I am just now entering adulthood (around 20), but since I was 14 I've been on psych meds. For the amount of time I've been alive, the amount of time I've been on medication feels quite significant. Doctors say for the foreseeable future, medications will always be there. Different types of treatment - TMS, DBT, CBT, etc, have not been used with the goal of ending all meds, perhaps just to decrease or eliminate a few. It's been a long, rocky road, so I understand what you're saying. Our brains are constantly changing, especially during adolescence and young adulthood, so meds may work and then stop working. I'd love to be off meds, but i really cannot fathom at all what it would be like. ugh, its so frustrating. a life i can't imagine but want. sometimes I don't want it though, cause I wonder if it would be worse. who could ever know/.??? Im wishing you luck in this journey.
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Dx: Bipolar I ( from old psych) - (current psych/therapist unsure if they agree)
Rx: Lithium 900mg, Lamictal 400mg, Wellbutrin XR 300mg, hydrochlorothiazide 50mg (for lithium side effects), PRN Xanax .5mg, PRN propranolol (for tremors) 20mg
Familiar with OCD tendencies
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