withdrawal effect from antidepression/antipsych/sedatives/anxiolytics/SSRI is not the same as we call'relapse'

[tapanpal]

It is very important to understand that all the medication known as antipsychotics or antidepressions are none of them has any solid evidenced base but depending on one theory of Dopamine theory mainly being very much assumptive have been so far used on trial and error basically./
I wonder if any one of them are actually addressing any issues of any sources of depression or anxiety or even listening to voices. They are targeted to address the symptoms and basically altering the normal thoughts into rather chaotic processes cumulatively with other variables caused by effects of meds as affecting pancreas
kidney
appetite control mechanism
Bloodsugar level being eratic
QTc rhythm delayed and other
cardiac issues
feeling nervous
involuntary shaking
memory being disturbed
neutropenia(low immunity0
WBC getting affected
and all these bring in lots of other issues on top of
what one has already going through.
A person generally gets susceptive to emotional disregulation and that certainly requires
psychological treatment meaning psychosociotherapy or therepeutical care approach together with
psychoanalysis of issues to helpthe person make sense.
Under the circumstances when one thinking of coming off medication slowly or cold turkey one needs to bear in mind that one may have some withdrawal symptoms and that may appear as if one is going through relapse, but one can get over with above help and support.
The following sites will be of help:
Read about
Rufus May, Ellie Longden, Ivan Tyrell, Prof Joanna Moncrief(Chemical Cure), Dr Tamsin Knight, Soterianetwork

[heyjude1]

I agree with you regarding "cold turkey", not a wise thing to do. Like a dummy, I kicked Effexor "cold turkey"  and it was a mistake and I went into a terrible manic/depression and ended up in the hospital.  The side effects were physically brutal too.
I have switched from one drug to another without time out, but, only your p-doc can advise which drugs are safe to do this.  I believe I have learned my lesson about taking my medication in my own hands and will not do that again.  Yes, they are very powerful drugs.

I do agree that the medication seems to mask the depression at times and not eliminate the cause behind depression and therapy is helpful.  Although, I'm sure the brain chemicals can just get out of wack on their own from time to time and cause depression w/o a specific reason.

[mammo]

I can only speak from my own experience but I had a wonderful psychiatrist.  He took the time to explain the drugs he felt would work best for me, and their side effects.  He emphasized the need for me to call him if I experienced anything that concerned me, explained what to expect in the beginning and once it was working for me.  He also warned me to never stop taking my meds abruptly and why.  After reading what some have endured on here I feel very lucky to have had this doctor.  I don't think we as a forum can stress this enough either, unfortunately people are already in withdrawal when we hear from them.

[wellb]

Txs for the info.

I would definetely stress that people on any of these medications not stop them cold turkey. This week alone we have had at least 2 posters here that stopped their meds "cold turkey" (eg: the poster taking 150mgs of Zoloft,then stopped cold turkey in one day,etc).The posters all had these horrible side effects from "cold turkey" med stopping.

I wish the Psychiatrists or Doctors prescribing these strong medications would stress to their  patients to never stop taking the meds "cold turkey". They should discuss the side-effects.

These Doctors should emphasize to their patients that if the patient is having trouble on these meds, to contact them (the Docs) immediately for either a dosage change , or a med change, or for discussing alternatives to these powerful meds.