I've had psychotic episodes where I've hurt myself, I don't want to insult anyone but I think we need to be cautious in even suggesting to one another that we should stop taking our meds without consulting our doctors. I am not a professional & I'm sure most of the people posting on here aren't either. That being said I think if you have the opportunity & support to attempt to go it without meds or prof help I say more power to you! But I have a young son who depends on me & with my medication & a few life choices I find myself much more stable now. My son needs me to be healthy and I can't risk what could happen if I went back to handling things on my own. Logically I don't see why it would be any different then before I was on meds & tried to off myself then slept with eight men in a year. I'm sure people around me may think I'm claiming to have a disorder to excuse my actions. But they're wrong. I don't think I am blameless in my negative actions, but I feel guilty because I didn't reach out for help as soon as I felt out of control. The actions themselves were just a biproduct of a deeper problem that I chose to ignore or try to "fix" on my own. But I would rather deal with some uninformed people being afraid of me or judging me because of some label I'm associated with than try to pretend there's nothing wrong with me & hurt or let down my family (or myself) in any way.