Dearest Mindy,
It has only been two years for you. That is not a long time and even
though you may feel that you are emotionally healed and have accepted your life
the way it is now, I doubt that you have. You would be exceptional if you
were that stable. I'm not saying that you are not
Mindy,
I say give it a try.
I had been on 50mg of Amitriptyline daily when I was first in the
hospital and just continued it when I came home. After being home almost
a year I wanted to decrease or discontinue any unnecessary medication I
was on. I was not depressed so didn't think I still
dear Jude, patti, Jim and Marieke,
While I haven't spent a long time thinking about getting off The
antidepressant because I had not noticed my improvements until they
reached the level of obvious and dramatic but I did weigh the pros
and cons and I was the one who asked the doctor to put
Mindy,
I say give it a try.
I second that.
I resisted/refused to take them when i was in the hospital. I was
infuriated that they told me I should be depressed because i was
paralyzed, because they, the doctors, would be.
I thought it was a trick bag. I wasn't depressed, I was in great
Dear friends.
I am continuing to feel better. Now that I look back I can see that
I have been Improving for about a month even though I'm passed the 2
year mark. The hope it has given me above and beyond the general
coming to terms and acceptance that one should reach by their 2
year
Mindy,
Please do let us know how it goes. I take 60mg. of cymbalta every day... I
would like to get off of it. My initial reason for getting on cymbalta was
for the pain... I thought it wasn't very effective as an anti-depressant???
That's what my neuro told me... Thanks for sharing!!
Trudy
