Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

Sporeworks
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Community > The Pub
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1 | 2 |  [ show all ]
thinking about cutting ssris
    #8043809 -

ive been on some form of ssri most of my life, (from the age of 8) i really dont know anything else because most of what ive experienced from not taking my meds is prolly withdrawls anyway

im gonna start cutting it down by 10mgs a week so the withdrawls arent as bad... im tired of being told that this is whats best, im tired of being addicted to some shit that i was started on before i even knew what the fuck it was

fucking doctors
fucking parents...
its just fucked up


--------------------
And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast.
-----
"And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!"  -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move."  -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
"If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8043861 -

:handth:

what's the drug?


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: AlteredAgain]
    #8043868 -

citalopram


--------------------
And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast.
-----
"And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!"  -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move."  -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
"If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: AlteredAgain]
    #8043887 -

anti depressents are no good at all

i went to the doctor telling him i had bad anxiety, and its really hurting my social life.....he just gave me a script for lexapro


ITS ALL BULLSHIT


as soon as i learned what lexapro was i said no....

sure it helps, but in my opinion it does more damage in the long run


its good to hear your trying to slow it down, get off it

but its going to be hard, apparently your body "doesnt produce enough serotonin" .........i think there are ways of handling these types of problems without using medicine

good luck to you


--------------------
ego tripping at the gates of hell

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8043908 -

8 years old? someone should bitch smack that doctor and your parents. that's just wrong.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8043911 -

Red Ice Creations Radio did an interesting interview about SSRIs. If you have the time, give it a listen, you might get some tips on how to effectively come off the drug.

http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2007/08aug/RICR-070819.html

:goodluck:


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: AlteredAgain]
    #8043940 -

Quote:
but its going to be hard, apparently your body "doesnt produce enough serotonin" .........i think there are ways of handling these types of problems without using medicine



exercise... meditation... being open

and you're pretty much set! :heart::mushroom2:


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Kombat Frank]
    #8043944 -

ive tried stopping dozens of times over the years, and mostly whats happened is ive gotten severely depressed and disphoric, my attitude went to shit, and ive done crappy things to my friends

im hoping itll be different this time as i ease off from 40mgs, rather than just not taking it like before

i eventually just accepted it and they upped my dosage, i was on 20 before when i tried to quit... this is gonna be hard as fuck, ive never had to deal with withdrawls before, cause i stay well away from addictive substances

fuck the doctors nobody told me that ssris were so fucking addictive and they only told me shit lies and led me to believe these withdrawals were just how screwed up i am, not that they were an addictive substance leaving my body

and fuck my parents doubly so, they put a fucking 8 year old on antidepressants just because i wasnt "normal"


--------------------
And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast.
-----
"And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!"  -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move."  -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
"If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8043963 -

I support your decision, and you are in my prayers. I hope your period of withdrawal is manageable.
You'll get through it and be better off in the end!

I tried to explain to a couple of my friends why antidepressants are bad news last night but they had none of it. I couldn't even get to explain my stance.


--------------------
:musicnote:Music doesn't stop at the ears when it begins at the heart.:musicnote:


:psychsplit:"Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind."
            -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:psychsplit:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8043975 -

Take your time stepping off of them. I took zoloft for a couple years before i finally said fuck this. i couldn't take the way it made me feel, so grey and emotionless. I've been having pretty good luck handling my depression myself, after so many years of it you learn healthy ways to cope besides filling your body with drugs that make you feel like shit. Best of Luck!


--------------------
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #8044013 -

boxcarguy07 said:
I support your decision, and you are in my prayers. I hope your period of withdrawal is manageable.
You'll get through it and be better off in the end!

I tried to explain to a couple of my friends why antidepressants are bad news last night but they had none of it. I couldn't even get to explain my stance.


ya, ive defended them a lot before now, when it just struck me that theyre shitty

all my friends plus several members of the shroomery have repeatedly tried to dissuade me from them, and i guess it finally sunk in

but im scared, cause the last time i missed my meds for about a week i almost brokle up with my gf, who i love dearly, and i almost fucked my whole life over right there, and thats really the only reason ive continued taking them

its like nicotine but 100x worse...


--------------------
And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast.
-----
"And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!"  -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move."  -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
"If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8044048 -

Well, sounds like you got the right idea this time with slowly tapering off them as opposed to just stopping cold-turkey.
I've never had to deal with withdrawals from any substance, and I hope I never have to.

