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Originally Posted by still_crazy
med-free is an option for some people. Even a lot of people labeled with 'schizophrenia' end up off psych drugs and functioning remarkably well, all things considered.
where I'm at right now...there's pressure to stay medicated. Could be worse. I haven't been in a mental hospital in over 10 years, and my treatment status is "voluntary outpatient," so I"ve been spared the injections and such they put some people on, and yet...
not only do I support your decision to make a go of life w/o psych drugs, I'm kind of hoping to get there myself, one day.
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I have never been in a mental hospital.
I asked my p doc if this was kind of like the guy in a beautiful mind going med free and he said no it wasn't.
I'm still mad at him, especially since the only insurance plan he was in was expensive so I switched to a lower insurance plan and I paid full price out of pocket to see him. That leaves another thing to do, call my insurance and found out how seeing him can go to my deductible.
For me I want to go off medication to see if it will help me better deal with the pressures at work.I want to actually feel my feelings. I also just got out of a bad relationship and again I want to see if actually being able to feel my feelings will keep away from bad men.
Before I made the decision to go on a psych drug I was symptomatic of complex ptsd and it took me a full 10 years to recover.