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Why I’m Giving Antidepressants Another Go
I have been entirely med free for about 9 months now.
I made the call to my prescriber last week because I finally had to admit that I really do need antidepressants.
I was on Prozac and then Cymbalta for a little over two years. To be completely honest, I never felt like either made much difference. I was hopeful and had wanted them to work. I expected them to work. I justified continuing to take them because at least I hadn’t hit rock bottom since I had started taking them.
Then I started having issues with high blood pressure. I got on BP meds. Some weeks, when I was really busy, I would forget my pills for a couple of days in a row (my alarm would go off in the middle of something, and I would shut off the alarm without taking the pill). When I did that, my brain would be in a fog, and I couldn’t concentrate or focus on anything. It was a horrible feeling. The first time it happened, I almost went to the ER because I just wasn’t right, and not able to think straight. The second time it happened was when I figured out what was going on. I kept my pills in one of those weekly things with a spot for pills for each day of the week. That second time when I looked at my pills, I saw that I had forgotten them the two days prior, and remembered the same thing happened the last time I felt so off and so horrible. Several times…
