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Originally Posted by lolagrace
I didn't get that vibe at all. In fact, I no longer am on meds, so I'm the last person to be "pro stay on pills for life." What I hear people saying is that while they are on meds, they don't mess with them on their own because doing so creates problems for them. While I was on meds, I was careful to take them following my doctor's instructions, and when I was ready to get off of them, I did that with my doctor's blessings and assistance. I just never played with my meds while I was on them because to do so probably would have created other issues;it wasn't worth the risk.
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Yes, I honestly didn't get the impression that everyone wants to stay on them for life either. No-one said so, I think. It is great if you have a psychiatrist that doesn't try to "cure" it by adding meds, so it becomes nigh impossible to come off them without such paradoxical effects as to completely offset any progress made or worse.
My psychiatrist even though I could do without antipsychotic, just a mood stabiliser, until she got to know me better.
But the principle is what counts.
I really would always try to cope with just two meds. It's changing and tuning those that should be enough together with the right supplements, my own psychotherapy (for longterm effects) and everyday coping skills. It has only been a progression so far.
OSPAB.
Edit:
I am no longer "scared" about taking antipsychotics since there is a natural tendency for those that need them to not take them. That's enough for me.
One of the reasons why I would never take any of the purely "activating" and/or disinhibiting drugs.