Being taken off the antipsychotics by a doctor for a year made me realise that it was easier to cope being on them, I didn’t make a miraculous recovery being taken off them, it was harder. The experience made me realise the benefit of the medication. I no longer blame the pills for all my problems.
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Thanks - yes, that is what many people here say. Medicines are far from perfect, but for most people they are the best option. Just work with your doctor to find out the lowest effective dose for your body and brain.
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I use to take the anti approach to medicine and doctors, but being off the antipsychotics for a while kind of let me compare being on and off them. I am now more accepting of the medication.
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As far as I’m considered… off means withdrawal symptoms horrible sleepless delusional life and then collapsing on floor kicking air and death.
I can’t go off medication.
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I know I have to be on the med’s, but I still resent them because they weaken me so much. A lot of the things I used to do with ease I can’t do any more. Before I got on med’s, any time I felt like it I could do 2,000 repetitions on the jump rope, never missing, any time I felt like it. Now, it’s hard for me to do 200. It’s not just age. It’s the med’s. That ability would have stayed with me if I hadn’t taken the med’s. I know what happens when I get off the med’s, though.
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the meds can be seen as the lesser of two evils perhaps for many
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