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markaudette
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| I stopped taking Adderall because it turned me into a lunatic asshole. |
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ADoyle
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Location: Southern California, USA
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I had a psychiatrist was more of a glorified drug dealer with a MD. I stopped Zyprexa because it made me sleep so much, I was missing university classes and I gained weight as well. Just because some relatives have bipolar disorder, it doesn't mean that I have it, especially when the only symptom I had was depression. Not too long after the Zyprexa fiasco, I decided to go off the Paxil as well, since I really didn't need it. If I decide to get therapy for some reason again, I'll be firm in saying that I do NOT want to be referred to a psychiatrist because I don't need drugs.
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KateShroud
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Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Age: 22
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Location: Austin, Texas, United States, north America, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy
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| Some of those drugs make you chemically dependent on them also. When I stopped taking zoloft, I had to take several warm baths a day to calm the tremors, and I had less of an appetite. I felt much better after it was all out of my system. Seriously my OCD wasn't that bad. Every now and then I take a klanipin for anxiety, and that's it. If I'm not anxious every day, than why would I take a happy pill daily? It wouldn't make sense. |
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alexcheetah
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| I stopped taking ritiallian because I heard it can have some bad side effects in the long run like depression and sucicide. But I also didn't like it because I didn't feel in control of myself. I start taking it again since I need to focus. |
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Who_Am_I
Paralysing perfectionism
Joined: Aug 28, 2005
Age: 24
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Location: My body is in Brisbane and my mind is in the gutter. :D
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I stopped taking Luvox because I lost the prescription. The withdrawal made for an interesting few days.
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RainSong
The Argumentive Lunatic
Joined: May 02, 2006
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Location: Ohio
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I stopped the Trazadone because I developed a migraine everytime I took it. I still take Celexa, when I'm reminded to.
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syzygyish
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Location: waiting for IF
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I suppose I should rant about this somewhere else
but it really breaks my heart that Ana is pregnant
and is still
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Charley
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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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| I took Risperidone and Abilify (antipsychotics) but I stopped taking them when I realised that my hallucinations were just caused by stress. So I took action to stress down instead of taking meds and I've been hallucination free since (it was four weeks ago or so). |
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Marrshu
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| I took Zoloft for a little bit, but it had no noticeable impact at all. People kept telling me to take it, not realizing that I had already taken it that day. |
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Frosty
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Joined: Oct 15, 2007
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Location: Twentytwo inches in front monitor.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: |
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I quit caffeine and st johns wort and the whole world opened up.
I kept going into lil weeping stages and it was compromising my job.
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Sorenna
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Unsupportable in the long run.
Insurance companies fold, then what?
Medicare is looking at big cuts. In congess today for votes. Then what?
During Katrina the medicated patients had a terrible time. Those on methadone maintance did even worse.
The "plan" to aid methadone users during an emergency is to give them asprin and keep them comfy. Uh- say what?!
So certainly being dependent on a measly SSRI would not make a blip in an emergency.
With health care teetering and terroist attacks always threatening, who can afford to get addicted to a drug that will not be available?
It may seem this is just going to the extreme, but if you've lost health insurace even for a day, you know it CAN be extreme. There is no mercy. You MIGHT get drugs in a free clinic, but by the time you get the paper work filled out, etc. etc., and make your appeal, you're completely withdrawn from it anyway. |
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KateShroud
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Location: Austin, Texas, United States, north America, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy
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| syzygyish wrote: | I suppose I should rant about this somewhere else
but it really breaks my heart that Ana is pregnant
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Why? The news came suddenly, but what exactly happened? |
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GuyTypingOnComputer
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I stopped taking Adderall because it made me really obsessive and left me sleep deprived. I don't need drugs to stay up all night obsessing; I can do that on my own.
I stopped taking Effexor because of nasty side effects.
I stopped taking other drugs because they did not address my problems because I am an Aspie. The only drug that I have found helpful over the long term is Xanax. |
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Ana54
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Age: 20
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Location: Channelview, Texas, USA
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Now I'm on Abilify and it's too soon to know if it has any side effects for me, but I have a drug that's safe for pregnant women which is supposed to take away the side effects, so I'll probably be staying on Abilify.
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PunkyKat
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| Because it was people's way of controling me. |
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