I usually do pretty good energy wise. But lately I have been feeling like resting and or sleeping all the time. I wonder if its caused by depression or if its from my medications. I take Cymbalta and abilify. Doctors have given me these to take because I had a suicide attempt about 10 months ago or so.
I dont feel suicidal. I dont know why they still have me on these meds. but if I dont take them they will probably send me to counseling or some crap like that.
anyway. I dont feel suicidal at the moment and havent for a long time now. But Now I feel tired all the time. I hate that because I want to be productive but the tiredness just makes me useless.
anybody here on those meds? do they make you tired and sleepy?? Should I stop taking them??
I guess the general suggestion by my doctor is that he wanted to keep me on these meds for one year and its only been like 10 months or so.
SO I guess I have a couple more months to go as far has he is concerned.
I hate taking these meds. Bla bla
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Hey phantoms, i feel u. I had cymbalta fot about 12 months. It made me tired too. But then again my depression manifests in lots of sleeping so, couldve been either really.
I always believe that some doctors want to keep us on these meds for ages.. i got tired of it and was feeling better so i started to reduce off of them slowly.
Not sure about the other meds. Sorry. I now take one called lexapro, its a bit lighter and works for me.
Im sure u have told ur doctor how ur feeling, but if not u should. After all u know what ur mind is really like.
Take it easy. Its a hard road, as u know. Keep up the artwork u do, i really love them.
Hey Soco, thanks for your input. Yeeah I also believe what you say that some of these doctors want to put people on strong meds and keep us on them for a long long time….. but I really dont agree with that. Some of these meds have side effects and other consequences… so my belief is to stay on them while you need them but to get off them when you no longer need them.
I think I will taper off them and see how it goes.
thanks
and thanks for the nice comments.
hello old buddy! well my advice would be if you don’t feel you need them cut back and stop them, keep your appointments don’t say anything and keep getting your refills, that way you have them handy if you change your mind, i was on Prozac long ago for the wrong reason though, i was having pain and didn’t realize what was the matter, thought i was going crazy, but they did help me get through a hard time, when i stopped taking them i felt better, so they did serve a purpose, i don’t think in my opinion that just because you needed something at one time to help your through that you should be stuck with them for life, i say get off of them and see how it goes? i’m taking the right stuff now for pain, but i even quit that for a while and felt better, long story but if you feel you don’t need them then find out 🙂
Hey Rocketman. I agree with what you say. YES I also do believe that meds can really help and they did help me a lot back when I was suicidal and going through major depression. But I also agree with you that just because I needed them back then doesn’t mean I need to be on them forever. I think these doctors just love to push meds on people and sometimes they over do it.
I have tried to talk to my doctor about it > but he is a big pill pusher. He said to me > whenever a person has a serious suicide attmept he like to keep them on meds for a good year. So that is where he stands on it. I am standing where I feel much better and dont think I need them anymore and I am tired of them making me tired all the time. SO I think I will do what you suggest and start tampering off them…. and see how it goes.
thanks buddy.
your welcome, i wouldn’t say it if i didn’t believe it, i’ve know people who get on them then increase them and it becomes a way of life, pretty soon they can’t even function anymore, we all go through a ruff time now and then, and a little help helps us get through it, once we’ve gotten through that ruff time it time to stop, bad example but let’s say things got bad lost your job and your mom said come live with me, that would be a great relief, now you could think about how to get back on your feet, and move back out, so the point i’m making is if you didn’t you would never get back on your feet and would be living with mom forever, ha ha! bad example but you see what i mean, don’t become dependent on something if you don’t have too.
Im not on meds and I always feel like sleeping all day long. Unless I got something productive to do like get drunk.
Why the misery of sleeping to much, dam I can’t get enough haha
hey soul sister. Yeah for me I guess I feel bad about myself if I cant be productive. SO that is why I am looking to not be sleepy all the time. I think its time for me to get off the meds.
I have never taken those. You can tell the doctor you want to taper off and he can’t stop you. It would be awfully irresponsible of him, in my opinion, to fail to advise you how to taper off properly.
I’m happy that the meds I take don’t generally cause tiredness or anything…. Like right now I decided to start taking them again about 6 days ago or so, and yes currently they are making me tired, but that’s what they did for the first little bit last time then it stopped.
Rocketman isn’t wrong about you being able to just stop taking your meds…. it’s always an option, not sure how withdrawals or anything will be, or if there will be any…. Maybe you could invest in a pill cutter, or just start spacing out doses more and more if you wanted to quit…. But first I would recommend a bit of research to see if you could experience symptoms of withdrawal first though…. Either way if they are possible, please do try to do what you can to avoid such things…. And also please don’t be alone while doing so…. I would imagine that it wouldn’t help at all to have a horrible withdrawal. I do hope that you’ll be okay ^-^
That’s why I believe the doctor would be irresponsible if he refuses to advise. He shouldn’t let a patient risk withdrawal.