My husband tried coming off his anti depressants. He was much worse, emotionally, 10 days to 3 weeks later and was back to normal only about 5 days after re instating.
The change was SO visible
it was painful to watch him in that emotional state and not liveable for anyone to really cope with.
My sister takes no medication - will not have it with doctors, other addicts, psychologists, therapists, peers with similar addictions
but she will not take anti depressants,
booze and rollies sure but no medication - it is my solution not hers she said
she did try, but there were side effects
i will see if this can make her see the difference (if compatible with a certain drug that suits you and put up with side effects.)
The difference between living a joyful life or one that is stalled at every step
I will speak to my community nurse about this but for the moment I think it is the only thing i can do to show her
i told my husband but not my mum who lives with her, and will talk to them only if they see a difference.
not sure what to expect but i will decide not to purge (high dose fluoxetine) any food i eat
my bulimia only really takes off when I’m psychotic
I find taking antidepressants very helpful and I intend to stay on them.
But I don’t think you should make your sister take them if she doesn’t want to.
It is also not a good idea to stop talking medication to prove a point to someone.
Can be detrimental. I came off of effexor to try another drug and had to go from 75 mgs to 300mgs to get a handle on things. That wasn’t a good decision on my part in hindsight.
I know your Sis has some serious issues but so do you. Firstly you need to look out for yourself first. Then you can be strong for your sister!
Yeah it’s a risk that your doctor should be aware of. You sister has her own issues and that is sad but she needs to find that spark to be well. If she’s on drugs then that is a different story. Her actions are affected by the drugs…that is never going to happen whilst the drugs are there. There’s been a lot of addicts around here…there’s better folk than me who can answer that!