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Been taking them for 6 years?

Talk to the psych to taper down your dosage gradually if u wanna quit, RETARD

You were on antidepressants? 

That explains how you were describing alcohol. 

6-8 days for.most, 28 for Prozac till they out ur system. 

After u stop, ur brain will be readjusting to non-meds level. That will take a while too.

Are u sure u will man up through that and.come.on the otherside non-depressed?

Turncoat said: 

You were on antidepressants? 

That explains how you were describing alcohol. 

 not entirely sure what description you're referring to, but yes the combination certainly won't have done me any favours

user33313 said: 

6-8 days for.most, 28 for Prozac till they out ur system. 

After u stop, ur brain will be readjusting to non-meds level. That will take a while too.

Are u sure u will man up through that and.come.on the otherside non-depressed?

 I can't be sure, but with all the progress I've made I am confident enough to take the risk 

chimpi said: 

Turncoat said: 

You were on antidepressants? 

That explains how you were describing alcohol. 

 not entirely sure what description you're referring to, but yes the combination certainly won't have done me any favours

The symptoms of it, which otherwise had me a bit baffled from lacking the bigger picture. 

chimpi said: 

Turncoat said: 

You were on antidepressants? 

That explains how you were describing alcohol. 

 not entirely sure what description you're referring to, but yes the combination certainly won't have done me any favours

 

user33313 said: 

6-8 days for.most, 28 for Prozac till they out ur system. 

After u stop, ur brain will be readjusting to non-meds level. That will take a while too.

Are u sure u will man up through that and.come.on the otherside non-depressed?

 I can't be sure, but with all the progress I've made I am confident enough to take the risk 

 Why take that risk tho? Are u masochistic, or have u finally came to the boomer realisation that psychiatric meds are the actual devil?

All I'm saying is that u could tapper them off and gradually get to this happi monke u r now over 2-3 months, rather than dealing with a period of shite.

That's. Just playing devil's advocate tho. U may not get SSRI withdrawal from stopping it abruptly at all, depends, who knows.

It's actually pretty dangerous to stop abruptly, depending on what your dose was. You can get brain zaps.

user33313 said:

Why take that risk tho? Are u masochistic, or have u finally came to the boomer realisation that psychiatric meds are the actual devil?

All I'm saying is that u could tapper them off and gradually get to this happi monke u r now over 2-3 months, rather than dealing with a period of shite.

That's. Just playing devil's advocate tho. U may not get SSRI withdrawal from stopping it abruptly at all, depends, who knows.

When I was deeply miserable I remember taking the antidepressants and feeling relief from the numbness that they brought. I think those meds serve to bring a person up to a certain level of stability, so as to provide a basis for personal improvement. However, I found that the relief of these pills doesn't follow a progressive or proportional growth model. When I was at, say, 20% contentment then the pills allowed me to function from a 40% basis. Having grown to a 60% or even 70% contentment rate, the pills still drew me back to 40%. They don't necessarily made me happier, they simply stunted part of my brain and muffled my internal dialogue so that I could better focus on recovery. 

That's why I think it's time to get off them, not because I blame medication for being evil. As for the tapering; My dosage was cut in half in January 2020 and I vowed to be free of medications by January 2021. The dose is relatively low enough to go cold turkey. 

Tryptamine said: 

It's actually pretty dangerous to stop abruptly, depending on what your dose was. You can get brain zaps.

I am well aware. I've been having brain zaps every third time I move my head to the left or right. It's like life is lagging sometimes and it does distract me from forming fully coherent thoughts. However this will pass, I did not know that brain zaps were dangerous per se. 

I still hope that the giddyness and joy I have felt for the past three days aren't just a rebound effect from my serotonin not being regulated by pills any longer. 

chimpi said:

I am well aware. I've been having brain zaps every third time I move my head to the left or right. It's like life is lagging sometimes and it does distract me from forming fully coherent thoughts. However this will pass, I did not know that brain zaps were dangerous per se.

They're not. When I was writing that, I was thinking how some people get stuck with them long-term. But I don't know if tapering makes any difference for that.

chimpi said:

I still hope that the giddyness and joy I have felt for the past three days aren't just a rebound effect from my serotonin not being regulated by pills any longer.

If you were taking SSRIs, your serotonin should be lower if anything, no? I hear a lot of people describing a sort of blankness or dulling on SSRIs. I'm curious about that, I guess I'll see for myself in a month or so.