SunnyD; I have gone off and/or reduce meds that I was on. In May I went off my lithium because I was getting sick on it and was tired of the side effects. My pdoc switched my mood stabilizer to lamictal and having to wait for the dose to get to a therapeutic level was hell. I don't think I will ever go off of a mood stabilizer again. My pdoc does give me permission to increase/decrease my anti-d depending on my symptoms. In the summer I was on 150 mg and since September I have had to go back on 300 mg.