Posted by CamW. on August 26, 2004, at 17:33:07
In reply to Re: Are all men heartless pigs? » CamW., posted by SLS on August 26, 2004, at 8:51:59
Scott - Life just started to slow down a bit. For a while there it felt like I was just spinning my wheels; I just got fed up and went off all my meds about 3 months ago (yes, yes, I weaned properly; very little to no withdrawl effects from the Effexor and went from 225mg to nothing in less than a month). Is this risky? Yes. Should I be risking relapse like this? Probably not.
I just figure that after all the crap of the last 4 years, I must have reset some of my physiological/psychological breakdown points. We'll see.
Sorry to hear about your setbacks. I wish that I could help you, but I am no longer playing the "psych" game. I have a job out of town now, so I don't have the time to play in the stacks at the University library, anymore. I am really becoming jaded with psychopharmacology. I'm not saying that I have any better treatment ideas, but it seems that we barely know what we are doing. Drug company half-truths and biotech patents (among many other current ethical dilemmas in science) really have hog-tied the scientific process. I can't see how any new insight really has a chance to blossom in the current research climate. I hope that I am wrong.
I am also not working in the Mental Health field anymore, and the doctors in the small town that I work in don't seem to believe that I do know more than most about psychotropics. So, I just play "pharmacist" and try to make a difference, where I can.
I dunno, maybe I need a career change ..... a science teacher would be cool! .....
- Cam
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