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I experienced this in mid 2014. I was feeling great and decided to stop taking anti-depressants. I was on 10 mg of an SSRI. Man, I fell into a well. I was depr
by arc_of_descent 11y ago
I experienced this in mid 2014. I was feeling great and decided to stop taking anti-depressants. I was on 10 mg of an SSRI.
Man, I fell into a well. I was depressed for 3 months. Couldn't get _any_ work done. Had a constant headache. I then checked myself into a hospital after 3 months for a full medical check up. Not surprisingly all the tests were fine. Finally the psychiatrist there put me back on anti-depressants.
Still I was in the funk for a month more. I think what really got me out was going for long walks everyday. For an hour minimum. Seriously, I think sweating it out really has its benefits. I'm now taking 10 mg daily, and when I think about stopping it, the anxiety takes over. :)
- digi_owl 11y agoDunno about the sweating, but i think doing something physical allows part of the mind to focus on something rather than fluttering about. It may well be that our stationary modernity and our hindbrain simply don't mix.
- mariodiana 11y agoI've heard that the human animal evolved to walk/run 12 miles per day, and that some people suspect that our sedentary lives are at the root of all sorts of mental and cognitive issues.
- pc2g4d 11y agoI'm glad you've been able to pull out it. Did you go off cold turkey? That'll do crazy things to you. But if you're extremely gradual, I believe it is possible to get off the drugs if that's what you want.
- arc_of_descent 11y agoYeah, I had to. The doc I was seeing at that time diagnosed me with bipolar disorder and discontinued all anti-depressants. I'm no judge, and I believe medical science is tough. But there's no real empirical evidence. So anyways, me going back to the 10 mg escitalopram kind of helped.