@brennanlaughs: As if we haven’t thought of that, come on now 😂 #bipolar #bipolardisorder #mentalillness #MentalHealth #fyp

eisha2060 :

Yeah I go through this always bad idea always

Marcella :

my Dr is slowly taking me off lithium because I already have kidney problems. I'm on Seroquel, antidepressant and an anxiety med. we are hoping I won't have to go on another on after being fully off the lithium.

She.s.a.carnival :

And it’s litteraly just the WORST thing to do

Jane Doe :

please don't do that

✨eggy enby✨ :

Sometimes you have to make certain sacrifices for your overall stability. Like a "necessary evil." Sometimes, it can be bad enough that you'd need to be taken off a med or switched to another med by prescriber, if it's harmful or ineffective. ----- I've hated some meds, but I needed them, and nothing else worked. Deciding what sacrifices to make and accept. It's not simple or easy at all. It's dangerous to just go off meds for a variety of reasons. Some side effects are worse than others. Many meds, for many conditions, have side effects. It's about finding what causes the least issues and most effectiveness. ---- There are also people and also doctors who say patients don't need meds anymore because "they're all better now." ---- It requires consistency. Being bipolar is not fun. I've been bipolar for about 7 years. I've been diagnosed for 3 years with bipolar unspecified type. I'm on 2 mood stabilizers, a few antidepressants, among others. I found what works for me.

peter parker :

like yes!! i do have that thought often!!

kinz.shady :

I LOVE THE HAIRCUT! you look great!

sagekittykin(he/him) :

my mum before she realized that i have be in therapy long term

elephant1029 :

I hated the side effects of my medicine. I spent over a year agonizing over the idea of switching.🥺

MsMora🇵🇷 :

The wrong idea you should never stop medication without consulting with the prescriber cause some medication you need to titrate down

Sophie :

I was taken off Lithium years ago - due to kidney damage- the doctors had to find something else that I could take- that took a long time /- and I had to hospitalized twice to find a cocktail of different drugs that would work- and those have other side-effects!

Knitz :

rey :

Was told to discontinue my meds in rehab and I spiraled til I relapsed loo

MH - Journey | Anne | 22 :

I stopped taking them so many times 😭😭 bad idea!

willowriver44 :

I so wish I could stop taking them. I'd lose 100 punds😭

virginia 🇨🇦 :

if I stop taking my medicine I might literally die

Jonny :

I have been having likely non epileptic seizures and chronic dizziness and my dad told me to stop taking my antidepressants (without it i have panic attacks multiple times a week) and reduce my testosterone (HRT) to stop it all with no medical knowledge other than "just trust me bro" and Google.

🖤🦇🌸VelvetRenae🌸🦇🖤 :

I stop my antipsychotic💀 but still taking my mood stabilizer. I do wanna go up my mood stabilizer and back on stimulant. I do feel a lot better. Don’t add me . I feel like my psychiatrist is not helping me

Little_friend :

I wanna go down on my meds to see if that makes me less numb but then I’m scared of getting to that dark place again

Balloon :

I had to stop duloxitine because it gave me sudden onset liver damage, and it sent me into the worst episode I have ever experienced in my life. man was that drug a lifesaver but is also almost took it. dont take duloxitine.

Ryan Nicole :

I sometimes stop when I'm in a depressive episode because I have to find the will to live. Then I have to quickly take my as needed Zyprexa to stop the mania from hitting full force. So much trial and error 😂

bitty batty :

I stopped because I got pregnant and they weren't safe to take yea I can quite literally feel myself slipping into a depressive episode and there's nothing I can do to stop it from happening oh and the bursts of rage yea like watching someone control your body from the outside you know it's irrational to react that way you know it was completely unwarranted and yet you just can't make it stop 🙃 ide rather deal with the weight gain and trimmers than this shit

puer dei :

And I did stop taking them 😅

Phoenix Frazier :

its a bad idea every time

8r0n :

I was on a really high dose of lithium but it’s the only mood stabiliser I can take so I ended up with beggining stage kidney damage, I chose to work on lowering the dosage as much as I could but I refuse to come off it and raw dog my bipolar again, that 💩 was absolutely miserable!