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Old Sep 03, 2015, 06:27 AM
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Heading to see my psychiatrist tomorrow and I'm going to ask him about coming off meds, his opinion and all. I really don't think they're doing anything for me. I'm getting better all on my own it seems. Will be interesting, I'll keep you posted.
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I want a trial period off them, I've been on the consistently for nearly 2 years.
I think it's hard knowing when the right time to try going medication-free is. It's hard to know exactly how much the meds are helping & what might happen if you come off meds. In many ways its a bit of a gamble.

What sort of symptoms do you have at the moment? Unless I'm mistaken you had a psychotic episode not all that long ago too, maybe a couple of months?
For me, I'd had minimal symptoms for many months on a low dose of medication before I decided to try going medication-free. I would say you should be in a similar position before you give it a shot.

Perhaps you should try lowering the dose of medication you are on for a while to see what happens first & just take it from there.

I'll be interested to hear what your p-doc has to say on the matter.
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