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Originally Posted by GirlAfraid
To be honest my first reaction to this was to become pretty angry as I viewed it as being extremely patronising :/
Then it made me think and realise some things..
1) You probably had no idea that I've been on psychiatric medication, including various antipsychotics, for 22 years so I am fully aware of the dangers of coming off them 'cold turkey' and without medical supervision.
2) The fact that number 1 is the case really should make me less inclined to be so impulsive! Pity I'm so bull-headed at times 
3) You are also possibly not aware that I am currently conducting doctoral research in to mental illness as part of a PhD, so I have quite a bit of insight.
4) It's really difficult to "read" someone's tone in a post!
Thanks for giving me a kick up the arse to realise that it's not all about me 
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We get a lot of people who are really young and have no idea on this site....I'm maintaining this thread as a guide for people who want to taper off so it wasn't just you I was replying too. Sorry if you saw it as patronizing. I'm glad it worked for you but it won't work for everyone thus I'm trying to provide a safe guide for tapering in case other people don't have a pdoc like mine.
Also be honest you coming in and saying you got off cold turkey when I'm struggling with withdrawl came off as arrogant. It like telling someone whose lost a pound in the last month that you lost twenty without even trying. So as you say there is a lot of tone that's lost on the Internet.