I’ve been doing really great the last few months. I felt I was finally on a med regimen that was highly effective. I’ve been very consistent with my medication, never skipping a dose.
Trouble is, in the last couple of weeks, I’ve experienced a great deal of stress due to issues in my family. On top of that my brother stole something very valuable to me and very expensive and I may never get it back, which is what added to my already increased levels of stress. I am now suddenly seeing a resurgence in symptoms like coincidences (ideas of reference, I believe it’s called), as well as mild paranoia (people seem to be responding to my thoughts). I’m also getting a lot of headaches. Nothing about my medication regimen has changed.
Why would my medication just suddenly stop being effective like this? Could it be the stress that has caused this?
Stress definitely makes me worse. If I know the stress will be happening for an extended period of time, I usually ask to temporarily increase my dose until the stress is resolved. If the stress is something I can change through my actions, I take the steps I need to lower my stress. If I know the stress will be over in a month or less, I usually just tough it out with maybe extra therapy, or calls to the crisis line.