I think it is better to take to one day or two days off from medication instead of accumilations of drug over and over
Anyone has an opinion on that ?
That could just lead you to coming off meds altogether. I wouldn’t risk it.
Some people can go without meds for a day and take them the next day and be totally fine like what I’ve done on accident.
But taking every other day off will affect you in a bad way. And like what he said itl turn into coming off meds And having a psychotic reaction and next thing you know BoOM your in the psych ward. So I wouldn’t even bother. Meds keep me completely normal as I love it! No side affects either anymore after over a year of taking respirdal.
If I forget to take my meds in the morning I know it by lunch. Feel horrible.
I was working last month and forgot them one morning and had to leave work at 930 and go and take them. Didn’t even make it to lunch.
It usually takes several weeks for me to feel anything after quitting an AP; however, it takes just days for me to feel shitty quitting litium (and I never tried with Lexapro).
I wouldn’t recommend skipping, though.
With developed technology and medical knowledge, the way to take medications might change in the future so maybe that could be possible one day.
I can’t really say because I’m on an injection. But I like the constant stream better then breaking it up. But then again it takes me months to go into psychosis. So it all depends how you feel. My symptoms I get are more crappy body feelings instead of positive symptoms if my injection is wearing off.
Antipsychotic I can miss without too much drama. Antidepressant I’m toast! It makes a huge difference and it’s not anything good.
It’s not a good idea though. Medications like we take are based on regular occupancy of certain neurotransmitters. Coming off isn’t a good idea and stopping doses like that isn’t anything good! I’d imagine it would interupt your treatment!
Being a scientist I have often experimented with taking days off or trying to taper off meds myself.
It never goes well. I’m done with hospitals and I’m never going back ever. So just take those damn pills, I say to myself.
hi, if you think that your body gets too much medication then i’d say it depends on the dose, i would not recommend stopping meds even for a day,
maybe @SzAdmin could tell us a bit about how medication gets absorbed into the body and the brain, from what i know i think it may need to go through the liver but i’m not sure