Posted by inanimate peanut on February 2, 2010, at 22:21:42
In reply to Re: Going off meds? » myfranz, posted by Maxime on February 2, 2010, at 16:17:07
if I could go back to every time I have gone off meds and stop myself, I would. Don't assume you can go back on them if you stop them. As bleauberry already said, it doesn't work that way for some (I would suspect a decent number) of people. Every time I was stable on meds and went off them for some reason, I destabilized myself and then the meds wouldn't work when I went back on them. I know it's easy to get lulled into a "I don't need them" mentality after you've been stable for awhile, but it's very possible that the only reason you haven't had an episode for so long is because you have a combo of meds that work. If you *have* to do something, I agree with several of the other posters that you might try going down on your doses *very slowly* or target just one drug (I would recommend not going off lithium, as it does offer the neuroprotection). As you said, it may not even be the drugs responsible for your current state of mind-- it may be the ECT. In that case, going off the meds would get you nowhere except possibly destabilized. Therapy is great but it can only do so much for biological imbalances. Sorry-- this is my soapbox-- I completely messed up my life and don't want to see anyone else mess up theirs.
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