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[Mskitty21]

Starting new meds again 🙄 I’m going back to the one I used to use and worked for so long. I’m just not looking forward to the challenges changing meds brings.

My Dr said I probably need to go back to therapy every week or every other week. That kinda freaked me out some cuz generally I do ok. But I guess since I’ve been struggling it makes sense. I’m thinking of changing and going to a new therapist as well 😰 Even tho I’ve had my current one for about 18 yrs I kinda feel like MAYBE I need a new perspective. Plus she only does phone calls and I do miss the in person.

Also, we went to the funeral of my husbands coworker that unalived himself. It was really awful and extremely sad. I was glad I went just to be supportive of my hubby and the young man’s family. It was also a reminder to keep trying and to keep going. 🩷

[Agora1]

Mskitty21, it had to be a very difficult day for your husband, you and the young man's

family.

I wish you well in going back on medication. I think that might be a good idea to start

with a clean slate by seeking a new therapist. Medication has just a band-aid effect,

while therapy addresses the deeper issues. Keep trying and keep believing that this

too shall pass and one day you will see the results of you getting better. xx

[Mskitty21 in reply to Agora1]

Thanks for the encouragement and kind words 🩷

It’s hard for me to think about seeing a new therapist but for some reason it feels right. Mine is getting older and doesn’t wanna do as many appts.

I know it’ll pass and am just very grateful for the better days 🩷

[AnxiousSilver]

"Starting new meds again 🙄 I’m going back to the one I used to use and worked for so long."

You know what.. I wanna share something with you.

A female friend of mine from around 2013-2015-ish hits the wall hard with problems.

She's going through setback after setback after setback, and I was trying my best to help with what I could.

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Anyway.. She changed her, "tried and true med", and went on the med merry go round during that time. She was changing doctors, psychs, and therapists. She also has a very supportive husband.

But to make a very long story short, she ended up back on the tried and true pill that worked for her.

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Why she needed to make a med change in the first place? (was it life stress, was it hormones with getting older, was it both - I don't know)

What I can tell you is that her psych looks at her long chart, and says, "You know what, let's just give the tried and true pill that you changed earlier another chance".

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Quick side note - To anyone else reading this, if you are fine with your meds, please stay with what you currently have, because the med merry go round isn't fun.

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But.. You know what, for whatever reason, that ended up being the fix. (I think she was doing therapy too, but I know for sure the switch back to her, "tried and true pill" had a lot to do with it)

& Hopefully the same thing happens for you as well.

[Mskitty21 in reply to AnxiousSilver]

Thank you 🥹 The merry go round has been rough to say the least. I’m hoping with being off the ‘tried and true’ meds for a year will kind of give them a new beginning… like a restart.

I hit that hard wall last year and that’s when I started to try different meds… it’s been a struggle.

I also talked to my therapist today about if maybe I should seek other help… that I may be too much for her right now and didn’t want to hold her up from retiring. She said she is absolutely, 100% here for me and always will be. I am her client and she’s not going anywhere… it was so touching that it made me cry. She has truly truly truly always been there for me 🩷

I appreciate you sharing with me so much. Any and all encouragement helps me tremendously 😊

Thanks AnxiousSilver😊

[AnxiousSilver in reply to Mskitty21]

"Thank you 🥹 The merry go round has been rough to say the least. I’m hoping with being off the ‘tried and true’ meds for a year will kind of give them a new beginning… like a restart. "

I remember it plain as day.

I forgot how many meds that she switched from during that time, but when I heard her psych suggesting (after her appt), "Let's go back to the tried and true med", I literally talked to her husband aside after I heard the news and told him, "Wait you're gonna go along with this? That med stopped working in the first place. Why would you want to go back to that?"

Her husband said something along the lines of, "Her psych said it's happened with other patients that have been off a med for a while, and came back".

It was my friend's call on whether to go back. Her husband was supportive of her decision, and I give her credit for doing it.

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Here.. I've heard of people that went off of their meds before, time goes by, and they needed to go back on their meds again.

So when you look at it like that, it kinda makes sense why it would work.

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But she was the first and only person that I knew that changed meds, goes on the merry go round with her meds, and eventually ended up back at the first pill being the answer. (I guess enough time passed by, but it worked out)

& Again.. I hope the same thing works out for you too.

[Mskitty21 in reply to AnxiousSilver]

I am hopeful. Anxiety today but that’s from switching and I have good techniques I’ve learned over the past year to deal with it.

Pls keep your fingers crossed for me 🩷