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FaithS · 06-06-2010, 03:34 PM

I was on AD's in 2004 for depression. After being on for 9 months, and having no depression symptoms for 5 of those, I was ready for the psychiatrist to wean me off.

My depression was also situational, based, in large part to an incident in a medical facility that was reported to the state and investigated as abusive to me.

The doc was not willing to, originally, and not supportive, at all, of me going off. Ever, in fact. He believed that, because I had MS, I would need to be on AD's for the remainder of my life.

I told him, in no uncertain terms, that I was going off, with or without his support, and that I would prefer to have his professional advice regarding how to do that most safely.

He gave me taper guidelines that would've taken another year to complete. Rather than follow those, I did my own research on the internet, and was off in 3 months.

My 2 siblings were horrified that I would consider disregarding his advice, as my father had been through 3 annual depressions, the last two returning because he went off AD's too quickly. The last time, he, like me, went off more slowly, and his depression has not returned.

My depression did not return, and I have never needed to be on AD's again.

~ Faith