Five years psych meds free
June 18th, 2008 | Published in General updates | 5 Comments
As of today I’ve been off psych meds five years.
You can read about why I was on them here. At that time my psychiatrist agreed that I could taper down and then stop altogether after I’d been stable on them for two years. That time came and in March 2003 he let me start tapering down. On June 18, 2003 he said I could stop taking meds but should go back on if I start having symptoms again.
I’m not suggesting anyone should stop taking helpful medication. I wanted to know if I could manage without it.
I was hoping I’d be five years completely meds free today. It hasn’t worked out that way because of Crohn’s Disease. But I’m still pleased I’ve made it to five years without psych meds.
June 18th, 2008 at 9:37 pm (#)
Wow, Helen. That’s huge. How are you feeling?
June 18th, 2008 at 9:44 pm (#)
Thanks Beth! I’m very pleased I made it to five years - who knows how things will go in the future but, so far so good!
June 18th, 2008 at 10:47 pm (#)
you are a brave person- I am so happy to have met you
June 19th, 2008 at 6:20 am (#)
Jim thanks for helping me be brave. I’m very glad to have met you too.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:23 am (#)
having been a psych nurse I am so pleased to read this…I got so sick of the old school thinking of drugging people up which blocked their ability to talk through stuff at the root…
got sick of the revolving door syndrome of ‘patients’ being discharged only to be readmitted. Left the hospital/nursing - went to work in a charity rehab hostel [for people who had been in psych hospitals] - much better holistic approach/methods.
you don’t think that the psych meds might have led to the Crohn’s Disease do you?
I ask because my husband’s long term need of painkillers and other drugs have affected his stomach badly.
[Maybe I am confusing Crohn’s Disease with something else though].