Originally Posted by
Belleblue
Hi Monostitch,
I quite agree that I myself didn't give it a fair trial and that folks in general give up too easily with these meds.
The two things for me were - I felt intuitively that I would pack on the pounds and I know this would cause me a degree of self loathing. I'm not skinny and I love my food and refuse at the grand old age of 59 to succumb to some stereotype of what I "ought" to look like - so I'm not particularly vain. But for all of my life I've gone around in a light body - I don't know if you can understand that. Anytime I've put on some excess weight I've hated the feeling of heaviness that the weight brings with it.
The other thing was that I didn't like the feeling of being "put to sleep" by it. I know this gets better as times goes on - but the sedation factor remains. I feel I would rather take something in the morning/daytime and fall asleep naturally at night. For me it had something of a chemical cosh about it - which made me uneasy. I'm not sure the trade off for me would be worth it in the long run.
I'm quite willing to believe that my thoughts on this med have gone a little out of perspective and I've just scared myself off it - and I may feel different in a few days time. You know what they say "don't believe everything you think".
Take care now.
BB xx