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Originally Posted by zepchic
Remind me why I am even bothering to take this medication when I still seem to be up and down and all around....nothing extreme though. I feel like I went on the medication because I was having an 'episode' of mania that was becoming overwhelming and destructive. I feel like these episodes are few and far between, so why can't I just stop the medication now and begin anew the next time I have a major episode? It just seems pointless.
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What med(s) do you use?
You can develop a tolerance quicker when you discontinue meds. But it depends on the type of med.
The biggest problem might be your inability to know when you might need meds.
If you use antidepressants/anxiolytics, I would stop taking them. They don't prevent anything, they only create tolerance and might cause one type of anxiety (I'd say one might distinguish between two types, both at extreme ends of some "stimulation dimension").
Antidepressants/anxiolytics might cause understimulation, causing fear/anxiety and/or a feeling of something akin to nihilism, emotional detachment (not conscious distancing, something you can train yourself to do, most probably, which would be preferable, I'd say). You might turn into something like a sociopath. Prozac killings might be a good example.