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Originally Posted by Shana09
So, for the past few days, I decided to once again stop taking my antipsychotic meds and without the knowledge of my mother who is in charge of my medication due to my history with meds... I'm still unreliable as I've done what I promised not to do again.
Anyway, last night I couldn't sleep and was on edge all night, you're probably going to tell me it's because I'm not taking my medicine but I know in my heart that I don't need them, I refuse to poison my body with something it doesn't need. My mum won't believe me if I tell her this and she'll be so incredibly disappointed in me, I mean she has just started to trust me. Although she's in charge of my medication, she now passes it to me whilst she's in the same room as me and like I've said, trusts me to take them.
I feel like a really awful person and I'm sick of hiding like this. 😭
I'm at a loss, what do I do?
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So sorry to hear of your situation. Just wanted to let you know that have been through something similar. The trouble with psych meds is that once you're put on them, you cant just suddenly stop them without being likely to have a bad reaction or relapse. When I realised this I felt incredibly angry and depressed that I'd been made to take them.
There is a site that offers online support to those seeking to lower their dose or withdraw. But of course noone can advise you to do that because a doctor has recommended and prescribed the drug.
My own experience was that pdocs seem to know how to get you on prescriptions but not much about withdrawing safely which has to be done incredibly slowly. If it would help for me to share a bit about how I got on a lower dose happy to do it via pm.
You may also find talking this through with a mental health advocate really helpful.