tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129204094501745986.post5186354630420038303..comments2023-07-25T02:57:51.935-07:00Comments on justAna: Being on psych-drug has affected your lives?Anahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02889189418315180865noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129204094501745986.post-62767693366101385142008-12-08T07:50:00.000-08:002008-12-08T07:50:00.000-08:00Yes, time!Thank you Gianna.Yes, time!<BR/>Thank you Gianna.Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889189418315180865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129204094501745986.post-42910382882775331462008-12-08T07:13:00.000-08:002008-12-08T07:13:00.000-08:00as you know, I feel the same too Ana,they drugs ha...as you know, I feel the same too Ana,<BR/>they drugs have destroyed my life...<BR/><BR/>but I do believe we can heal from them in large part...it just takes a very long time...Monica Cassanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969938853749704756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129204094501745986.post-15363815151832812372008-12-05T07:40:00.000-08:002008-12-05T07:40:00.000-08:00Thank you very much for sharing your worries.I fee...Thank you very much for sharing your worries.<BR/>I feel the same.<BR/>It seems that it's very hard for others to understand how deep side effects affect us.<BR/>I have no doubts that I've suffered permanent damages and what scares me the most is that I still have to take some drugs due to withdrawal problems.<BR/>As I'm pushing 50 and time has already started it's process -since we were born - and sometimes I have to check with friends what is due to aging and what has to due with psych-drugs side effects.<BR/>It's scary not knowing how these drugs will affect me from now on.Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889189418315180865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129204094501745986.post-52218031963369859462008-12-04T06:46:00.000-08:002008-12-04T06:46:00.000-08:00Yes, I am convinced I lost ability in speech, I ac...Yes, I am convinced I lost ability in speech, I act like a stroke victim half the time cannot find the right words when I speak, so I stop til I find the right word. <BR/><BR/>I know I have more violent mood swings, and think that is also the reason, I mean, they go up and down quicker, but they are more in depth. <BR/><BR/>I am also borderline diabetic from the weight gain from the drugs... and that has just gone away because of all the weight I lost this year. <BR/><BR/>Glad to see you blogging again Ana, I missed you for the day or so you were off. <BR/><BR/>((((((ANA)))))susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129204094501745986.post-29150281400238287932008-12-04T01:45:00.000-08:002008-12-04T01:45:00.000-08:00yes, and sometimes i worry i will never be the sam...yes, and sometimes i worry i will never be the same again. i have been on of xanax since 1999 and i have no idea what i lost as a result. and lamictal since 2006.<BR/>slowly removing them as i can handle the withdrawals. but the whole experience and with my daughter as well, is connected...and some days i feel disabled from it, non functioning, and flat.soulful sepulcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271584927611299868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129204094501745986.post-40655538379261667322008-12-03T16:25:00.000-08:002008-12-03T16:25:00.000-08:00Undoudtedly the side effects are beyond imaginatio...Undoudtedly the side effects are beyond imagination. If I hadn't taken some medications myself I'd never believe the strangeness of all that. Only those who have experienced psychiatric drugs can relate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129204094501745986.post-66793940162477045092008-12-03T07:16:00.000-08:002008-12-03T07:16:00.000-08:00Ana,I agree with you. I was blessed too with find...Ana,<BR/><BR/>I agree with you. I was blessed too with finding a good psychiatrist, but it was two years of trial and error.<BR/><BR/>My weight gain was the hardest and having an eating disorder made it much more complicated, but now my medications don't cause weight gain. In jeans, I went from a size 24 to 30 and my bra size went from a 34 barely A to 36D. What an adjustment.<BR/><BR/>I also had problems with lactation, triglycerides and cholesterol.<BR/><BR/>Unless you've been there, I don't think that anyone can truely understand the feeling of being out of control with these side effects.<BR/><BR/>I'm medications are stable with minimal side effects; however, they are not as effective with my symptoms.<BR/><BR/>This, for now, is as good as it gets. But, at least, it is not anticipated that I will need them forever.Cluelesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133271403456164632noreply@blogger.com