| Subject: Re: what would you guys do? (not exactly ED related-but need help!) |
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Date Posted: 13:35:41 09/18/04 Sat
In reply to:
bittersweet
's message, "Re: what would you guys do? (not exactly ED related-but need help!)" on 11:31:03 09/18/04 Sat
Jane-
I was in a similar situation; I still am... When I was a minor I was put on prozac and zoloft. Neither helped. They made things worse. Last spring, I'm 19 now, everyone was pressuring me to try another med (wellbutrin or lexapro)... I didn't want to, I knew that the meds in the past just fucked with my head. They made me feel "gone": I couldn't remember the words I was saying as I was saying them... Things were gray... If I felt anything, it was that I felt "gone." My depression was still there and getting darker, ana was worse, I wasn't sleeping, and I was alone forgeting life... I stopped medicating myself cold turkey, without telling the doctors. Something you aren't supposed to do. But no one was listening to me about how they were affecting me; I knew my body, and I knew that meds weren't helping. Every time I said something about the side effects, the doctor's upped the dosage–They didn't hear what I was saying. Again I was a minor at that time and I had no say in my treatment. Sure, I wished I could take a pill and be better–I still do–but it dosen't work like that... There have been some recent studies on specific drugs (conducted be britian's equivalent to the FDA) showing that some antidepressants when given to childeren and adolescents increase the risk of suicide, including the drugs I was put on! I know one of the studies came out in the spring, right when the doctors wanted to medicate me again. Currently, the FDA is conduting its own version of the british research.
You sound as if you are aware of the risk, and with your family history you know that you must be careful. No matter what you decide make sure you have an active role in your treatment–you are an adult. Don't let yourself be pressured, instead listen to your body and do some reasearch of your own on the drugs they want to put you on. Please make sure that your voice is heard, and that your doctors are listening to you!
It sounds like the therapy is a great place to start. Keep in mind that you can always try the drugs later, if that is what YOU decide.
I'm here for you!
lara
ps- don't apologize!
I definately think yodon't mean to scare you. But felt more >i also want to apologize for all of my recent mental
>health related questions, it's just that i'm feeling
>tons of pressure from EVERYBODY wanting me to just go
>ahead and take the meds, so i really just cant ta
>the pressure anymore. thanks again- you are all the
>best (really)!
>
>~jane~
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