Do you think you will take meds forever?

Medications
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I just don’t know. I hope I don’t get TD.

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Wish i never started meds they screw me up

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Not forever because one day I will die, but as long as I live, definitely.

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I’ll be taking meds forever. I just hope something better comes along though. I might try rexulti when it becomes available in Europe.

I tried coming off meds and lasted 2 years. I was barely coping during those 2 years. Then ended up psychotic in hospital.

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I think I will be taking meds for as long as I live. I tried to go without and that failed

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Probably for life. I feel better on them.

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Can you elaborate on why you think the meds screwed you up?

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Yes. I’ll take meds everyday until the day I die. It would be selfish and dangerous to people around me if I did not.

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Dont believe in meds wish my doc can lean me off them

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I will not take the risk of trying to stop again, I’m a lifer.

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i hope so, srs,1.2,1.2

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I couldn’t take Geodon since last month (bad side effects) so I’m off an antipsychotic until the end of this month.
I think I’m doing alright, but still have paranoia of course and paranoid thoughts.

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Your doctor didn’t give you something else? Or are you waiting for an appointment?

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I didn’t get anything in its place prescribed.
I’m waiting for the appointment at the end of the month.
The mental health clinic here is not run right.

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That doesn’t seem right to just let you hang like that I know my pdoc would call something else in then I could report to him at the appointment how it’s working. You might try calling them and letting them know,hope you find something good.

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i hope i don’t get TD also i was afraid i had it because i move my tongue through my sharp tooth gap a lot but i can control it and i think it is just a mental thing
i will probably take meds forever i have a little bit of symptoms even on meds and i fear i might relapse because i switched meds but if this med doesn’t work out i will probably just not take meds until i am really slim and than try one that wont make me gain weight

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I told my psychologist and they know about it, but the Psychiatrist is one of those Skype doctors that you can’t really get in contact with…they went on vacation for a month.

Oh well.

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I have tried coming off meds. Couldn’t do it.

I think I am a lifer.

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Probably, given that every time I’ve tried to go off meds in the past it’s ended very poorly

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@everhopeful how did you feel during the time off meds? Were your delusions constant or did they change from day to day, time to time? Did you have any extreme stress before the admission or your health gradually went down the hill? I have been off meds for 4months now. Getting worse. The alco I drunk couple weeks ago might have been a trigger. Do you think I can come back to balance without meds? Or I am rather on the straight line to the hospital now? Thanks.