It's been about 7 or 8 weeks since I weaned myself off these horrible meds. The sad part is, I don't feel a whole lot different emotionally without them. The total effect of the meds was miniscule, but the side effects were  accumulative and horrific. I was a zombie,had no energy, had no interest in doing anything, wanted to sleep all the time, I was tired all the time – hey, waitaminute, that sounds like deprression!! Yes, after a number of years, the meds made me feel worse! And nobody said, "hey, maybe it's time to wean you off of these," it was never even mentioned! I feel better than I have in years!

At  some point, when I told my doctor that my life had changed drastically from when I first started with these meds, he should have suggested that perhaps I didn't need them? I went from living in a 20 foot travel trailer with no life and no prospects to being happily married, we have a nice house, two dogs, 3 birds, and there is partridge in that pear tree ; life isn't perfect, it never is, but it's a far cry from the crapstorm that was my life a few years ago. I don't feel like a kid again, but I have energy and interests and projects that I'm doing around the house that I've been putting off for years.

How about you? Are you being over-medicated? The meds are a temporary crutch, not a long term solution. I should have been off of them 5 or 6 years ago. Just because it's a non-addictive, non-narcotic doesn't mean you should take them every day for the rest of your life. It took me 3 or 4 months to wean myself off of these, and it was worth it!!