Off my meds

[pigwotflies]

Cross-posted from http://pigwotflies.blogspot.com/

I've been on anti-depressants (fluoxetine) since May 2008. They helped a lot. When I was initially ill with post-viral fatigue, they took the edge off. That summer when I was properly depressed, they helped me feel a bit more alive. I

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[bookwormsarah]

Good for you, sounds like a really positive step.

Hopefully you won't need them again, but if you do, you do. Needing help is definitely not a failing - this is why the drugs are there. I had a friend who was prescribed something (can't remember which antidep) and I remember what a struggle it was to persuade him to take them, and the difference it made when he did.

[pigwotflies]

Thanks for commenting. Glad to have made you feel a little more hopeful