hi and welcome to the first ever episode
of ask mind with you are lovely youtube
viewers can ask us that like anything
you like about mental house whether it's
about a new medication need to start
taking or if you're not sure about what
right Kevin hospital or even if you just
want to know if it for your everyday
life
we're here to help you so onto our
first-ever question and this one is from Lilly
many she said and I am thinking about
coming off the medication I've been
taking the depression but i've heard
there might be withdrawal symptoms
is there anything I can do to help me cope
with the effects of withdrawal?
Well Lilly you are not alone we get asked this
one a lot on our info line.
There are lots of different reasons why you might want
to come off your medication but with withdrawal
can be a really difficult thing to go
through for a lot of people so it's not a
decision that can be taken lightly
everyone will have a different
experience but over the years we've talked
a lot of different people and there are
some things that we found that most
people can find help them look after
themselves when withdrawing from medication
so we put together our top five tips on
how to cope. if you want
to come off medication is important
to plan this please please please don't
just got suddenly a good idea to talk to
your doctor if you feel comfortable
doing this about things you could be to
help make withdrawal you do like you can
get to go slowly or you can switch to an
alternative medication before coming off
completely and remember there are some
drugs
it's actually quite dangerous to stop
taking suddenly. You can check out our
information on our website about
different types of medication to find
out more about yours
Tip number 2 is that different
drugs will have different withdrawal
symptoms and different people will
experience different symptoms too as our bodies
process medication quite differently
Lilly, i'm not sure what type of specific
medication you're on but you can look at
our alphabetical list of medications
online withdrawal symptoms that might
happen with your medication
you might find it easy to manage
symptoms if you know what to expect.
ok so tip number 3 is that it is really
good idea if you can to talk to friends
and family by the decision to come off
it might be good for them to know in advance
that they might need to look after your
little bit more if you're finding
withdrawal symptoms difficult and it's
always nice to people you care about
around you when making a
big decision. If you're worried about
your mental health problem coming back when you
stop taking medication your friends and
family can also help you stay aware of
how you're coping. If you don't feel ok
talking to friends and family about
stopping medication which is fair enough
some of us won't. You could try
looking for support group. You could try
you local Mind! Or you can look for
support online
we've got our own online
support community called Elefriends. You can check it out here.
Number 4
One of the most important things you can do is
remember to look after yourself you
going to do something really difficult
you might want to plant in some extra
time to do things to look after yourself
You could try some of our tips on relaxation we've got
here
number five remember to look after your
physical health too. Getting a good amount
of sleep easy well staying active even
if it's just a little bit can make a
really big difference to how you feel.
It might feel like a challenge to do this
stuff and you're going through
withdrawal
so you could do things like my cooking
up a batch of meals in advance and
putting them in the freezer when you
want them later or you can get some one
to come with you to go for a walk to
help you get out every day and get a bit
of fresh air
hopefully those are some useful ideas to
help you cope with the withdawal if I missed
anything
go ahead and leave your answers in the
comments below and if you want to know
more you can take a look at our website for
more information and you can check out
our other YouTube videos where you can
hear people talking about their
experiences of medication. Right I hope
thats helped Lilly. Best of luck and take care. Bye!