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Old 05-09-2008, 03:07 AM   #6 (permalink)
barb dwyer
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A few months ago I decided that I could reduce my anti-depressant and did it without consulting or telling my psych doc. It only took a month for me to crash, I hit a bottom that left me suicidal, increased my anxiety attacks, left me without hope, left me barely able to function.
Thank you NandM - it's my point exactly -
as I 'weaned' opff my medication -
MY anxiety, depression ....

got progressively- BETTER.

Noticably and radically BETTER day by day.

Let's do that again -

I did NOT feel worse -
I felt BETTER as the meds effect lifted.
By the time they were OUT of my system - I felt like MYSELF again.

Except for the physical symptoms - I felt GREAT.

THEN -

I was able to establish a 30 day period cataloging my physical symptoms ...
WITH NO ILL EFFECTS FROM NOT BEING MEDICATED.

That's what I mean by a 'baseline'.

Thank you for that and for your responses to this thread.

I hope it helps keep others safe.
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