Concerned about Medication

[elkieDannsa' Air An Drochaid]

Dear Lasere,

Dear sister , you are very welcome

I am praying for you and wishing all the best for you with all my heart!

elkie

[Lasere]

Going off meds is something that I am doing very prayerfully as I believe that it is Gods will for me at this time. I am already feeling better, more personality and desires to be myself.

I have completely dealt with the abortion and forgive myself I never had any chemical problems before this happened and feel that when things are hard that it is best to just go to Jesus and pray. His strength and His Spirit give me peace and He is my helper. Something that I never knew when I originally went on the med but now that I know Jesus He is telling me to trust Him as he heals me and renews my life.

Thankyou for your prayers.

[elkieDannsa' Air An Drochaid]

Dear Lasere,

I am happy to hear you are doing good and healing in Christ.

Nice to know you are feeling better and have this life in Christ, He is the Sweetest!

Have you ever been to aglow meetings? Christian women meet and share Christ. I liked it when I went.

Would love to hear about your art. I have an artistic family here myself in many ways.

I will keep praying for you. What a Loving God we have!

God bless,

elkie

[xhistragedyx]

so can relate im 22 and have been on anti d's for 5 years. Scientific research shows that if you have been on them too long they start to work in the opposite effect. I started experiencing unusual suicidal thoughts that became just a normal way of thinking for me i didnt give a hoot about anything.

Turned out to be my meds that were making me feel that way. talk to your doctor about the down side to your medication get a physcatrist and make sure your doctor actually knows what hes talking about many dont! you need a doctor who knows his stuff when it comes to mental health. My old doctor put me through hell on earth by describing me the wrong meds. Make sure you get conselling as your coming off your meds..good luck God bless!

[billie]

Not all anti-depressants have this effect, just some. Yes, talk with your doctor.

[Guest anamchara]

Hello Lasere,

First of all, I want you to know your situation will be in my prayers, I hear your heart crying out. When I first read your post my first concern was the fact that you are weaning your self off of your medication. (Perhalps it is the nursing in me . I think that you need to be very open with the doctor who is prescribing those to you. I know from experience, even if they do not agree with your decision, they will appreciate your honesty and help you wean off safetly. Also I think it would be in your best interest to be seeing a councelor at the same time to help evaluate its effectiveness. I am not sure if you understand or not, the chemical balances that these medications cause. To taper them or complelety stop them would be very dangerous for you. When you were talking about feeling like a zombie etc, it made me think that your dose is to high. Perhalps they need to decrease your dose or try a different brand. I hope this helps, with your decision making. I think it can be done effectivley with guidance and alot of prayer Sarah

[Elisabeth]

Hello friend,

I agree with what others have said. I have been around the mental health community for over 10 years as a family member and have learned a lot about meds, counseling, etc.

As with any prescription medicine, your doctor needs to know what you are doing. Antidepressants are different than other meds in that they work differently on different individuals. In other words, you could give a 65 year old man, and a 25 year old woman the same medicine for pneumonia and the doctors can predict what the outcome will be. It is not the same for psychiatric meds (or any med that involves the brain).

My uncle had been on a blood pressure med that had an antidepressant in it. He stopped taking the bp med and he plunged into a suicidal state b/c his body had become so used to the anti-depressant.

I say "Praise the Lord" that you feel strong enough to go on without these meds and my prayer is that you can live without them! But just be careful as you do this. Tell your Christian friends what is going on as well so they can "look out for you" as the Body of Christ is called to do.

[sierra21]

Hi,

First of all I have to strongly disagree with you "weaning" yourself off any medication. You are not a doctor, thus, you should not be self-regulating your medications. This can have a VERY adverse affect. If you are not happy with the medication that you're on, talk to your doctor. There are TONS of anti-depressants and many are quite good.

A warning if you do decide to go off anti-d- the thoughts and feelings you are going to experience are going to feel VERY STRONG because you have essentially been sedated for the last ten years (or maybe 20, i cant remember what you said.) So if you decide to do this, I recommend that you begin seeing a counselour REGULARLY and FREQUENTLY in order to have some serious help when this all starts.

Bless you.

sierra