Hi everyone .
Just wanted to share my mental health experience .
I’m a 44 year old man . Always been healthy etc and never really gave my time or thought to ‘mental health’ .
In fact i was quite dismissive of it . I’d probably even said the classic ’ god pull yourself together’ when reading about it .
August 2020 i finally had enough ! I’d been hiding my health anxiety for 5 years and id reached breaking point !
i was convinced i had dementia and had planned on taking my own life .
after breaking down to my wife i started my journey of healing .
What an enlightening journey it has been . I did CBT , counselling and meditation . All a massive help .
My reason for writing is to share how woefully i was treated throughout by my local GP .
They put me on 20mg fluoxetine straight away . no explanation why this medication was chosen .
For weeks my anxiety was worse , the side effects were terrible . When i explained this to the GP their answer … increase my dose !!!
Anyway fast forward to now . ( I could go on for hours ranting 臘)
Asked my doctor how i could start to come off the medication . The answer and its content basically proved to me how inadequate they treat mental health issues . They dropped the 'normal bomb ’
this i copied from the doctors message
“gradual reduction in dose is not strictly necessary with fluoxetine, but i think it helps. i suggest you take 20mg for 2weeks then 10mg for 2weeks and then 10 mg alternate d ays for 1-2 weeks then stop. many people find their mood and emotions are more variable as they stop, but this is probably just a return to normal emotions.
Kind regards
Dr E Quarterman
Unity Practice”
The line 'return to normal emotions ’ just made me so angry .
what are peoples thoughts on what the doctor said ???