Being Honest

Gang, so that I don't just appear to be an exercise crazed person, I want to come clean about another motivation for me to exercise. I'm hoping to drop more than just my recently discontinued blood pressure meds. I have talked at length with one of my physicians and discussed the possibility of going off my antidepressant for the first time in years. We discussed a dosage lowering schedule and the importance of exercise shown in studies to be about equally effective in battling depression as medication.

I'm not suggesting this to anyone else! My attempt may fail, but I really want to give it a try. I've been on the medication for years due to my medical illness and also some top level dysfunctional extended family. My immediate family is wonderful, but many of the others are truly the template for high drama TV and psychiatric doctoral thesis material!

So, I have double the motivation to exercise.... getting healthier and losing weight and hopefully dropping another medication. So, there it is. Wish me luck!

Good luck!  I am tapering off my antidepressant also.  I was ready to come off in March but my surgeon wanted me to continue until post-op.  I talked with my pharmacist about a schedule to taper off and it seems to be working.  Now, if only the scale would cooperate I would be on top of the world! Denise

Good Luck to you, too! : )

I think that you can do any thing you put your mind to! You are a motivation to others!!!

Thanks, Pattye! I sure hope I can do this. I'm going to try really hard. ; )

Prayers are with ya on your new enduvour,,,.. I havent taken my antidepressants for about a month now.   Good luck to you

I'm so happy for you! I hope all of us that are making, or have made this change, are totally successful! 

Your honesty with all of us it very touching. I wish you the best of luck. Nothing but positive thoughts and blessings. Cindy

Thank you so much!

Good luck!  They will probably bury me with my prozac but I firmly believe that exercise is key in fighting depression and just over all well being.  Dogs (and I know we aren't dogs) that don't exercise are usually psychologically impaired, nervous and neurotic.  Instead of jumping around and acting goofy, I think humans turn that energy inward and it becomes depression.

If your attempt succeeds-great  If it doesn't-it was just something that you tried that didn't work, it' not a moral failing or anything like that.   I've actually learned more from a spectacular failure than an easy success.....LOL.