For like a couple months now I’ve had these intrusive thoughts daily telling me I need to stop taking my medication. I try going to my family with concerns about it but they mostly just get mad at me without offering any advice. Its really annoying and I feel like I’m getting more likely to listen to it as time goes on because it annoys me. Idk what to do, anyone have any advice or anything 
What do you want your family to do?
We will listen if you want to talk about the thoughts, but the response is pretty much going to be take your meds or things will get worse.
i suppose its really a case of my intrusive thoughts not being under control at all, and lately its been about medication. Having people to listen and sort of reassure is always helpful, I just don’t really have anywhere to find that irl because my family just gets mad at me
Right, but what do you want them to do? Listen to the thoughts and then tell you it’s OK, put it out of your mind, take your meds? If they don’t know what to do, that could be why they are getting mad.
Plus if it happens a lot, they might be frustrated by the same thing again and again. However, we know how it is here, and you can post about it as you need to.
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maybe your family doesn’t understand that not wanting to take your meds is a symptom. It probably just gets old for them to hear it all the time. I’m sure my husband is sick to death of me saying I’m not taking my meds anymore every gosh darn day. It’s just one of those annoyances that goes along with this ■■■■. But you do realize you have to keep taking the crap anyway right?
Don’t listen to the intrusive thoughts. Keep taking the meds. 
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A big part of me is aware I really need to take it and am scared to not take it, but then these thoughts come and wont leave me alone about them and tell me I need to stop taking it. I think part of it is that even tho I know im schizophrenic part of me obsessed over whether the diagnosis was correct and thinks maybe if I go off my medication that would confirm it either way even though I know thats stupid and would only hurt me. I d k, I know how stupid and crazy i sound but it drives me nuts. Theres only really one person Ive talked to about going off them more than once (my mom) but even the first time she was more threatening about it than reassuring, and I know that comes from a place of love and not wanting me to hurt myself but my stupid brain wont listen to people when theyre like that
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I know exactly how you feel! It’s hard honey. I just want to stop and go back to normal, but there is no normal to go back to. We have to remember that. THERE IS NO GOING BACK. If we get stuck on the going off meds mind f**k then we are stuck. I think it’s better just to try to move on. You are aware that those voices are being created by your own brain right? You don’t have to listen to them, they have to listen to you. You are in control of the body right? You are the one taking the meds, right?
Yes, I understand. This type of thing is immensely helpful to me honestly i just need someone to talk me down from the thoughts
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I know, me too. We all wind up on that darn ledge too often don’t we?
I feel like I have a summer home on that ledge that I visit often haha
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If you need your mom to tell you, it’s OK, the meds are what you need, then tell her what you want her to say. However, it’s probably distressing her that you have these thoughts, and better if we can provide that assurance and take that burden off her.