Poll: If you ever Skip your Medication, Why do you Skip it?

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I will never stop taking my AP.

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Time to time I have urge to stop taking medication because anti psychotics help but also have side effects.

I take anti psychotics regularly for their benefits.

I regularly think of quitting anti psychotics because my working memory and long term memory are defective and worried about side effects.

After taking or including few other medications along with health supplements and the amazing l-theanine I am taking anti psychotics regularly

although I still get thoughts of quitting

The only reason I take anti psychotics is

" IF I DON"T TAKE ABILIFY 15 mg " every night I will become angry and destroy all my property I will destrot mobile phone laptop tv and all

it happened before, several years ago I destroyed all glass items in my house antiques

sooooooooo sad

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23

With me it was forgetting to take them. The main reason I was taken off oral meds and put on depo

24

I just realized this was 8 months ago. Yeah. Still relevant today

25

I donā€™t skip. I get cardiac effects if I forget or take them even a couple of hours late. Very effective for compliance.

26

I donā€™t want to get another dui that I never even committed just because some police officer thinks that all prescription pills, even if taken 24 hours before, causes impairment in driving abilities.

Itā€™s easier to take them in the morning, because oddly I never forget to take my Prozac or sarcosine, but again I need to drive and I canā€™t take those heavy hitting drugs in the morning or I get lethargic. When I wasnā€™t driving, Iā€™d take them in the morning and it was all well and good, but Iā€™m driving now, so I canā€™t be taking anything outside of that 11 pm time slot, right before bed.
Also, if Iā€™m about to have a beer I skip my meds that night. Thatā€™s not too frequent in the past, but to be honest, Iā€™ve been having one can of a mixed drink nightly this week. I have no idea how one beer affects my body with medicine, but Iā€™m not about to find out.

@SzAdmin : what is the half life of Abilify and Lamictal, if you know? How long does it stay in big doses in my system? How long would you recommend I wait before driving? Is 8 hours long enough? Thanks!

27

I skip the odd day for a long time cause I know I am over medicated. If I have a real challenging day ahead will skip meds the day before so my mind is more alert and I have more energy.