No more meds?

[Rowan]

My doctor has said that i now only have "mild" depression so wants to try stopping my meds, this is the same time as my anxiety n' agoraphobia have gotten worse - am really upset, panicking and feel like he has just written me off for any chance of recovery.........I know i am not strong enough to beat this on my own so does he just expect me to live with it?

Are any of you guys are coping without meds and is any hope without them?

Thanks

A fairly weepy, Rowan x

[jade]

Rowan how are you feeling now? Yes I have had to go without meds whilst I was pregnant and breastfeeding and it was the worst two years of my life :( You know your body.... if you feel you are getting worse please go back to the doc and demand to be put back on your meds, it's your right as a human. If your doc isn't much help then see another. A doc I went to twice was evil and totally against anti-deps...I nearly topped myself after leaving her surgery... I had a 6 wk old baby and was crying for help in her room and she looked at me like scum....a bad mother and told me to come back when I was suicidal! I then went to another doc who has been great with me, bless him. I like him that much that I've even brought him cards and chocolates. Btw where abouts in west yorks arre you? Do you know Todmorden?

[Rowan]

Thank you so much Jade xxxx It made me feel better that their are lousy doctors everywhere!!! lol

What you said about seeing another g.p really makes sense - so I am gonna call tomorrow and try to get another appointment (wish me luck!) I live just outside of Wakefield, so if the new doc is no good I might try to find todmorden on a map and go to see your gp instead!!!!!! :)

Am having a bad time of it right now so you have no idea how much your words and support meant to me. You're a star!!

Take care,

Rowan

[jade]

have you been to the docs how did it go?

[Rowan]

Typical doctors, you reach crisis point and the earliest they can see you is the next day!!! The doctor is coming to see me tomorrow - which is an improvement already coz i normally have to travel there and am a wreck by the time i reach the surgery. Will let you know what he says

Thanks again x

[Rowan]

Doc just left!!! he was really patient and listened to the whole ugly gooey mess that is me and said that he wants me to carry on with my meds - result!! He even appologised for how the other doctor had made me feel. I know I still have a long way to go but at least now i feel a bit more supported and tomorrow doesn't seem quite as bleak

Thanks a million Jade, wouldn't have done it without you :)

Rowan x

[jenanne]

I am on meds and im stable on them now but i dont think i could come off them. I have a great GP though so made a massive difference.

HOpe things go well with new dr

Take Care
Jenx

[margo]

Rowan I am glad that this doctor you saw was more understanding. I am not a doctor but I do know that anxiety and depression go hand in hand and that to ask someone to come back and see them when they are suicidal is the most shocking thing that I have read today. Talk about shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. I think the first doctor that you went to see needs to go back to medical school.

Wishing you the best and hope that you feel a lot better soon Rowan.

Margo x

[jade]

:) yipee, result Rowan! :P You really do have to push it with the docs, my surgery try the "we can't see you for a week/day etc" but I tell them it's an emergency and I need to see my doc. I tell them to tell him who it is and he will know who they mean, it always works. Anxiety and panics are evil and when I'm having a bad time of it I am really firm with them even though I wouldn't say boo to a goose normally haha! Plus, you don't have to tell the receptionist it's anxiety you could say "my heart rate is up, I feel out of breath and faint" and they'll see you straight away hahaha and it's not a lie so your conscience will be at ease too :P

[jade]

oh yeah and you can ask for a room to sit in while you are waiting for the doc too, I've done that when really bad (what a diva eh!) and also ask to have the doc telephone you as you are unable to come into the surgery....make it sound like a favour on them by saying something like, "I didn't want to take up lots of time by getting the doc to come see me so I was wondering if he could ring me up instead, so much quicker for him and if he does a prescription I can just pop by or send someone else to pick it up for me" This one works for me and I act like its a big favour on my part, reverse psychology hehe :rolleyes: B)

[Rowan]

Thankyou margo & jenanne - am feeling so much more positive already. Think I knew I needed to ask again for help - just needed a friendly shove in the right direction.....sometimes, when my anxiety is bad, my logic and brain seem to part company!!

