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Old Jan 04, 2011, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by spiritual_emergency View Post
Oh, also... if he was using medications before and he's not now -- what sort of process did he go through in terms of coming off them? Generally, it's best to taper and withdraw slowly but some people make the decision to come off abruptly. This is associated with a resurgence of symptoms in some people due to withdrawal effects.
Unfortunately both times he's come off meds, he's done it cold turkey, with no support at all. The last time he was taking medication semi-regularly was in June 2010 sometime. I suspect that some of what we're seeing now - the hallucinations - have a lot to do with withdrawal.