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i went off my meds about two months ago (lithium, seroquel, wellbutrin, lamictal) because i was just damn tired of taking them. i ended up in the hospital for a week - got out tuesday, now on seroque…
Started this discussion. Last reply by withavengeance Nov. 3, 2009.
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Much as I hate taking them, I won't stop my meds...I know what will happen and don't want to ever go there again if I can help it. Bps are famous for going off their meds...they think they're 'cured'. I know that's not true as this illness is incura…
I have a good friend that has been steady for years. Went off his meds... 3 weeks later they had to put him into the hospital.
He is really sick.
Actually, lorazepam is a benzo and as such, is highly addictive. That's why you built up a tolerance to it and that's why you should be weaned off of it. Don't ever just stop taking a benzo! Your doc can help you.
just another gems of my own advice i regularly dont follow.... le sigh.
I stopped taking my meds last fall, but continued one for sleep. I wasn't doing great but I didn't see how much it was affecting me until the summer when I crashed and burned into a deep depression. I didn't have a therapist to see me, and I had to…
I've never tried to just stop my meds. After listening to you all, I was very lucky not to have done that. I don't like my side effects either, at all! But I do trust the combination of my pdoc and myself. We make my med choices together so we'll al…
anti-seizure meds need to be ramp off of slowly becauce they can caause rebound seizures if you don't. I was taking lorazapam everynight for sleep for quite a while and started increasing it because it wasn't working and then suddenly stopped. About…
'some meds have to be ramped- weaned off of. do not just quit stuff. withdrawals are real, and just as unpleasant as they sound.'
Truer words were never spoken, dymphna.
(im 26) when i was a teen, i went off meds every summer. never worked. did it again around may - nope. just tried to pare down a huge cocktail (down to lithium[first time], and seroquel[3rd time]), not working at present.
im not trying to nay say.…
I deceided to go off of my meds when my mom suddenly past passed away about a month ago becuase I felt they were making me numb and I needed to "feel". I felt she at least she deserved that. Needless to say I went into a a bad Manic episode - worse…
i went off my meds about two months ago (lithium, seroquel, wellbutrin, lamictal) because i was just damn tired of taking them. i ended up in the hospital for a week - got out tuesday, now on seroquel, trileptal, very small dose of lamictal. my mood…
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- At 9:23am on November 1, 2009,
withavengeance said…
- Welcome, Caroline, to the group!
Pam
- At 10:16pm on October 31, 2009,
Serenity said… - Welcome to the forum Caroline !!
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