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Old May 20, 2015, 03:46 PM
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What do you mean by stable anyway? My interpretation of stable is not ending up in hospital. Last time I was an inpatient was November of last year, but I have had some episodes since then. 1-2 years seems like a long time on meds, especially seeing as I want to go back to college this year. If I had my way I'd just go off them but they told me they'd discharge me back to my GP if I go off the depot, not sure if that's fair as I do depend on their support when things go south.
Stable is no symptoms at all in this context. I had maybe 2 hallucinations in a year but no episodes for the 2 years before I tried and importantly the failure rate is high----I was fine for 9 months off meds but then relapsed now they think I'll be on meds indefinitely so you want things to be optimal for the 1 time you get to try to go off.
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