Good for you! You got smart before disaster struck, and you won't make the same mistake again, so the learning experience was probably well worth the discomfort.

FWIW, I'm a registered nurse with almost 20 years' healthcare experience, yet even I don't mess with my psych meds. I have no problem with manipulating my blood pressure and diabetic meds, and especially my water pills so I don't spend ALL day in the bathroom! But the drugs people take to manage bipolar are very powerful, and they can screw up our brains something awful if we don't take them right.....that's why we pay the doctors the big bucks. I have a healthy respect for these meds and at least with this aspect of my life, I do exactly as I'm told by the person who knows more than me. Which is usually NOT the case. LOL