Life's going gooood! :D

[rubycona]

Greetings all thee who read me!!!

Despite only having an hour's sleep last night (euphoria has yet to wear off), I'm in a fantastic mood.

Things just suddenly seem to be going our way!

Not in order, save what comes to mind first...

#1. My supervisors are lax with me because I'm quitting. As one mentioned this morning, he can't really tell me to do

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[skatche]

Stopping antidepressants is stupid. You need to wean yourself off them, under the supervision of a doctor who knows what s/he's doing.

Also: $740 a month? That's $740 each, right? 'Cause otherwise... wow.

[rubycona]

They called it a "funky" condo. Hahaha, it entertains me. I can do weird. And yeah, $740 a month (for both of us, silly :P) is a swweeeet deal.

And Skatche... really, who needs wikipedia with you around?

As far as weaning myself off... I hate the blasted things. I'd like to just stop taking them, and deal with the cessation symptoms. Most likely, I'll just have a lousy week. But, eh. My mother is a PA, and can write for the stuff, so she can help me wean.

[skatche]

$740 a month for a condo... note to self: spend next summer working in Edmonton.

[the_leaking_pen]

i came to comment specifically with what this man said.

WEAN! WEAN HARDER DAMNIT!
(sorry, that was my impression of elmer fud in the two man luge)

[lupagreenwolf]

And this is magic--manifesting your desires into reality :)

[kalagni]

Yeah. I second what he said about weaning. I was one of the melodramatic types that in a fit of rage poured the pills down the drain saying I'd get better without them. Yes, I did, but frankly it was hell.

It's not really a matter of personal strength or weakness, it's your body and mind have become dependant on the pills for a source of various chemicals, you take them away, and your body fucks itself over trying to figure out what to do.

Weaning is much better, safer, and healthier for you. I found four/four weans worked best for me. Meaning dropping down to about 75% of what you're on for four days, then 50%, then 25% then 0%, but really that depends on what you dose is. It's a lot easier to go 100/75/50/25mg of something than 400/300/200/100mg in just two weeks.

[rubycona]

That's kind of hard to do, considering I'm only taking 1 10mg pill per day, it's the smallest possible dose, and it's slow release, so can't be cut in half.

So, I'll talk with my mother about weaning, but I can't just cut the MGs. Best I could do is take it every other day or something.

[kalagni]

*Nods* With that amount, since you can't cut the pills easily either, I'd say do two days with, one day off, for a week or two, then switch to day pilled, day unpilled.