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I'm on antidepressants to help me deal with my wife's terminal illness.


Try to get off them. When the time comes you'll want all the brain power you can muster up to get through. The AD may put ideas in your mind for dealing with the pain. If you know what I mean?



Point taken, John.

My intent is to stop as soon as is practical. Before taking them I was dead in the water... muddy thinking, apathy, and no ability to solve the smallest problem. I knew I was in trouble when I noticed my shoe was untied, and the first thought that entered my mind was "Oh no.. what will I do now?" (and it wasn't facetious... I was totally sincere)

My doctor is an excellent diagnostician. He prescribed something non addictive, relatively easy to stop, with minimal side effects. Since taking it, I feel normal... not jazzed or doped up. Just normal. The only weird thing I've noticed is a more relaxed attitude about spending money. But I've always been so cheap, the new attitude is probably closer to normal than my old attitude.

Once this is behind me, though, I'm hoping to slowly reduce the dose until I'm off it. That and a lot of other things will change. Thanks for pointing out what you said. Its well documented that antidepressents can remove the inhibitions that keep people from killing themselves... but I'm not really taking them for depression. I'm taking them for mental confusion caused by stress. So far so good.


Pat,
You have my cell. Call me some weekend and we can chat. Might be good for both of us.I know how you feel.

John
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