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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Nov 9, 2018, Mike_Duffy wrote   
   (in article<1749g79l5p7vz.lafasux1dite$.dlg@40tude.net>):   
      
   > On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 02:32:24 -0330, David Dalton wrote:   
   >   
   > > [...] allowing me to taper off my medication   
   > > without experiencing adverse effects.   
   >   
   > Why take the risk? You, both personally &  particularly, are not ashamed of   
   > being a mental patient. Surely you must know that going off mind meds is a   
   > very common mistake.   
   >   
   > Most of the time it leads to a personal shopping cart.   
      
   Psychiatric medication can have adverse physical effects and   
   reduce lifespan. If I did come off them it would be very   
   gradually and I would stop tapering at the first signs of   
   trouble, plus i would do it under the supervision of a   
   psychiatrist.   
      
   It is true that stopping meds suddenly can lead to trouble   
   as I observed in 1996. This is sometimes due to   
   withdrawal effects.   
      
   There is more information on this subject at   
   http://willhall.net/comingoffmeds/   
   which points to the PDF booklet   
   http://www.willhall.net/files/ComingOffPsychDrugsHarmReductGuide2Edonline.pdf   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “Don't get me wrong/If I come and go like fashion   
   I might be great tomorrow/But hopeless yesterday" (Chrissie Hynde)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)