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Old Sep 26, 2012, 11:14 AM
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It's better to be safe than sorry. I did go off all my meds. I was on 6 meds, but it took me quite a while. I worked on getting a lot of tools in my tool box to deal with the highs and lows as they came, my diet had to change quite a bit, and I worked on my perspective a lot. But when I did go off the meds, I took it pretty slow, tapered off one at a time over a long period.

I had tried dropping them cold turkey many many times before.. like around 20 times at least and every time was bad. So this last time I made a plan and spanned it out, it can be done. But there is that saying abut slow and steady wins the race, and I think making such a big change as going off the meds, the slower the better. But it's still something you can achieve if that's what you want, you will know when you are ready. Nothing wrong with going back to them at all. Even still I know that if I cannot handle things alone I can still have that option available if I need them.

Hope you feel better soon.
Thanks for this!
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