I’m sorry, Matt. Meds can be such a damned drag to maintain. And I’ve found any stopping of anti-depressants a horrendous nightmare, even when tapering down carefully and slowly. I’m so sorry that happened to you. Just a maddening situation. I’m very glad it’s sorted now. I can’t believe that people still think that anxiety and depression are right there with psychosis. Ridiculous. And equally ridiculous is drs wanting to label people with the diagnosis du jour. ETA I take a newer one: Pristiq. It works pretty well most of the time. But you know, no drive seems to come with the whole cycle. Some days are better than others...still just trying to find what’s my best place.
I'm sorry that you've gone through all this. I'm glad you are doing better. For too long depression and anxiety have been seen as moral failings rather than physical illnesses. Not something to be ever mentioned out loud. Thanks for speaking.
I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. I've struggled with depression and anxiety since I was kid (turning 30 soon) and I was also born with a bunch of physical medical problems. So I had to accept taking medication to stay alive, for my body to function enough. But for some reason I was still highly against taking any "head medicine", until I was in a house fire in 2012. My neighbor saved me and i'm ok but it gave me nightmares and I couldn't sleep. I told my doctor who gave me trazadone, which really helped. I then learned I have ptsd (and already did for other reasons but didn't know anything about ptsd at the time). I guess I thought the Trazadone would just let me sleep (it did at first, now I have to take melotonin too but I don't think that's related, i've always struggled with sleep) but I was feeling better over-all, happier that is. Able to function more. I mean it's not a cure but it helped. Eventually I realized, upon actually looking at the details on the paper they gave me with the prescription as they do at the drugstore, that trazadone is an antidepressant. Due to the stigma and toxic ideas I had about "head medicine" I hated to admit it, but I had to, it was helping me. And I have since realized the stigma about it makes no sense. I take medicine so my stomach works enough to keep me alive, because my physical body is "sick", and that doesn't have the same stigma. No one is telling me not to take medicine that I need or i'll end up dead. But for some reason we seem to forget that the brain is a body part too and can also be sick and/or need some help. Sorry for the rambling. I just thought sharing my experience might be a good thing. Take care.
