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For me, I took Effexor for about 14 months. It was an absolute godsend. But I didn't need it anymore after a lot of therapy and the big stressors in my life ending (graduating nursing school, also breaking up with my ex). So I decided to stop after talking with my doc and therapist! Antidepressants don't have to be forever and the right one can make so much difference it's ridiculous.
I was going from totally bad OCD checking the oven every few hours (including when I should've been asleep) and really really dark thoughts and planning for those thoughts to relatively stable but very bummed out. It worked really well for me.
Hmm, that sounds familiar but I don't remember if I took that one. That whole period is just a haze. ECT is what finally brought me back.
Incredible what happens to mental illness when people's needs are taken care of
(yes not all the time blah blah bla) They definitely don't have to be forever, I've been off them for like two years.
Glad we are just bummed out now, much better. Its honestly miraculous. Now I just go outside and stare at the wonderful trees and clouds and all of it.