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Originally Posted by 1914sierra
I don't know that taking them PRN (as in one today, none the next or so, then one here or there) is all that helpful as they do need to be taken consistently for effectiveness, but that doesn't mean you necessarily have to take them forever. My pdoc has me take them during an episode for perhaps a few months and then go off them when the racing thoughts, etc. have stabilized.
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How do you get off them? My pdoc and I both want me to wean down at some point, but I've never been stable long enough to try it (except for a short-lived attempt last month that did
not go well), and going off entirely doesn't seem to even be on the table. Do many people just stay on APs for the rest of their lives? I'm doing very well on my current regimen BTW.
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