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Sickeningly Numb by ~foxyfennec:iconfoxyfennec:

Categories Anthro > Traditional Media > Drawings

©2005-2009 ~foxyfennec
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Anyone who's ever been put on anti-depressants against their own will can understand where I'm coming from.
I was put on meds about ten years ago. Since I'm done with college and am on my own, I made the decision to stop taking the medication. I never wanted it nor thought I needed it in the first place. I guess when money is at stake, doctors can confuse teenage angst for depression. -_-

Anti-depressants are addictive.
Once you stop taking them, your body goes into withdrawl. You feel like you're losing your mind; like you'll never be happy again.
Even though I was feeling the withdrawl symptoms, I could feel my old self, the "real" me fighting to escape. And that's pretty much where I am at now - I'm fighting. Fighting awful thoughts and feelings and fighting to just be okay. It's a long road; I'm only half-way there.

So, this picture was created out of a need to express how I felt as I was cutting back dosage. I didn't want to take the pills, but I couldn't just stop taking them, cold-turkey.

It's awful, but I'm a fighter. I'll never quit.

~inks done with Micron 05; color via Prismacolor markers

Juliana Fennec (c) S.Miller 2005

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~angelslie Mar 23, 2005, 6:03:41 PM
AWESOME, Love.
She's so beautifull!
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~m00n-l1ght Mar 23, 2005, 6:04:56 PM
me like it ^^

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What does not kill me, makes me stronger.
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~angelslie Mar 23, 2005, 6:06:04 PM
Don't give up hope.. just look forward to being you again and not someone else... you can hold on, I know it.

If you ever need someone to talk to.. send me a note, ok?
I'll always listen to a friend, promise.
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~Lysozyme Mar 23, 2005, 6:07:39 PM
Not recommended to stop them cold-turkey. They need to be tapered off.

The fewer meds, the better :hug:
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=midnightfury Mar 23, 2005, 6:08:35 PM
I know exactly how you feel. I was also put on antidepressants against my will as a teenager. It badly affected my mind, which is something I'm left to suffer with now that I've been off them for several years. I have the real me... but I'll never really have my mind back...

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~foxyfennec Mar 23, 2005, 6:12:26 PM
Thank you sweetie *hugs* That's so kind of you ^_^

I really appreciate it.
Things are looking better... today was the first day I wasn't upset, so it's going well now :)
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~HybridProjectAlpha Mar 23, 2005, 6:14:49 PM
Think happy thoughts

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Impia tortorum longos hic turba furores
Sanguinis innocui, non satiata, aluit.
Sospite nunc patria, fracto nunc funeris antro,
Mors ubi dira fuit vita salusque patent.
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~Shazzbaa Mar 23, 2005, 6:41:17 PM
Your strength is inspiring. Don't give up. :hug:

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~Fish-Gutz12 Mar 23, 2005, 6:51:11 PM
This is wonderful. :)

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Eyes as gray as brooding clouds...
Tears that fall like rain in Autumn...
Golden hair that dances 'round her shoulders
Like the last rays of the sun
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~XenophonicScream Mar 23, 2005, 6:51:26 PM
I know EXACTLY how you feel -______-

I hate the feeling of knowing that my mental and emotional stability depends on a little pill. Hate it.

rawr.

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Doesn't take her long to make things right, but does it make her wrong to have the time of her life?

I like the way you still say please when you're looking up at me, you're like my favorite damn disease.
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