Sometimes I hate being right. The old me, the crazy one, loved being right and even if I was wrong I sure wasn't going to admit it and would even try to convince people I was STILL right. I'm not like that now at all. The real me loves to learn and if someone points… Continue reading Sometimes …
A new article has come out about antidepressant withdrawal and how difficult it can be for some people to break away from them. I was one of those people. Click here to read The New York Times article Once I discovered why I was acting so crazy (no other word for it), I wanted off… Continue reading Antidepressant Withdrawal
Situational Depression can occur after any sort of loss, but it can also show up AFTER a good thing happens. I'm going through it to some degree now. For months we planned a "we need to run away from home before we start kicking people" vacation. Every day I would spend my breaks at work looking at… Continue reading Post Vacation Depression
Some people have great success with antidepressants and if that's you then that's awesome. I was not one of those people. Ten years ago today I became Paxil free. In some ways it seems like just yesterday, in others a lifetime ago. It was a lifetime ago. I'm no longer that person. I see it… Continue reading Ten Years Ago I Tapered Off Antidepressants
It's been nearly ten years since I took my last dose of Paxil and I assumed that withdrawal was behind me. Well you know what they say about assume. Sunday morning I woke up feeling incredibly nauseous. Not incredibly in a good way. I couldn't figure out why so I rushed to the bathroom ... just… Continue reading Antidepressant Withdrawal …. the Ten Year Wave
