Can schizophrenia stop taking medicine?

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How long did you stoped them?

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As I said always ask a doctor and get approval before making changes to meds.

But about your job perhaps you should try to find something that suits you better

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Have you read to as how/why some recover? I’m remaining hopeful. Thank you.

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decisions … decisions … decisions

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I started tapering down in January, was off of them by mid February, and back in the hospital and completely out of my mind by March.

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Yes. I was on medication for only a few months. I have not been medicated for 16 months now.
If you do come off medication, do it be decreasing your dosage, do not abandon it spontaneously.

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This may also be with reading (read until the end)

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This article is very enlightening. I completely agree with it. I consider myself fortunate to be able to function without the medication

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Ironically those who come off medication of their own volition may not be the most functional . If you have low expectations you may think a certain level off meds is acceptable/ok while others will stay on meds because they expect more.

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its mad to stop taking meds…I always relapse when I do…its not a good isea

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Medicine is pretty useful anyways. Why would you want to stop taking medication without supervision?

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I’m one who can’t go off her meds. Every time I go off my meds, I relapse and end up on the psych ward every time. I’m on meds for life.

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I am too … but every now and then I feel like I can do it…, lol

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Touché and I agree.

When I ceased medicinal treatment, it was a joint decision with the mental health team

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When I went into remission I managed to stay off meds for 5 years. But then it came back and I’ve been on meds ever since. And each time I tried stopping it the results were I relapsed. So I’m pretty much on meds for a long long time.

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Do you hallucinate? I’m living with my hallucinations for now, but I am beginning to wonder if I should take the meds they want me to.

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Hello @Daisy2018 I do not hallucinate. The symptoms I struggle with predominately, are the negative symptoms. Previously, and to some extent today, I struggle with paranoia.

What medication are you on and for how long have you been taking them?