Day 84- DRUG FREE!

[Bunny Berry]

Thank you so much for all of your love, light, encouragement, happiness, prayers, reiki, etc over the weekend. I really needed it. I have been battling some demons that I wish I had never messed with, and now it's time to get them out of my life for good.

I have made a major life decision. One that I can only make for myself, and one that I am not in any way suggesting for you. This is a decision I had to make for myself, by myself, and to myself. I have decided to try to go 100% prescription drug free.

I am a drug addict. I have been relying on anti-depressants since my son was born back in 2004 (which I think that I legitimately needed), but that has led not only to anti-depressants, but to other drugs to mask the symptoms of the anti-depressants. I have taken every sleeping pill on the market, and am currently taking the generic version of Klonopin for anxiety and sleep. My doctor prescribes me 60 MG of Cymbalta (30 count), and then gives me 2 MG of Klonopin (45 count).

And if we're going to go ahead and be perfectly honest here, sometimes I take more Klonopin than I should and get my family doctor to give the occasional sleeping pill or anxiety med. Oh yeah, I'm hitting up two doctors and two pharmacies some months when my insomnia is bad enough.

Wanna know why I'm always bloated? Drugs. Want to know why I can't get rid of the weight? Drugs.

PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS.

I may risk friendships here, but it's true. In fact, today, I think I already have lost a friend. Sure that won't be the last. This weekend, I stayed in bed and wept over this. And then I got up, and cut all my antidepressants into weanable portions, and recapsuled them. God told me to use exercise as my anti-depressant. He told me to use love as my anti-depressant. It's time for me to start using exercise as my anti-depressant. It's time for me to start using love as my anti-depressant. Laughter as medicine. Whatever it takes, I'm going to try it the drug free way.

As I sat there thinking about my life, I was also thinking about you. Your health, and how we've been teaching moderation. C'mon you guys, it's time to start getting serious about our health. I started working on the next 100 Day Challenge. And it's not going to look like the first. There is going to be *gasp* exercise involved. We're going to set goals, and we're going to ACHIEVE THEM. We're going to SEE RESULTS!

The next 100 Days of RawFu are going to take a new turn. And we're all going to be happier for it.

Here's to a DRUG FREE LIFE. Thanks for giving me the courage to do it!

[Helen]

Way to go Bunny!! Remember the feeling that you had when you decided to take control of this and deal with your way and not the doctor's way. Remember that feeling over the next 6 weeks, feel it often and you will get through it.

Lots of Love to you.

[Frances Worster]

You are right, drugs on top of drugs, and we rarely re-assess our prescriptions to see if they're still serving us. You are an inspiration. HOWEVER, if you do all the talk therapy, exercise, hormones checks, etc., and your still not able to feel like "yourself" or you're still in the hole, it's time for another re-assessment. I do believe that we are over-prescribed medications, (which should be the last resort), but I also believe that some people do need meds (ie. schizophrenics, for example) if nothing else works. Do what YOU NEED, only you can discover what that is.

[Cathy and Bella Bishop]

Baby, If Dr. B is on your side, you're FINE!!! I only wish I had the courage you have - I am currently still on 4 prescription drugs that I have been taking for 10+ years. Dr. B is the REAL DEAL - he won't fill your head with a bunch of crap and he will guide you on your road to healing. I can't wait for us to have a chance to discuss all this at the beach this weekend! Love you, and just remember: BREATHE.....

Bunny Berry said:

Hey, thank you and Antony for all of your concern about weaning. I'm actually seeing my psychiastrist once a week during my weening process (which could take as long as 6 weeks or more). My psychiatrist is actually very supportive of me going off of the drugs and trying natural approaches. He says that if half of his patients walked for an hour a day, they wouldn't need their medication.

When I asked him about the other half, he just laughed. You'll all love Dr. B. Wouldn't they, Cathy?

[Terry]

I knew this would be your next step. It's the logical one for you to take (or maybe more correctly, the "heartfelt" one) on your raw journey.

We just have to make that shift in our own minds to be willing to walk that path that may seem a bit scary.

Good for you :-)

XOXO

[Lowanna]

This is amazing and something great to celebrate!!
Yay to raw for giving you the clarity to see your beautiful path.
So much Love to you from the both of us...For me, I've found exercise in a big way in the last 2 months. I am doing it in joy as when I got to a place that I was honoring the body it became play, its magic and nothing but fun and exciting to see how my whole being is changing as I "work-it"..So different from my past "bad attitude/wrong thinking"

Power to you wonderful Bunny for taking yourself by your own hand. YAY for your willingness to sit in the fire of transformation xoxoxoBlessingsxoxoxo

[flower]

Hi Bunny,
The Doctor put My 15 year old son on anti depressive meds a few years ago after I found out I had breast cancer as we were all scard about what the outcome would be and he was worried besides I couldnt aford the 35.00 copays from my health insurence for counsling and so the doctor put him on anti desressive meds...Anyway he is off them now but wants to join the miltary and he is now having a hard time getting in because he took meds for 6 months....Anyway his ex girl friend is still taking them to... It seems like that is the thing now.... GIVE YOUR TEENAGER MEDS TO COPE......What is happining to our children..... SAVE THE CHILDREN!!!!!! FLOWER