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Originally Posted by deliquesce
i went off the meds on july 10, so it's been almost 7 weeks now. i went off them because i'd initially increased the dose and had intrusive suicidal thoughts and pdoc was on leave and austin-t was away and i didn't know what to do other than to go off them completely to make the thoughts stop.
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Deli, the error in your thinking was going off the meds completely. You increased, had problems, stopped entirely (rather then just going back to the normal level), and are having very serious problems.
It's trite but true that MI people stop their meds sometimes and then are surprised when they start getting worse.
There's a biological/physiological basis for mental illnesses, hence treatment with chemicals to put a person closer to being in-balance often works.
I've had hordes of med problems--been on 50 so far--but some things do actually work. To stabilize you need to go back on meds, per pdoc's orders, asap (get him on the phone if you can't see him very, very soon. Or leave a brief note telling him what's up). Then you'll be better off to start working on the bad stuff you've been through lately rather than spinning your wheels or declining in modd and functioning.
You can do this Deli.