Are ADs really this effective?

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I've been on ADs now for about 6 months.

My depression has certainly gone away and I am currently coping well and happy. I have changed a lot of things - a new job with less emotional & physical pressure, gone part time, and stopped being pregnant (which was a major cause).

None of these things have changed, but today I began having the old feelings that I'm crap, can't cope, can't do my job etc. etc. So what is causing me to feel down again? I thought it might be tiredness, or because I have a slight cold. And then I suddenly remembered and looked at my pill packet, and I have forgotten 3 ADs out of the last 4.

Is it possible that missing just those 3 could have this quick an impact (or is it that I really am crap - I still am feeling that way!)

yes, it could have an impact... that's why if you come off them you should do it reeeeally slowly!

oh and you aren't crap btw!

blimey! I'm glad to know this - I have a follow up appointment coming up soon and I will make sure that I stay on them.

I'm feeling better anyway cos I've just read the leaving your baby in a cot thread.

lol same here!

obviously the bigger dose you're on the more you'll feel the effects of not taking them....

i used to do the same thing.. . once i was feeling better i'd just forget to take them!

yes absolutely, they really need to be weaned off them sloooooooooooooooowly, as starlover says. its not you, its them. stick with them until you get a 'come off them plan' with some help for you from your dr.
I'm glad to hear they worked and helped you so well before tho.
my dh's have made the world of difference to him.

Im on AD's & have been on & off for the past 7 yrs. Im weening myself off them. I had a review at the dr's & told her I was doing it, but had an outburst of PMT & lost the plot.
She asked me how I was weening myself off them, so I told her I was taking one-one day & not the next. She informed that was too much too quick, as i was going from 7 tbs to 3/4 tbs a week.
So she has given me an 8 wk plan to stick to.
You start by doing a full week, then drop to half a tab on just one day(so its 6 half)Then the following week you do 2 alternate days at half tabs, so you've had 6 throughout the week, but gradually, and so on....

But I def get affected if I dont take them for 1 or 2 days, its your brain that gets lazy to them.

But to tell you the truth I hate feeling reliant on them, although they have been wonderful for me.
So when I do eventually come off them, Im going to try St John's wart & vit b6. Also Im going to do a self help therapy, by reading a book I've borrowed from a lady at work. Just so I can learn to cope with difficulties without getting so down.

Hope you feel better soon, & sorry to rant on....

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