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Q: Been On Antidepressant For 10 Years-help
asked by: Ronda5272 on March 11th, 2007
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I have been on antidepressants since my divorce 10 years ago. I have tried several kind and am currently taking 20 mg of Prozak. Lately, I have been feeling very burned out, unhappy in my marriage, tired all of the time, and just blah. I have been to therapy in the past and it has helped with some of my troubling childhood. I really am thinking how I would love to come off the medication very slowly. I am very scared of becoming depressed though. I have been very low before and don't want to ever feel like that again. I have no sex drive at all anymore on any of the meds. I'm surprised my husband is still here. Has anyone taken an antidepressant for years and been successful coming off of it. I know I am moody and have major PMS so that kind of stinks. I would love to know what it feels like to be a normal me. Anyone felt so blahhhh on these meds before?
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warren
replied on May 5th, 2007
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hey there, I have never taken meds before, but I know that my mom and aunt are on them and both have bad pms. my aunt came off of her meds and onto the natural anti-depressants. I went through a year of severe depression and anxiety... I am 100% better now... I didn't take any medications for it,,, well I took a bit of st.johns wart.. the natural anti-depresant.. but didn't seem to do too much.. since I had such a deep depression. I decided to look back to when my depression started to realize what could of been a factor.. and what I found was that I had gone through a very depressing time just before it started. the same emotoins that I experienced in that event stuck with my for a year after.. So I knew that I must of retained emotions.. negative emotions.. so I found a doctor that released negative emotions... it's a treatment called negative emotional release treatment. I am golden now.. I have no more depression or anxiety.. I started to wonder.. is this the real cure for depression and anxiety?... I asked alot of other people that were at the treatment centre about their experience and they all had the same story to tell. They all released their depresion and anxiety as well. I have no dought in my mind that negative emotions retained in the sub-concious mind is the cause of most depression cases... it was in mine and could be in yours too..... pm me soon.. I want to help...

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