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to take or not to take that is the question?
how far do you go with meds untill they just not working any more? what happens when your on your highest dose and there no were left to go?
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Think mine lasted about 8 months before mybody just became immune to them. The first ones i was on went up to the highest dose andstill made no differance, nowon highest dose of new ones, andkeeping fingers crossed they will kick in soon. Im a fucking wreak if dont take my meds, cry all day, cant get out of bed, cantsleep, eat anything, it really sad that i need chemicals just so i can live dailylife...proper sucks
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im the same but i have got used to all mine too. lithium about the only one i havent had
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lithium was the one that i couldnt get on with at all, and just didnt do anything for me, it totally sucks feel like gunine pig trying to find the right ones
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this is a hard one to reply to hun...where im at,at this moment in time with my meds,ive just had mine up ed so im still going in that direction....last time i was there i cold turkey ed and that did me no good at all..so this time round im gonna ask my doc..when the time comes..to slowly ween me of them with reduced medication..
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I took meds for about 4 days. Ive stopped taking them. Its not medication I need...its councelling on how to deal with all the crap that keeps getting thrown at me. My depression is reactive. I am reacting to situations around me mainly and so until those situations change... no amount of drugs are going to help me. Thats my thought on it anyway. :)
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I do agree with Duno, counselling is what is really needed and the thing that keeps me going, but the meds take the edge of things so i can cope with the counselling, id have probs jumped off a bridge after some of my sessions if i wasnt taking my meds
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oh, they will add some more of a different kind to the mix.
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the right Meds alongside therapy helped me,took me a while to find the right meds,counselling didn't help,made me more miserable,but some people find it really helpful.
Ask the gp if you can chat with the mental health team : )
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isnt there other and better meds that u could take 2 make u feel better?
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only lithium. not sure weather to go down that road. x.x.xx
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I didnt want to be on meds at first, my family didnt approve at all but therapy did nothing for me, I was on prozac at first and it never really worked but I also suffer from obstructive sleep apnea so I was told it intensifies depression (i also have PCOS) I am on lexapro now and I love it. I dont feel anxious or intensely sad most days, I feel like myself again. Its a daily struggle but meds was the best decision I ever made.
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I didnt ever wanna be relient on meds, but I am, lithium n effexor works, u go thru a zombie stage tho til it settles..
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