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I recently got put on an tricyclic (1 week in) and this worries me. I suspected withdrawals anyway, but reading this makes me think to stop taking it directly.

• fsloth 8y ago
  "but reading this makes me think to stop taking it directly. Thank you." If you suspect the competence of your primary caretaker to administer an effective therapeutic regimen, (a valid worry) I would find a second opionion from another doctor. But not from an internet forum...
  • krageon 8y ago
    There is a lot of value in reading (a large amount) of anecdotal experiences with withdrawal, as a distressingly large amount of doctors either doesn't remember or for whatever reason doesn't care that it is the case. That being true, it's easy to find yourself in a situation where even your second opinion says that you have nothing to worry about, when in reality you do.
    • fsloth 8y ago
      Sure. But I think one of the keys in fighting depression is to find primary caretakers you trust. Healing process is really complex, and the patient-caretaker relationship - especially in mental illnesses - is a non-trivial component. Hence, it's important you can trust the caretaker. My advice was given in this context - it's not as important to find a withdrawals symptom expert than it is to find an expert that you can trust. This is not to belittle withdrawal symptoms, but just to observe that in many cases they are not the most important concern of the parties in the healing process.