I honestly don't think it's fear of being better. I think most people with MI very much want to feel better.

For me I have stopped taking them in the past (without pdoc's approval) because either 1. I was feeling better and hated taking them so I thought I could do without; or 2. I wasn't feeling better and thought they weren't doing any good so I thought why bother. Not very rational thinking, but depression can do a number on the rational part of your brain. :-)

For people with an illness like schizophrenia, there is something called anosognosia. Part of the illness is not believing you're ill. So someone may not want to take meds for that reason.

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