should i come off my prescription medication because my husband told me to?

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Katie
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i take an antidepressant, anti anxiety, and a prescription strength ibproufen. i need these meds but he doesnt want a pill popping wife. what should i do? keep taking them and risk a divorce from the love of my life or stop and go loopy and be in hurting?


Laurie
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Explain to him that if you had a heart condition, you would have to take heart medication. And the older he gets, the more pills he'll need to pop. These prescriptions aren't a luxury for you. They don't make you high. You need them to function. Whether he can't understand that, then he doesn't understand you.

Andrew
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Your husband sounds very misguided. He needs to be educated on the matter. he has no right to give you that ultimatum. It is not his decision to make.

Bball 33
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Two Questions? 1. would you jump off a cliff whether your husband told you to?
2. would you jump off a cliff whether you told yourself too?

Third... Is he the one causing the depression and anxiety?

♥MDH♥
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Is this something you do a lot during the day? Or is it just like a morning, mid afternon, evening thing? If it is the latter, your husband needs to understand that you take those because you need them. I would not precisely call you a tablet popper!

Biscut
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whether he cant accept you for who you are than you don't deserve scum like him besides. you were given this drugs for a reason and you need them to keep you in a state of mental and physical wellness. if your husband thinks you are a pill popper you need to have a little sit down and tell him what happens whether you come off these drugs. if he still wants you to stop you should dump him because you deserve someone who understands your medical needs and someone way more accepting.

Joni
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There is a difference between pill popping and taking medication that was prescribed by a physician.I take insulin every day. It doesn't make me a drug addict. If he cared approximately you, he would want you to be healthy and pain free. Have him go to the doctors with you and have the doctor explain to him why you need these meds. Whether this doesn't change his mind, continue to take the medication. Your health is more important than someone who doesn't care approximately it

ladyiris313
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Coming off some medications, anti-depressants for certain - must be done under medical supervision. Patients who are not weaned off medications properly can suffer serious adverse effects, and I trust he would not want to endanger you.

Perhaps you could take your husband with you to the doctor, so he can have any of his questions answered, and it could be a safe forum in which you could discuss your thoughts. There are pros and cons to every medication. Only You can know if you feel that the medications you are taking are helping you. You are in your own body, no one else is. Realize too that with all medications, you have options. Just because a physician prescribes one medicine for you, doesn't intend it is the Best selection. Again - read those insanely long handouts that come with your medications. Know the side effects, and know when you ought to call a physician. If you don't feel you are getting much from a medication, discuss it with your physician. She/he can recommend different prescription or non-prescription items. The more informed you are, and the more you are aware of how you feel and can articulate it to your physician, the more you can, hopefully, put your spouse's fears to rest. But, as others have said, in the end the decisions approximately your care rest with You, and only you. He may be attempting to force his will on you in this issue because he's afraid, or because he has control issues for which counseling may be the answer. If he doesn't want to go - go alone. The most critical issue may well be more about a marital power struggle, and learning how to navigate disagreements, while still honoring your own intellect and desires. Best of luck!

House825
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Ithe brain, like any other organ, gets sick too, and if you have found the correct medication that works for you - which can be fairly difficult - I would not stop taking them under anyone's advice apart from for my medical physician. I'm sorry that your husband does not understand your health situation Whether you stop the medication, you could end up in the hospital, which could be very, very expensive. It would not be worth it.

renee
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Firstly, you are not a tablet popper unless these meds are absolutely unnecessary or if you are abusing which i doubt you are doing either. He needs to realize that you have these meds for a reason. I have anxiety and my boyfriend felt similarly approximately me taking Zanax, but I do not abuse it and he doesnt have to deal with me crying to him 24/7. If he loves you and wants the best for you he will understand. Do not just come off of all your meds though just because he says to. Whether anything take him to the doctor with you and let him hear for himself.

Dr Frank
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He is your partner Not your master, Whether you need medical treatment it is no ones business than yours!

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