Claradoon wrote:
The "deep place" that said Yes to Prozac was not physical, mental, or psychological. And the docs told me there was no such thing, I couldn't possibly know for weeks, etc. The "Yes" experience came within 20 minutes of taking the first pill. And it was only a kind of message - no symptomatic relief, no solutions or resolutions. Just a sure knowledge that I was doing the right thing. I was still miserable, but I had one small answer - go ahead with this pill.
And it wasn't the pill-that-became-hell either. It did well by me, although I was out of it for quite some time; I probably needed to be. And when that "Deep Place" said to let go, it didn't grapple to stay or anything like that - I just tapered off without any trouble.
Curious......I don't think I have such a thing in my psyche. I get the occasional intuitive feeling about this or that, but it just as often turns out to be wrong as right, so I tend to see it as unreliable, and usually wait for hard evidence. Unless it's not a very important matter - in that case I can do little harm by following intuition sometimes, just to see where it leads.
My girlfriend's antidepressants didn't become hell for her - they just ceased to be the miracle cure that she'd initially thought they were. She was already in hell before she ever took them...but that's another story.
Anyway, well done Justin and Claradoon..........I'm a great believer in staying off meds as long as there isn't a very good reason to be on them.
22 Jul 2009, 7:46 am
