Earthworm
06-01-12, 12:55
Hi all,
I've been away form this board for quite some time, it was a concious decision as I felt that continuously reading about it was actually feeding my anxiety and becoming counter productive to me "letting go". I must also say BTW that this forum has helped and saved me more times than I care to remember!
Anyway I digress .... I just wanted to let you all know that I have finally come off my Amitriptyline. If you search back I have posted a couple of times about coming and attempting to come off them but I have now finaly done it.
I was only on 10mg but have been for nearly 2 years and I really wanted to start 2012 "clean". I took it really slowly, 1/2 tabs (5mg) for a month and then 1/4 tabs (just a chip really) for another month, then on New Years Eve I took my last one (witha big glas of bubbly :D).
I have to say so far so good, I am still an axious person and I still get symtoms but hopefully now I can start to truly "accept" and try to move on. It's like taking the tablets every day was a constant reminder that I had anxiety & panic so how wasI ever going to put it out of my mind ... anyway I've gone on far too long, just thought some of you might be interested to know how I found my journey off the meds.
take care & good wishes to you all to be well in 2012!
Earthworm
xx
I've been away form this board for quite some time, it was a concious decision as I felt that continuously reading about it was actually feeding my anxiety and becoming counter productive to me "letting go". I must also say BTW that this forum has helped and saved me more times than I care to remember!
Anyway I digress .... I just wanted to let you all know that I have finally come off my Amitriptyline. If you search back I have posted a couple of times about coming and attempting to come off them but I have now finaly done it.
I was only on 10mg but have been for nearly 2 years and I really wanted to start 2012 "clean". I took it really slowly, 1/2 tabs (5mg) for a month and then 1/4 tabs (just a chip really) for another month, then on New Years Eve I took my last one (witha big glas of bubbly :D).
I have to say so far so good, I am still an axious person and I still get symtoms but hopefully now I can start to truly "accept" and try to move on. It's like taking the tablets every day was a constant reminder that I had anxiety & panic so how wasI ever going to put it out of my mind ... anyway I've gone on far too long, just thought some of you might be interested to know how I found my journey off the meds.
take care & good wishes to you all to be well in 2012!
Earthworm
xx