on withdrawal effects of any SSRI drug and form your own opinion. I am back on Paxil, but at a lower dosage, but that was the depression result of panic attacks and not the panic attacks themselves.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 5

Hmmm I don't think I understand why a person would have to come off these drugs. What is the point to taking them if you are just going to stop taking them and all of the problems come right back? Is there any proof of them causing harm if you stay on them forever? Am I being naive?

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 364

Hellen, Yes some people can wean off anti-depressants. But a majority of doctors are not knowledge on the effects of tapering and the side effects of SSRI's, they are fairly knowledgable with benzo's, but there has been well document cases of SSRI's side effects, it is much harder to wean off an SSRI than a benzo, and can last up to a year, alot get tinnitus, tremors, etc. mistakenly thinking they are having a relapse when its the side effects of withdrawal. The pharmaceutical companies are the source of education, and until a year ago, they claimed most if not all were non-addictive, and numerous pyschiatrists in the field of treating anxiety disorders are disputing with documented facts of misleading information to the public, the pharma companies cater to society, you didnt see so many commericals for Anti-Depressants until 9-11 hit, and they used this to market the drug for anything. The book Prozac Backlash deals with alot of the experts that have staged a war that is misleading the public and majority of non-expert doctors in the field of recognizing the effects, and the correct way of tapering from SSRI's.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 17

Pamela, i did say that some people do need to take them but i read so many times the problems people have tryimg to come off them when there docs say they have to, you stay on them to long some times the problem returns when you come off them its like fighting a losing battle at times.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 183

Hellen I have to disagree with you about having to come off of meds at some point in time. If a person has a chemical imbalance in their brain they can't just stop taking medicine and think they are going to be ok. If I had high blood pressure should I stop taking my medication and just try to control my blood pressure on my own or maybe if I had diabetes I should just try to control my pancreas with my mind and make it produce insulin. Mental illness including anxiety and panic has to sometimes be controlled with medication, and if a person has to remain on it forever then at least they will live a healthier more productive life on them, then if they don't take it and constantly suffer with worry and fear.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 17

Surely you must have to come off meds at some time i know a lot off people need them but cant stay on them for ever you have to try and manage without at some time try and persevere it will get easier :) take one day at a time.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 183

yakriz, skipping your prozac probably is to blame for your setback. I starting lowering my dose of zoloft back in november and I was ok for a couple of weeks and then bam the anxiety was back. It took a month after that of being back on my regular dose to start to feel normal again. I'll never play around with my medication again.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 293

Dear Princess2, If you feel like you are not getting appropriate medical attention, you should explore other options. (A new doctor or go to a walk-in-clinic). Fill out the anxiety test on the left of your screen and bring it along with you, it will let them know exactly how you are feeling. In the meantime, make use of the tools on the left of your screen and post for advice or ideas. Susanne

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