Coming off the antipsychotics when the psychiatrist thinks it’s ok to. I mean people say if it’s working why change things. I feel so stupid to come off them. And I have no access to a psychiatrist to get back on them if needed. Will have to go through a gp referral.
My psy was ok with it and I went off for a year. I instantly became paranoid, delusional and was hallucinating. I ended up in mental hospital after trying to kill myself after a year.
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Hence why I feel i made the wrong decision in the middle of a lockdown and no direct access to mental health services besides a psychologist but she can’t prescribe meds
I think you will have the insight now to know how much you get paranoia and anxiety, so I think you could do ok coming off meds. Even if you did start to become paranoid you could talk to your psychiatrist before anything major happens. It might be a bit hit and miss though, I had to come off meds for 11 days recently and I started getting really stressed out.
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Maybe you will be ok if you don’t have severe SZ like me. During that year I was sure that I was Jesus, did miracles and that jews were trying to kill me. They tried to poison my thermos with radioactive poison. I called 911 and emailed the FBI many times. They were about to arrest me for harrassment.
Also I threatened a jew on FB, federal agents came to my house to arrest me. I thought he was controlling my mind and kill me remotely. My brothers told them I have SZ and I am not taking my meds. They told me take your meds and stop threatening ppl online.
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I’m gonna start sertraline in the next few weeks hopefully that doesn’t land me in any kind of trouble. I guess i can try be alert for symptoms so I can take quicker action.
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That being said there are plenty of people with a psychosis dx that are well recovered off meds. I think it is when you get into sz territory that it gets a bit more complicated.
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I am sorry that sounds very distressing for you 
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Yes, these illnesses are unpredictable though. I have my fingers crossed that nothing happens during the lockdown at least
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You know yourself better. Maybe you can have emergency pills only. My psy prescribed me emergency pills on top of my regular antipsychotic.
You will be much better if you can function without meds. Few SZs can do that.
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I don’t think of meds as a bad thing, I mean if you have an option to feel some sort of relief then why would one not take it. But again everyone is different.
For me they cause severe negative symptoms. I can’t have a life but its still better than killing myself and other ppl.
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Meds don’t cause negative symptoms. They give you side effects.
The tablets just don’t do great job at treating them.
My experience is that you have to overcome these things on a personal level for them to get any better.
Feeling sorry for your self is only going to make you worse and put a block up to improving yourself
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