Is going on and off meds bad in the long run? In my mind, I compare it to yo-yo dieting. In the long run, that sort of dieting where you diet and then gain it back and diet and gain it back wreaks havoc on your metabolic system and each time, it gets harder to lose the weight again. Is it similar with going on and off meds?

I ask this because I'm 19 years old. I have been on a cocktail of different medications since I was 15. Since I am relatively young, I worry about the long term consequences. My fear though is that I will end up worse if I go off of them. From the time I started, I have only gone completely off meds once and I quit them cold turkey and ended up in residential treatment because everything got so out of control. If I do try going off them, I will do it with my pdoc's help this time. But I'm still wondering if it will do more harm than good.