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hello
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Joined : Mar 2005
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Posted 3/22/2005 11:00 AM (GMT -7)
I have been on Prozac this time round for over four years. in this time period i have been put on mood stableizers and given sleeping pills. Just over a year ago i was told by a doctor to just stop taking them as i wanted to come off of them. This was a mistake and i had sever anx, depression and panic attacks. I went to see another doctor who weaned me back on to my two a day dose.

I was terrified to stop taking them again, i became such a mess that my boyfriend moved out and moved town because he couldnt deal with me anymore. about six months after that i went to see a psychiatrist to see if he could help me get off of the drugs. he put me on mood stabilizers and these made me so sick and dizzy that i had to stop taking them in order to work!. In the end i halved my dose and have been on one a day for ten months. two weeks ago i decided to half this again and am now on one every other day. i dont know if this should make that much of a difference but i am feeling very low and noticing the change. I am so scared that it will get worse. my boyfriend (who came back after a ten months) said that he thinks i am going to have another turn. if i do this time i am moving out and i would not know where to go. I am so scared of the feelings i am haveing. Its just like the old days. i am terrified. If there is anyone who has any advise please write to me i would be very gratfull.

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hello
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Posted 3/23/2005 1:23 AM (GMT -7)
Thank you. these pills are in capsules so i cant halve them. Maybe i could open them and half the powder inside? I am very gratfull for your message. It really does help you know. ~: )
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Posted 3/23/2005 11:40 AM (GMT -7)
smurf  I am sorry you are in the "drug war" as I call it. It's like, "OK...stop this take that" and on and on. I'll tell you what I did a few years ago. Outside my medications I take for Lupus, I decided to stop valumn, elevil. xanax, and amitriptiline. One at a time. Then I started all over again. I don't know how any one anti-depressant can work with all the others fighting each other. I got better. Now I just take Xanax and xanax. I do take something to sleep as I have sleep disorder but I also stop breathing in the middle of the night, hence, sleep apnea. It is scary. That's just my story or opinion. Hope you get better.

H2LF 

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