Anyone had depression been on Ad's then been ok?

[kizzie]

Hi everyone
Hope you dont mind me posting this in 'health' rather than depression but just wanted to get some views from people who have come out the other side.

'oldies' on the site might remember my PND/Seroxat withdrawal dramas. All horrendous at the time.

Anyway the outcome was that i eventually managed to switch to an older drug. Stabilised and then slowly withdrew from that drug.

My problem is that now I am having bad panic again and 'slipping back'.

Because in the end because of withdrawal probs I was on AD's for 6 years my fear is that my brain cant' actually work now without them. I know it sounds irrational but just wondering if maybe the chemistry was altered so much that it cant 'cope' without them.

I had no depression etc before PND but maybe need to accept that it triggered a longer term problem.

Not sure what Im asking really . I suppose just wondered IF anyone has taken AD's long term and then managed without them.

(Im also seeing a nutritionist / given up sugar etc.)

Would really appreciate any thoughts.

Kizziexx

I came off AD's about 6 years ago just before I met dh. I'd been on them for quite a while but not as long as 6 years though. I managed to stay off them, despite dh dying and suffering 2 m/c in the last 4 years but am now on them again for pnd. It doesn't really answer you question but I guess it's more than possible to be 'normal' whatever that it, without them.

I came off AD's about 6 years ago just before I met dh. I'd been on them for quite a while but not as long as 6 years though. I managed to stay off them, despite dh dying and suffering 2 m/c in the last 4 years but am now on them again for pnd. It doesn't really answer you question but I guess it's more than possible to be 'normal' whatever that it, without them.

I was on Prozac for a couple of years due to mood swings, PND etc. I have been off them for 2 years now and Im doing great.
I changed my diet when I realised that I was using caffine and sugar to hold my moods up and keep me awake.
I haven't had a 'bad ' day in ages.
It may just take time to adjust.

I was on AD's when I suffered from PND after having DS2. I wasn't on them for a very long time though, think it was around 6 months. That was nearly 3 years ago & I have not had to go back on them & even though I get moments of stress (which I do panic about, as I worry about the depression coming back), I can control it & snap myself out of it.
I know you were asking about long term AD users, so my story is probably not relevent, but I do have a friend who had severe PND (was hospitalised with it) & on AD's for 5 years, but has been off them for a year now & is coping just fine.

Hi everyone - thanks for all the quick replies.
I guess Ive got to just give it a try but not see it as the end of the world IF I do need to go back on the medication. :(
Kizziex

definitely dont see it as the end of the world. God no. Some people just need a little help from time to time, and to be honest, my counciller said that when you get depression of any kind, it kinda triggers something in the chemical balance and it will never go back to what it was even if your beat the nasty mind devils and get back to normal. Is just something we need to deal with and move on.

I suffered from depression about 8 years ago before i met my dh and it started from when i resorted to drugs to end my life. It triggered depression and then anxiety attacks for years. I tried all sorts of AD's and finally found one that i felt worked for me. I was on them for about 3 years and didnt care that i had to take a pill once a day. It was like taking a vitamin.

I then got married and had an almighty panic attack at the airport so didnt go on honeymoon to dubai (heard it was crap anyway) and that again triggered depression, so back on them i went for about 18 months. I came off them and fell pregnant last april with dd, and then suffered pnd when she was 5 weeks old and am on them now again......me and my pal the ad. I dont care. Chin Up Honey. x

Thanks Tootired. (And Im glad your feeling better!)

Really dont know what to do. (Although no change there)

K xx