Jade, fabulously sneaky!!! :D will deffo try it, is so easy to forget that doctors are "employed " by us! - power to the people!!!! lol

Rowan x

[karleey]

Thankyou margo & jenanne - am feeling so much more positive already. Think I knew I needed to ask again for help - just needed a friendly shove in the right direction.....sometimes, when my anxiety is bad, my logic and brain seem to part company!!

Jade, fabulously sneaky!!!* :D will deffo try it, is so easy to forget that doctors are "employed " by us! - power to the people!!!! lol

Rowan x



Hi Rowan .. yeah anxiety is really bad without meds. My doctor took me off my meds for a while and I really wasn't coping .. hope you get better soon! :)

karleey

[LionHeart]

hi rowan, i have just been taken off my med and am really just taking it one day at a time, i feel the best thing you can do is destract yourself as i find this really helps, i personaly have no desire to go back on my meds because of how they made me feel and i was on them way longer than i was suposed to be so just take it one day at a time and there is nothing wrong with going back on meds but i think small steps is the key :) take care

Paul/LionHeart

[jade]

how are you doing now rowan??

[Sooti]

I know this is an old thread but thought id throw my 2 cents in. With regards to overcoming problems without the meds - Can be done I am doing it no meds and have been for most of it. I think meds are ok for a while but still sooner or later your going to have to learn how to tame the beast without them and be able to built up tolernace and coping techniques through exposure etc. I wouldnt say not to 'treat' it just that treatment doesnt always have to be meds. But certainly dont leave yourself without meds if you have no other source of teatment or support.

Also Id like to draw attention to some of Jades comments. And please no offense is intented to you Jade ;) I think its very importnant to rememeber that while you FEEL your in a crisis the best thing you can do is be aware and conscious that 'this' isnt an emergency and its ok for you to slow down and take the time to think about what you have to do. When your rushing on the inside is the perfect time to remind yourself this and really take the time to just slow down. Its the last thing you want to do at the time but really its the only answer to overcoming this and gettng on top of everything again. Take as long as you need to see the Docotr at her office. If you have to sit in the carpark while you wait or take a friend and some nice music or whatever will hlp slow you down, do what ever you can and its ok to take as long as you need to get the things done that you have to.

At the end of the day the whole reason your seeing the Dr is to get you back on target so its about how you do that and the old 'its the journey not the destination' cliche. Its not about just getting the Dr visit over and done with its about you getting over this so please remember that and work it into your mind set.

I hope that makes sense to you

[leah fullager]

hello my name is leah, im going thru this nitemare aswell
i jst started going too c a counciler not sure how its gonna go but it a worth a try iv only been twice so im gonna give it a good go, its nice 2 speak 2 people who r living it aswell coz unless u have it you will never understand xxx :(
do u all suffer from agoraphobia or other things??
mine is anxiaty panic attacks and agoraphobia,XX

[andsoitgoes]

[quote=leah fullager,Aug 15 2008, 07:47 AM]
hello my name is leah, im going thru this nitemare aswell
i jst started going too c a counciler not sure how its gonna go but it a worth a try iv only been twice so im gonna give it a good go, its nice 2 speak 2 people who r living it aswell coz unless u have it you will never understand xxx :(
do u all suffer from agoraphobia or other things??
mine is anxiaty panic attacks and agoraphobia,XX

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[Rowan]

Hi, have been off page for quite a while - :D is a sorry state of affairs when you feel too anxious to chat to people ovet the net in your own house lol

Just wondering, how everyone is doing?

Thankyou for all your replies

Rowan x

[thelostone8206]

hi rowan,

i know how you feel. i do ok on the forum, but usually clam up and run in chat, feels like i am actually in a room full of people.

lost

[Rowan]

lol lost, you and me can start our own little group - we can just stand in the corner looking furtive n' feeling awkward, we could even name it a "not-a-lot-of-chat room" ^_^

[thelostone8206]

:ph34r: :ph34r: :blink: :blink: :wacko: :o :o

here is our room lol

lost

[Rowan]

Much lol Been off page for ages n' your reply really made me giggle. Was sat here looking at forum, getting all stressed that I had been away too long to post :) Thanks Lost Hope everybody is ok, did I miss much?

Rowan x