Does anyone use meds intermittently?

I'm wondering if that would be effective. I find that long term use of antipsychotics makes me a severely depressed zombie. I've been through so many cocktails over the decades and right now I'm just taking my migraine medications and prazocin for nightmares. My prescribed last week said she doesn't know what to do with me so I requested a transfer to someone else.

I find that doesn't work for me but I know of a few people on the boards that stay med free most of the time and use meds like APs when thing get rough for a short while and it works for them. Hopefully they see this and can share their experiences.

I might fall into this camp. I have been med free most of the two years since my diagnosis. I did not maintain any semblance of stability in 2015 (hypo->mania in Spring, crash to depression in Summer->Late fall), but since then the mania and psychosis really scared me straight and I have kept stable all on my own. This past month, I've basically felt 'euthymic'. In 2015, I knew to reach for the zyprexa PRN, which knocked me back down to earth but it was pretty late. Part of why I think I waited too long that time was it was dysphoric so it was harder for me to see (my first mania was euphoric). I think the question is if you can trust yourself to see that you need an AP. There are clearly people who can't be talked down from mania, and I'm not saying it was that easy for me at the time.