Well. That Will Be Enough of That.

[naamah_darling]

I don't think it will come as a surprise when I say that the quality of my posting has declined over the past couple of months, to say nothing of the quantity. Also, it won't have escaped notice that my replying and commenting has slacked off most atrociously

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[ewtikins]

*nog*

When you have a broken leg you have to wear a cast for a while to let the bone knit, but after a point when the bone has healed as much as it is going to, you need to remove the cast in order to learn to walk and bring that leg back up to strength again, because ultimately your leg is not only made of bone but also of muscle and, um, tissue and stuff, and those bits don't benefit from being immobilised in a cast.

That said, I hope you have an understanding doctor who knows just how intelligent you are, because non-compliance is a major issue with some bipolar patients and they may be quite unimpressed about you taking yourself off your meds, even when it's done carefully and is obviously the right thing to do. It probably helps a lot that you are being sensible and going back for other options.

This is how most people must feel all the time,Your description doesn't sound to me like how most people feel. Some of it sounds like me on a bad ADD day, although for me that problem is not with not being able to think but with

[deire]

(((hugs))) Yeah, those are not acceptable side effects.

[naamah_darling]

The stuff I was on is an "active intermediate metabolite" of amytriptyline, it's very closely related, so I'm not at all surprised, and am rather reassured that you noticed the same thing. How long did it take you to return to normal, if you don't mind me asking?

[naamah_darling]

Ah, than you!

I was wondering if it had anything to do with the worsening tinnitus. (I have had ringing in my ears since I've been old enough to remember -- a side effect of scarlet fever. It comes and goes, but was definitely worse this past month.)

Charming. Something else to mention to the doc.

I've been off them for about four days, and I'm feeling . . . okay. Any side effects I'm noticing are quite possibly the result of allergies (which have hit me really hard with the onset of the fall allergy season).

[pagan_writes]

Its good to see you posting - my boyfriend's manic-depressive and he also hated the anti-depressants he was on and weaned himself off of them. They'd turned him into a sort of half-drunk, belly scratching TV addict with no social skills.

Now he has his rough patches and his good times - we just have to remember to keep an eye out for the rough patches when they start to approach and try to catch things before they all become too much for him.

x

[phyrbyrd]

Last year I stopped taking Depo-Provera because it was making me apathetic, stopping my libido and, worst of all, killing my creativity stone dead. The boost when I came off it was amazing.
I don't know what you're going to do about the depression but I wish you all the luck in the world and hope and pray you find something that will deal with it soon.
Power to ya.