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Old May 15, 2012, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by costello View Post
You're preaching to the choir here, sister. I've had all these same thoughts. If he's going to quit taking the meds as soon as we take our thumb off of him, why not explore alternatives? At the very least we can avoid the rebound when he quits cold turkey. And maybe he could learn some coping skills along the way.
Shiny, shiny logic doesn't convince psychiatrists, though. I've never really figured out what does.

ETA: Coping skills aren't really big in psychiatry, either. Everyone has chemical illnesses in the face of which they are helpless, dontchaknow.