Dear Wanderingguy~
It's been a year or more since you were last here so welcome back. I'm not sure anyone can answer your question, as everyone is different. I've felt better with less of some medications and worse without others, all in all I trialed a fair few before settling on a combination that worked for me, and even that has to be 'tweaked' occasionally.
I don't think either that one can predict if your new feeling good will last. All I can say is that if your old medication was becoming ineffective I'd suggest it is time to have a talk with your doctor and see what suggestions are made. I've done this many times after giving a new regimen time to take hold, and there was always something else to try or adjust.
Going off a medication without supervision can be dangerous at times as the results are unpredictable. If your good feeling left suddenly you might be back at the stage of self-harm again. On one occasion tailing off one drug brought back my suicidal feelings very strongly, fortunately I was doing this in conjunction with my psychiatrist and it got sorted out quickly.
In my own case my circumstances had a pretty big effect on how I felt, and from your account of what has been happening to you I'd not be surprised if your medication might have needed altering to cope wiht the extra problems. anyway. Did you get a chance ot discuss this with you doctor?
I hope your good state remains and that your employment hassles have been sorted, please let us know
Croix
