Anyone else run out of AD's or stopped taking them for a while?

[burstingbug]

I was running low on AD's just before christmas and forgot to take in my prescription. I am usually on 75mg Imipramine a day for anxiety & depression. I dropped down to taking 25mg every other night til they ran out Xmas eve.
I've still not got round to taking my prescription in to get signed by the Drs. It's been a week now and I find myself getting wound up really quickly and explode by shouting at poor DS's which I really hate myself for yet can't seem to be able to control it I know I need to get back onto my meds asap.
Does depression really turn you into such a raging ball of anger when you're not on meds?
I hadn't realised how much calmer I was on them

i havent renewed mine on citropram im gonna do it this time

yeah, but when started again it worked quicker.

I hope they do work quicker, I hate being like am am now, it's not me
Why am I so stupid that I can't function 'normally' without them?

You are not a lone I tried to stop mine after a year - yeah I know silly idea. Was snappy grumpy and unbearable to be with so quickly started them again. Was hoping after so long I wouldn't need them. I am happy to keep taking them for as long as I need to just hoped it would be ok now. Eve x

i have been off since thursday snappy but i want to do it i have come off before but took after 4 days

burstingbug - you aren't stupid for needing the ADs and you're not the first to think you didn't need them any more.

You'll be fine when you get some more, in the meantime go easy on yourself

Maybe I should cut them in half and so itthat way - should talk to ym GP I guess but haven't seen the same one twice since I had my son 16 months ago.

My youngest is also 16mths!
I will be going back on them, will take prescription to the chemist on Weds, so I hope to have them by Monday!
I didn't want to run out or stop taking them

Happy 2008 to all, lets hope it brings us better health & happiness

Hope it brings you eve3rything you wish for. And better typing for me :-)

burstingbug, same as you, ran out of my ADs for a week cos of not handing in prescription before new year, thought i would be fine, but turned into the shoutiest, angriest mad-woman from hell.

Today i had to go to chemist and beg for emergency tablets as my prescription still not ready, they were really good and gave me 20 tablets to take away on the spot!!!

hi there allgonebellyup, hows things?

take empty packet to chemist and they will give you some to tide you over.

take empty packet to chemist and they will give you some to tide you over.

Went to our Boots Wednesday, they told me they didn't 'serve' my surgery despite telling them I hadn't had meds for over a week. Called the Dr's, they said I'd have to drop the prescription into them which I haven't been able to do due to work, local chemist is shut too before I go to work and when I return home.
So still no meds at least I have had a bit of a re-balance and not quite as shouty or mad today.
Hope to be able to drop it off at the chemist tomorrow morning, if I'm lucky I'll have them by Tues!
Sorry about the ramble

i dont know about the one you are on but you can get withdrwal symptoms from some ad's,which are worse than the depression itself.i am coming off venlafaxine at the mo and going onto prozac(again)and the first 2 weeks of that were awful.its not too bad now as i am cutting up tablets and coming off them slowly(even though my doc told me to just stop them).

Thought you shouldn't just stop taking them even though you are starting prozac?

i have been taking the prozac for 3 weeks and cutting down the venlafaxine for that time,but the doctor told me to just stop today.i have read that you should wean off them over at least 2 months!

yikes!

can you ring NHS24?

i'm nowhere near the point of considering going off them.