I’m my best me when taking meds.

Off my meds, or during an episode I’m still me but I’m me at my worst.

As a point of interest I met someone in hospital that had been on a single psych drug for 16yrs, felt well and decided the drug was no longer needed. Hence the 1st hospitalisation in 16yrs.
He was ‘in remission’/well taking the one drug. He forgot what it felt like to be unwell until he stopped taking the drug.