I've decided that I'm going to stop taking all of my medcines. I'm tired of relying on chemicals to make me "normal." I split all my doses in half and plan to be completely off of everything in a matter of weeks.

I sure hope I don't regret this

ok best advice here, tell a good friend you want to try and go a day without your medicine. that way they can make sure you are ok. kinda like having a spotter for lifting heavy weights.

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I'm afraid of what will happen if I just stop like that. I started taking 75% of my normal dosage and next week I'll move to 60% and so on until I'm off completely. I do, however, have a sitter for all of this. Thanks for the advice :D

What're you taking? This could be extremely dangerous doing this with certain drugs.

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Yeah make sure to ween yourself off them. I know if I just stop taking my inhaler I can suffer severe depression and pains in my heart. The thing blocks my body from producing steroids so in 2 days of not taking it I go off the deep end.

i was thinking matti was talking about medication for depression. for stuff like that i feel its better if you dont want to take the medicine, have a sitter try going w/o it. 99% of the time you realize you do need the medicine, (person there to watch you will take care of things if they get out of hand).

the reason i say this is i had a friend who lived down the street from me when i was 14/15. she was on anti-depressants and i guess one day decided to not take them anymore. well a week later shes depressed to all hell, i was rollerblading down the street when she called me over to the front door to her house. apparently she decided life was crap and drank an assortment of beer, whole bottle of liquid codiene, and a chaser of metal polishing cleaner. i had to sneak away from her promising not to say a word to anyone and call an ambulance. which i did and her mom came home, and i told her and the girl took off running like a mad person. i chased after tackled her and then a minute later the ambulance pulled up.

the whole time she was screaming she hates me and will never forgive me. well she made it to the hospital, and they were able to help her but i guess it was close. then after 6months in a home and on her med's again she apologized to me and thanked me cuz she wasnt in control of herself. needless to say she takes her med's.

now if she had someone know before hand she was off med's then this wouldnt have gone on a trip to the hospital. you often realize things better from hindsight.

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Meds for Depression, anxiety, and ADHD. Like I said, I have a sitter already who is with me most of the time. Thanks for the concern, this was more of a "becoming a new person" thread so no need to be worried about me. I'm going to see my Dr tomorrow too.

Lol, Matti that is the best avatar! I love the Office...."in a way"

MATTI!

i /cheer for you

pls be ok! i hope it goes well!

<3!!!!!

Matti <3 plz be careful i dont want to see you get hurt it is very dangerous to even try to ween yourself off of your own drugs i have tried before and ended up in the hospital just be careful and take care of yourself honey and if you need anyone to talk to let me know i am here for ya

Venicia long time...well anyways yeah my sis was taking antidepressants as well....pretty dangerous be careful^^

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Matti GL
and gimme your secret for that nice hair you have ><
Clent wont gimme his shampoo for shiny fur i wanna have some nice hair at the least

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/wave hehe i know been long long time :D

I thought you shaved....


Ven, Good to see you!~ I was wondering what happened to you as I haven't seen you in like eleventy billion years. Thanks for the kind words everyone.

Today makes 2 months. One with minimal amounts of medication and one with NO chemicals at all.


I've never felt better.

Matti, that's fantastic! <3

grats matti those drugs suck. My mom put me on them when i was a kid and i hated it. once i got to HS i just stoped taking them and i was the same as i always was. all they ever did was dope me up so i didnt have a mind of my own. I hate drugs now.


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grats matti!
sorry, i'm a new comer to this thread, so i couldn’t offer any support before.
i've been off my meds for about a year and half. and i was on a shit load of things, and it was probably really a bad idea to stop taking them all at once. but they kept messing with the way i felt and i never wanted to do anything but sleep all of the time.
anyways, i know it can get really hard :/ if you ever need someone to talk to, i'll try be here.

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