Posted by xbunny on June 13, 2006, at 7:29:55
In reply to Re: whats so bad about stopping antipsychotics?, posted by Phillipa on June 12, 2006, at 19:17:24
> Why would a doc suggest a paranoid schizophrenic stop his meds unless he wants to try another one. The same symtoms you had will come back. Do you want to be paranoid again? Love Phillipa
The explaination is that I have had acute episodes several years ago (and those were a few years apart) and residual psychosis since then. He beleives that my anxiety and paranoia are probably largely resistant to antipsychotics and an ingrained part of my personality - though he streses not a personality disorder. His assessment is that no ammount of drugs will benefit these symptoms much when weighed against the costs of drug side effects and quality of life. The residual psychosis has been gradually declining over many years and the psychiatrists beleives that at least trying stopping antipsychotics is worth a try now that the residual is close to zero.
Bunny
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