I wanna stop all my meds

[ReesieF]

I take 100 mg zoloft 100mg gabapentin and .05 mg klonopin and I have tried many other meds for my depression and anxiety. but they don't help and i am sick of trying new ones. i have lost all hope that anything can help me. so how bad is it to just stop taking them?

[leeland86]

I actually did what you want to do. I do not recommend this at all! I was on paxil and it seemed to make things worse for about three weeks and without my family physician knowing i stopped taking them. I was very stubborn and was uneducated about the effects of coming off medication like that. It made it much worse for about 2 weeks after I stopped them. Fortunately I was able to pull through and feel better. But here I am a few years later with the same symptoms and some worse, and apparently i dont have what was said to be a depression or anxiety, but things are leaning towards a case of bipolar. all of these three  health issues have very similar symptoms. Maybe you could have been misdiagnosed? I dont want to jump to conclusions, i just want to share my experiences with you and I'm hoping you may be able to take something from it.
Good Luck and God Bless!!

[M4Y0U]

Really bad idea to stop gabapentin and klonopin cold turkey... Even worse if you add up Zoloft on the list. See, Klonopin is a benzodiazepine with sedative, hypnotic well, its an anxiolytic but its also an anti-convulsive medication just like gabapentin and it's affecting the you GABA levels which you don't wanna experience withdrawal symptoms because it could result in seizures and a lot of anxiety. Adding up Zoloft could result in even more anxiety and brain shivers/brain zaps but they can also happen on benzodiazepine withdrawals so looks like you should not stop all those meds cold turkey.

Go back to your doctor and make a withdrawal schedule with your doctors seems like the best idea if you want to stop those meds but I might add that perhaps you didn't find a med that suits you.

M4

[MMahon]

Treaating Depression is very much a 'hit or miss' affair when it comes to medications anyway.  Sometimes you have to try a few antidepressants to find the one that works for you.
I've tried many and the one that really helped me the most was an MAOI (parnate).  They are not very popular these days for good reasons but I never had problems.
ECT is also worth consideration but only as a last resort.
Work with your doctor before going off any medication.  Perhaps your dosages need to be more closely monitored,

[ILADVOCATE]

It would be a bad idea because of the fact that you would experience a return in the symptoms the medication was treating as well as withdrawal symptoms. It would be best to speak to your psychiatrist about what other medications might be of help and if known options have been tried to ask about medications that are FDA approved but used experimentally for depression. If all known options have been tried at that point perhaps they could refer you to a mood disorders specialist or psychopharmocologist.