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    I came off my anti depressants that I had been on for two years last week. There was almost an instant change. I burst into tears at work last week and spent most of the night in a corner with a glass of water. My boss talked to me and I felt better and thought I would be ok for going in tonight (as this happended last saturday) but I feel like shit and cannot face the club.

    Don't get me wrong, i'm not as low as I was before I took the tablets. But I'm getting that constant feeling of dreariness again.
    Is this part and parcel of coming off the meds? Is there a chance I'll readjust and get back to normal in a few weeks/days?


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    Were you weened off the drugs or cold turkey?
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    weaned off slowly at first, but we made a jump from 20mg to nothing in a week because doc was keen to get me off them before uni starts.
    I sent my boss a text telling her the truth. I don't know if i should have or how she will react. Just feel like it was all supposed to be perfect now, everything would go back to normal and I could be back to the way I was. Seems like thats never going to happen.

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    Why did your doctor take you off them?

    Some people need to be on them for life and if they were working for you, I don't know why you would be taken off?
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    Perhaps it was too big of a jump at the end then.
    How long did it take for the lows to get better when you came off cold turkey summer?
    Just wanted to establish if it was a normal side, or if i was getting unwell again.

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    newmoon he said because I was young he didn't want me coming to depend on the drugs for the rest of my life.
    My gran and two aunties have all been on them since they were about my age, and all the women in my mums side of the family have been on them at some point. Stupid genes.

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