Comments on: Friday Roundup http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/ Life (or lack thereof) of a graduate student Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Argumentum ad Ignoratum » Blog Archive http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Argumentum ad Ignoratum » Blog Archive Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:09:21 +0000 http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/#comment-499 [...] experiment that eluded me was finally conquered! The results from today’s work just kicks butt in every which way [...] [...] experiment that eluded me was finally conquered! The results from today’s work just kicks butt in every which way [...]

]]> By: pseudosanity http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-497 pseudosanity Fri, 25 May 2007 20:56:14 +0000 http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/#comment-497 I was just as smart as you if not smarter and went cold turkey on the meds. HappyFace recommended that I take reduced doses for a week and slowly stop them, but I over rode her expert advice for mine :) I was just as smart as you if not smarter and went cold turkey on the meds. HappyFace recommended that I take reduced doses for a week and slowly stop them, but I over rode her expert advice for mine :)

]]> By: zelda http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-496 zelda Tue, 22 May 2007 01:13:11 +0000 http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/#comment-496 hope your weekend improved? hope your weekend improved?

]]> By: Katie http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Katie Sat, 19 May 2007 13:03:39 +0000 http://pseudosanity.com/2007/05/19/friday-roundup/#comment-495 Did you taper off the meds? I've tried to just quit (because I'm smart like that) a couple of times and had severe mood problems as well as feeling physically ill. I hope your doctor introduced a schedule to reduce dosage slowly until you were off the meds completely. As strange as it is to admit, I've found myself thinking, "I'm so glad I take anti-depressants" more than I probably should. When meeting new cancer patients, getting poor (or inconclusive - sorry about that) results, having to deal with people who are inexplicably annoying... I like having the buffer and not getting quite so miserable when life goes badly. So whether you decide to give it time and see if your mood levels out, talk to your doctor again, try a different Rx and see if it works better for you, I'm truly sorry you're dealing with this on top of everything else. I very much hope you see some improvement soon. Did you taper off the meds? I’ve tried to just quit (because I’m smart like that) a couple of times and had severe mood problems as well as feeling physically ill. I hope your doctor introduced a schedule to reduce dosage slowly until you were off the meds completely.

As strange as it is to admit, I’ve found myself thinking, “I’m so glad I take anti-depressants” more than I probably should. When meeting new cancer patients, getting poor (or inconclusive – sorry about that) results, having to deal with people who are inexplicably annoying… I like having the buffer and not getting quite so miserable when life goes badly.

So whether you decide to give it time and see if your mood levels out, talk to your doctor again, try a different Rx and see if it works better for you, I’m truly sorry you’re dealing with this on top of everything else. I very much hope you see some improvement soon.

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