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Who of you had to go on medications for yourself!!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 494732" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>I took Prozac for awhile when Oldest was a teenager. Things became more stable, and I stopped it. When Youngest became a teenager and her behavior was even worse than Oldest's, *and* both my parents became ill during the same time period, I crashed big time. Cymbalta pulled me out of a deep dark hole; I don't know what I would have done without it. I've been off it now for about 3 years, but earlier this year got an Rx for Xanax because of sleep issues and panic-attack-like symptoms at night (why is it all the "what-if" scenarios pop into my head when I'm trying to fall asleep?!) </p><p></p><p>The difference with the Cymbalta was not only that the medication helped even things out for me (moreso than the Prozac had done), but I began regularly seeing my own therapist at the same time. I think the combo of the medications and the therapy is what truly saved me. medications can help you get to the place where you can begin to work on your own issues. </p><p></p><p>If your husband is begging you to stay on something, I think you need to listen. Sometimes it's hard for us to see just how bad things are, when we're in the middle of it. The perspective of an outside person is a great help. And you also can't help your difficult child, if you're falling apart yourself. My therapist likens it to what the flight attendant says when you're on a plane: when the pressure drops and the oxygen masks drop down, put yours on *first* before assisting other passengers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 494732, member: 1157"] I took Prozac for awhile when Oldest was a teenager. Things became more stable, and I stopped it. When Youngest became a teenager and her behavior was even worse than Oldest's, *and* both my parents became ill during the same time period, I crashed big time. Cymbalta pulled me out of a deep dark hole; I don't know what I would have done without it. I've been off it now for about 3 years, but earlier this year got an Rx for Xanax because of sleep issues and panic-attack-like symptoms at night (why is it all the "what-if" scenarios pop into my head when I'm trying to fall asleep?!) The difference with the Cymbalta was not only that the medication helped even things out for me (moreso than the Prozac had done), but I began regularly seeing my own therapist at the same time. I think the combo of the medications and the therapy is what truly saved me. medications can help you get to the place where you can begin to work on your own issues. If your husband is begging you to stay on something, I think you need to listen. Sometimes it's hard for us to see just how bad things are, when we're in the middle of it. The perspective of an outside person is a great help. And you also can't help your difficult child, if you're falling apart yourself. My therapist likens it to what the flight attendant says when you're on a plane: when the pressure drops and the oxygen masks drop down, put yours on *first* before assisting other passengers. [/QUOTE]
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