Gonna Stop Meds!

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I think you are making a mistake, I was off meds for 4 years and it was hell.

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i have a feeling you will come to realize life on meds is ok.

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If you could cure sz through exercise and ā€œnatural livingā€ then it wouldnā€™t be known as one of the worst mental illnesses to have anymore because everyone would be able to cure themselves. There is no going back to normal once you have sz. This is a very painful truth to realize but an important one.

In my experience the closest I ever came to feeling ā€œnormalā€ was when I was on Risperidone.

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Please donā€™t stop taking your meds

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How long have you been on meds? You need to give it awhile to get used to them and stabilize.

You have a kid. You need to be responsible with your health. At the very least, give yourself a good trial on the meds and then ask a doctor to wean you off and check you regularly.

Everybody wants to live happily and naturally, fact is, for most of us itā€™s going to be one and not the other, and for me, itā€™s better living through chemistry.

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You know the risks already so I wonā€™t write them down. I hope it goes works out for you. Personally itā€™s a gamble that I will never take but god gave us free will so good luck.

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For the people who successfully come off meds, this is how they do it. First, they stay on their meds until they have been stable on the same dose for at least a year and a half. Then, they work closely with their doctor to wean themselves off slowly. They schedule extra therapy appointments so they can be closely monitored. It can take a year or more to come completely off meds, but if you want any chance of being successful, this is the only way to do it.

I tried stopping my meds on my own because I thought it was just the placebo effect and I could stay stable through a healthy diet and good routine. I was very wrong. I ended up back in the hospital a few months later, and now I need twice my original dose just to achieve the same level of stability. I have more side effects now. Donā€™t make my mistake.

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I second this. If you really want to come off take your pdoc advice on how to do it. try not to do it on your own ā€¦ I was stable for 7 years before I decided to wean off and with my pdocs help.

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Ok understood the risk of it. I am gonna go with my decision due to the gut feeling that the episodes are totally related to relationships. I am gonna be aware of it and be of utmost care to not jeopardize it. But however the name is already lost for the fact that i look like doped most of the time. With meds All the advice sounds valid. But in my experience its given me more trouble and tied me down. I have not felt safe with meds. It would not sound right if i tell it to anyone who religiously follow meds or to pdoc.

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@Melomaniac Try injections instead of the pill. It works for me. :wink:

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The mind is fixed now on no meds in whatever form. No meds gives me the freedom to think and choose the thoughts wisely. So its not that nothing is working for me.

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@Ninjastar, I want to contact / know about the person who successfully comes off meds.

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@Melomaniac, you are wrong, wrong and wrong. Take care!!!

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Aku I heard this one many times and i am not gonna shy away from the decision. You too take careā€¦

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I religiously following my pdoc because of the liabilities and loans and the insurance.

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Me too follow my decision religiously for the same. On meds I am suicidal.

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Iā€™ve went off my meds twice, decided I couldnā€™t put my family through that again,and I like my job. So I will stay on meds a long as I can possibly stand the side effects. Itā€™s not just about us we have to consider our loved ones.

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There are a lot of different kinds of medicine. But the doctor decides it for us.

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Good luck. But what I would suggest doing is making a list of any warning signs that show you could be going downhill, and recognise the risks involved! And please discuss withdrawal effects with your pdoc and tapering off properly rather than just stopping all together :slight_smile: best wishes

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As of now i donā€™t have any loved ones. All are weary of me. Due to fact that during episodes and on meds i acted so weird and isolated myself. But i dont want to get into that deep. just want to live a normal life atleast to be among the crowd than end up homeless. I want to make loved ones. Even my mom sometimes sounds so rude to be maybe i assume. But anyways the decision is final and will reinforce the positive.