Keep us informed with how it goes... we'll let you know if you're about to make any stupid decisions :tongue2:


--------------------
:musicnote:Music doesn't stop at the ears when it begins at the heart.:musicnote:


:psychsplit:"Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind."
            -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:psychsplit:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8044056 -

Zinglons Acolyte said:
im hoping itll be different this time as i ease off from 40mgs, rather than just not taking it like before


Yeah, cold turkey is not the way to go as you discovered. SSRIs have to be taken up gradually and one needs to come off them gradually as well. The body's got to adjust its natural chemistry. It takes a little time.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: AlteredAgain]
    #8044068 -

think 2 weeks between reductions would be a better idea then?


--------------------
And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast.
-----
"And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!"  -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move."  -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
"If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8044076 -

I don't know, I'm no expert. I would recommend checking out the radio interview with the doc.


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: boxcarguy07]
    #8044083 -

boxcarguy07 said:
I support your decision, and you are in my prayers. I hope your period of withdrawal is manageable.
You'll get through it and be better off in the end!


oh and thank you, its good that ill have someone praying for me, most of the people at my church wouldnt understand at all


--------------------
And they wandered off.. nine ways till bedfast.
-----
"And lets pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cause theres bugger-all down here on earth!"  -Monty Python's "The Universe Song" from The Meaning of Life
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely considered as a bad move."  -Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
"If the words 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on." -Terence McKenna

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Zinglons Acolyte]
    #8044095 -

Good luck man
A lot of docs are just pushers for the pharmaceutical industry.
I've been on and off SSRIs for the past 7 years. Last winter I went to see a shrink for depression and anxiety, he labeled me bipolar, and put me on so many meds I cant count. He switched me around from prozac, lexapro, wellbutrin, effexor, zoloft, lamictal (mood stabilizer), seroquel for sleeping issues, I was so medicated I couldn't think straight but still felt like shit. He never even talked to me either, a nurse would come in and ask how I was feeling, make a new recommendation for a different drug, and he'd come in and sign the prescription.
I eventually told him to get fucked, and found a different shrink. He told me my old one was a quack, got me off the drugs, and we did therapy sessions using cognitive brain therapy (retraining the way you think) instead of psychodynamic (drugs and the 'how are you doing?' type talk) therapy.
Fuck the drugs, don't let them use you as a guinea pig. We are currently living in the biggest drug experiment ever conceived.
I'm sure you can do it man, as long as you come off slowly.
Get your hear rate up a couple times a week too man!
Get that cardio going, it'll do you good!


--------------------
My name is Mud

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: DragonChaser]
    #8044129 -

i love how the doctors forget to inform you on so many things


like how in many cases, these "anti-depressants" actually cause more depression


i know someone who died because he ran out of his anxiety medicine....when your body becomes very very dependent off something, and then that something is taken away, i guess a seizure is 1 outcome.


--------------------
ego tripping at the gates of hell

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: Kombat Frank]
    #8044149 -

This may help you out mang. It's the anal DMT girl.


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: thinking about cutting ssris [Re: RonaldFuckingPaul]
    #8044150 -

Is there anything the anal DMT girl can't do?


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1 | 2 |  [ show all ]

Community > The Pub
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Antidepressants and SSRI withdrawl SoulSurfer 1,159 3 11/19/03 09:35 PM
by Psilocybeingzz
* lexapro HELLA_TIGHT 829 7 05/16/05 08:16 PM
by Its Pat
* Unexpected heroin withdrawl
( 1 2 3 all )		 amnesiaseizure 6,994 40 01/30/03 09:33 AM
by Papaver
* I think I'm fucked.
( 1 2 3 all )		 Seeka 8,835 44 02/21/03 09:13 AM
by baraka
* thinking of getting some of my art printed... Smack31 2,434 16 06/21/22 12:08 AM
by gamergod88
* I think someone drugged me!! ToTheSummit 6,866 15 11/28/02 10:26 PM
by rain_angel
* Canadians think porn is funny recalcitrant 3,478 19 11/20/07 07:45 PM
by clorox
* do you think everyone should just chill? Anonymous 1,406 4 10/29/02 09:05 PM
by chinadoll

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Entire Staff
2,971 topic views. 7 members, 16,100 guests and 143 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.039 seconds spending 0.022 seconds on 16 queries.