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Being The Best Me


Sometimes the Best Me I can be is the one that gets out of bed and remembers to eat lunch. And that's okay. Honest.

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Free As A Bird


It's been a while since I came off my anti-depressants so I thought I'd write an update on how I feel now they are out of my system and I'm going it alone.

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Going Down


Two weeks into my six week plan to get off my medication - how's it going? Good. I think. This fortnight has seen me alternating between taking my full dosage and just half dosage each night, slowly trying to get my body to adjust to having less and less Duloxetine in my system. Overall it… Continue reading Going Down

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The Beginning Of The End


Today I went to see my doctor and we set up a six week plan to wean me off my anti-depressants. The Duloxetine has been a game-changer for me. After the disaster that was my last round of Citalopram, I was resigned to the feeling that I'd have to be medicated forever. Then I started… Continue reading The Beginning Of The End