Hi, so I joined this site yesterday because today I had an appointment with my consultant about coming off my meds partly due to physical side effects. I wanted him to turn to me and say yeah you're doing really well let's stop the meds you'll be just fine! Obviously that wasn't going to happen I knew that but I thought at least he would advise me to slowly come off them...

That didn't happen either. What happened was he told me it was too risky to even try coming off, apparently my history of depression, hyper mania, delusions and aggression it would be catastrophic to my mental health.

I know it's sensible and rational to stay on drugs but I'm considering stopping against advice. Does anyone have an experience or opinion on this?