Tips On Weening Off Antidepressants

[Forseegood]

This is a good article I just read about this if anyone is interested....

[Forseegood]

Jim, it might be kind of a tie breaker for me, I do have depression ever since I can remember, like 11 years old? If I can't get used to them, I might have some trouble with those meds, but I'm trying to be optomistic...if I don't get used to these, I'm trying some others...hopefully I'll find some that stick...

[jmjm530]

Good ole' Andy.

Well good luck with Lexapro and I may end up being on your trial. Don't want to start sounding like Tom Lose, but they do alter your brain chemistry, so if you really don't need them, you may be better off without as many get through treatment by simply kicking the dog every once in a while :)

On the other hand, ADs do really seem to help a lot of folks who need them.

-- Jim

[Forseegood]

guess you and your doc figure that's the amount you need...we're all little snowflakes!

[Forseegood]

Hey, I've come to believe that sex is highly overrated anyway, I'm with Andy Warhol on this..."you just get sweaty and smelly and it makes you feel tired"...just kidding of course, don't want to start an uproar lol...

One thing, I stopped them before cause I didn't like the feeling of being mentally "altered" - but I'm going to plunge on through this time, I'll let you know...like Avid said, I've heard they are really good for many people, they often give them to people who have had trouble with other antiDs...

[Forseegood]

Because, I wanna do something this year,  hopefully, I'll get into the next trial, she's pencilling me I guess, I want some kind of momentum going...I need to see if I can take these anti-Ds long term...the most I've ever given it is a month, and that's not long enough to really see what's up with them for my own chemistry, of course...

I am extremely drug sensitive so my shrink just game me 10mg to start out with, most people take 20- which is my understanding but some people titer up to 20...I've been on them about a week, they are pretty fast acting, not like some others, from my understanding...

Taking them for anxiety and periodic depression, things I've always dealt with in more natural ways, but I'm sure that won't due if I'm on treatment drugs...I guess a lot of people aren't on Lexapro here, I'm not sure...they are supposed to be less "addicting" - at least in terms of the above article, so I'll see how it goes...haven't wanted to jump off my balcony, so I guess that's something, ha ha!

[jmjm530]

Why did you decide to go on an AD? How long on Lexapro? What dosage? How long did it take to kick in? Do you feel better? Any sides? You take it with Aloe Vera juice I assume :)