Anyone ever stop taking their meds?

[CatLove56]

So I'm done with the manic episodes, specifically the "high" feeling I get and then come crashing down. I've been warned quitting completely can make me feel awful, but I mean, I laugh at this idea that I can somehow feel worse than I do now. I'm so angry with everything and everyone now.

Hopefully right section idk I put it here because I'm hoping "I get worse" and finally hang myself.

 

[divinemistress36]

Yes , Ill stop taking them cause they dont work but I cant handle the withdrawls so I always end up going back on them 4 days later

 

[anopenwound]

I did and even tho I couldn't believe it yes, it got worse. 0/10 do not recommend.

 

[Leiot]

So I'm done with the manic episodes, specifically the "high" feeling I get and then come crashing down. I've been warned quitting completely can make me feel awful, but I mean, I laugh at this idea that I can somehow feel worse than I do now. I'm so angry with everything and everyone now.

Hopefully right section idk I put it here because I'm hoping "I get worse" and finally hang myself.

I would really advise against it. I weaned myself off of them a few months ago. Gradually tapered off so I didn't go through withdrawal. Everything was fine until about a month and a half later. Mood went way, way down. Cycling kept going but the base mood was so low that the up episodes just got me to normal. It was not good. If you're meds aren't working or the side effects are too bad get with your shrink and have them change your script.

 

[canijo]

So i guess is heavily based on the specific meds you are taking. My only experience dropping out of meds is with SSRIs, and feels like shit. I've dropped out twice, in my twenties and recently (im 30+ now).
So first time was the worse, is not like trying to quit smoking, but It leaves you mildly confused, like you constantly feel out if place, also quite anxious, like you're missing something, and slightly exhausted. It also gave me a weird feeling like a "brain chills"? Dont know how to describe It, like every 5 min or so my brain would get the chills.

Anyhow, if you can, leave them gradually. Its annoying, but quitting suddenly it's more annoying, and It will probably throw ur mood and emotional stability off-balance

But well, i understand wanting to just leave them all of a sudden, it's what i did xD

 

[yabujin]

None of them have any effects on me bc I'm able to regulate my brain chemistry in the worst way possible that neutralizes it's good effects especially because I'm ND.
Just side effects hit me

 

[Broken247]

I've been on psych meds for the past 25 years. I was on Ritalin for ADHD in gradeschool. I have always tried coming off them. Never have I been content to take psych medicine.

Now when I come off the olanzapine, I get psychotic. I don't hallucinate, but I get very unstable emotionally. People around me can tell I'm not well. I withdraw and talk to myself. I think things in a paranoid way. I've managed to get off of Prozac. It's been several months now. I'd probably feel better on it. I tell myself I am normal, that drugs mask my emotions.

I'll never be happy on psych meds.

 

[CatLove56]

I've been on psych meds for the past 25 years. I was on Ritalin for ADHD in gradeschool. I have always tried coming off them. Never have I been content to take medicine.

Now when I come off the olanzapine, I get very Psychotic. I don't hallucinate, but I get very unstable emotionally. People around me can tell I'm not well. I withdraw and talk to myself. I think things in a paranoid way. I've managed to get off of Prozac. It's been several months now. I'd probably feel better on it. I tell myself I want to be normal, that drugs mask my emotions.

I'll never be happy on psych meds.

I'm taking Lexapro and and a mood stabilizer I got to check the name. I'm sorry to hear about your struggle. I feel like mine make me delusional.

 

[Broken247]

I'm taking Lexapro and and a mood stabilizer I got to check the name. I'm sorry to hear about your struggle. I feel like mine make me delusional.

These drug manufacturers don't even know how their medications work. They just throw stuff together, and if it seems to have a desired effect, week it until the FDA approves it. I feel for you. I believe you. That's why I hate these drugs. I feel like doctors pushed me towards my grave.

 

[Demi-Fiend]

These drug manufacturers don't even know how their medications work. They just throw stuff together, and if it seems to have a desired effect, week it until the FDA approves it. I feel for you. I believe you. That's why I hate these drugs. I feel like doctors pushed me towards my grave.

"The mechanisms of how this drug works is poorly understood." Every medical literature paper out there.

 

[Broken247]

"The mechanisms of how this drug works is poorly understood." Every medical literature paper out there.

Yes, over and over again. Mechanisms not known. Why did I ever go down that road!?!?

 

[Demi-Fiend]

Yes, over and over again. Mechanisms not known. Why did I ever go down that road!?!?

Gosh, same here. I wish I never fucking went to the doctor at a young age and said I was "depressed"

 

[theolivanderroach]

I don't believe SSRIs work. If it's as simple as a serotonin deficiency shouldn't it be easy to measure for a deficiency like any other type of deficiency? There are studies that show that SSRIs (and similar antidepressant drugs) are as useful as placebos except that they have side effects. I eventually decided to give it a try.

I was on lexapro 10 mg for 1 year. Didn't do shit. I was then put on 15mg for another year. Again, it didn't do shit. All it did was make me more apathetic, gain 30lbs, and give me brain zaps if I missed a dose. I quit it cold turkey which was awful for the first week but I just wanted to be done with it asap. Doctors say you should keep trying new ones until one works. In other words, they have no clue what they're doing or how the medications work. No thanks. Not doing that again.

 

[Leiot]

"The mechanisms of how this drug works is poorly understood." Every medical literature paper out there.

I had a psychiatrist a while back that appreciated my sense of humor. I told her that since they don't really understand how these things work, going to see her was about two notches above seeing a witch doctor. She laughed, then told me she thought she had a little more education than the average witch doctor.

I miss her so much.

 

[alienfreak]

I don't believe SSRIs work. If it's as simple as a serotonin deficiency shouldn't it be easy to measure for a deficiency like any other type of deficiency? There are studies that show that SSRIs (and similar antidepressant drugs) are as useful as placebos except that they have side effects. I eventually decided to give it a try.

I was on lexapro 10 mg for 1 year. Didn't do shit. I was then put on 15mg for another year. Again, it didn't do shit. All it did was make me more apathetic, gain 30lbs, and give me brain zaps if I missed a dose. I quit it cold turkey which was awful for the first week but I just wanted to be done with it asap. Doctors say you should keep trying new ones until one works. In other words, they have no clue what they're doing or how the medications work. No thanks. Not doing that again.

I love how nobody even knows what the brain zaps mean and dismiss it as unimportant. Feel like brain-damaging microseizures