What will happen if I stop taking my psychiatric meds ?
Not taking your medications can result in the symptoms of your mental illness coming into the forefront and bringing about a psychotic break leading to hospitalization. As well you may suffer from serious side effects withdrawals from stopping all at once, some psychotropic medications you need to be weaned from. I would strongly suggest that you speak with your doctor/psychiatrist and see if the medications you are taking can be regulated the doses changed. Good luck to you.
What would happen to someone bipolar who stopped taking their medication?
It can take days, weeks or years for the symptoms to return, but it's almost inevitable that they will. There can be a bounce-back effect of more severe symptoms when detoxing from the meds. That's always the part that scares me into taking my meds again.
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What happens if i stop taking my med?
It can take about a week for the drugs to be fully out of your bloodstream. That said, the only safe way to come off prescription medication is under the supervision of your doctor. You have to be weaned off, not stop cold turkey. Otherwise you can have adverse reactions and suffer from withdrawal symptoms. Tell your psychiatrist that you don't want to take them and why. Maybe she/he can lower your dosage. Or if you really don't need them, at least they can advise you as to the safe way to discontinue using the meds.
What happens if I stop taking my medication?
The troubles with withdrawing from a medication suddenly can come out of left field, it can hit fast and hard, as soon as the med is mostly out of the body systems. And the person may not know his behavior has changed. go see a doctor. Now. Call and tell the office nurse what your symptoms are. Get seen. and now I am going to yell, but nicely. What is the big deal about taking psych meds? So what, you need them, take them! If you had a heart problem, with which if you did not take your meds you would die, you would take your meds. So, you have a illness from which you could die! What is the difference? None! You are not a doctor, do not mess with your own meds. Psychiatric illness are caused by chemical imbalance[s] in the brain. The medications put them back in balance. Do you really want to kill yourself or die because of a chemical imbalance? I hope not. Rivers has a problem keeping enough potassium in her body. Potassium deficit can be fatal. Do you hear Rivers saying, oh, I don't like taking that potassium, my doctor does not know I'm having low potassium symptoms, I don't want to take a bunch more meds, so I'm not telling him. If Rivers does that, wham,. heart goes crazy, Rivers hits the floor unconscious, and will wake up in the ER with an IV in my arm and a furious doctor. So, you could very easily wham fall over and wake up in the ER. Save the drama and expense of a trip to the ER, and call your doctor. And look up your drug online, and see what it says about stopping it cold turkey. good luck.
What will happen if I stop taking my medication (anti psychotic)?
This depends on what you are on, how long you have been on it for, what dosage, what you were on it for, and a bunch of genetic factors.I am on seroquel 75mg. When I was on a lower dosage, there were periods where I had trouble going outside to get the prescription refilled. (I generally have a much easier time doing these things now that I’m on the dose I’m at.)In this time, I did not sleep (sometimes for three days or so, until whenever I could get out to get my medication). I had anxiety, panic, delusions and paranoia worse than usual. I’ve been on the medication for a long time along with another and haven’t been unmedicated for years, so take it with a grain of salt when I say it felt worse than I remembered.Withdrawal is really horrible and my heart rate wouldn’t slow down and would speed up a lot at random as well as whenever I was standing, talking, or exerting myself physically even just a little bit, far, far above what is regular.I had horrible headaches and dizziness and felt faint a lot, and drowsy without being tired enough to fall asleep. (Mind you though, I’m also on 300mg Effexor which my Seroquel helps counteract the jumpiness of.)If you absolutely need to go off your medication, I would speak with a health care practitioner to taper your dose down. Do not do it without some kind of safety plan in place, to help you take care of the reasons you were on the medication in the first place. Have a loved one agree to check in on you every now and again to see how you’re holding up and help you if needed. (Someone to drive you to a clinic or talk you through if you’re having a bad time psychologically.)If you’re on a particularly high dose of something with risk of withdrawal, it might be worthwhile to ask about switching to another medication that is easier to get off and that will help you cope while you are going down in doses from your other medication.Make sure you at least have refills available at the pharmacy at least so you can go back on them in an emergency.Don’t do this alone, make sure there’s somebody checking on you or who knows that you’re going off the medication and can be morally supportive of what you’re going through in general, who will also be able to support you morally if you decide to go back on it.
What happens if I stopped taking a mental health medication suddenly?
Many people have a dark view of medication withdrawal. They may have read or heard the scary stories about uncomfortable side effects or come across startling headlines related to the risks of discontinuing various drugs.The reality is that it is possible to safely discontinue any medication, including psychiatric ones.Stop your medication for the right reasons.“Timing is everything,” according to Dr. Michael D. Banov, medical director of Northwest Behavioral Medicine and Research Center in Atlanta, and author of the book Taking Antidepressants: Your Comprehensive Guide to Starting, Staying On, and Safely Quitting. Just because someone wants to stop taking their medicine doesn’t mean they’re actually ready, he said.There are many reasons individuals decide to stop taking medicine. For instance, they might feel better and think they don’t need treatment anymore. Their family might be pressuring them to stop, they read something about a drug that scares them, or they’re afraid that the drug will affect their personality, Banov said. Sometimes people want to stop after making major changes in their lives, such as getting a divorce, moving or changing jobs. But, according to Dr. Banov, this is actually “the worst time” to stop.Also, some mental health conditions require taking medicine indefinitely. Ultimately, how long a person takes a psychotropic drug depends on his or her individual illness, its responses to treatment and their personal situation, according to Dr. Ross J. Baldessarin, professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Harvard Medical School and director of the psychopharmacology program at the McLean Division of Massachusetts General Hospital. For instance, some individuals struggling with depression may take an antidepressant for nine months to a year and get better; others may need two to five years; and still others, may be “so genetically loaded for depression, that they may need to stay on them indefinitely,”i hope this helps, thanks
What happens if you stop taking your anxiety medication?
it isn't good to just suddenly quit taking any psychiatric drug. But I don't think drugs help with anxiety much. If you talk to your doctor they will just try another pill. Best thing to do is this - in the hours before bed time try to relax - don't look at the computer or tv - try not to eat as much - exercise when you can - and then try to get good sleep for all the days before you see your doctor - record the amount of sleep you get every night - and then report the results to your doctr. Most anxiety problems are due to lack of sleep, possible nutritional deficiencies, and just plain stress. Also learn what you can about comedy and learn to cultivate a sense of humor so when things happen you aren't scared or anxious. It all depends on the problem, but if you aren't getting sleep - no pill is going to help you. nausea - try ginger which is cheap and you can get it in many forms at your grocery store. If that doesn't work then you have to go to a prescription. you may end up not needing the medicine, but you have to work with your doctor I 'm not going to tell you to do anything outside of your medical care. But your doctor HAS to drug you if you aren't getting sleep. So that's the first step. Also there's 2 other things that helped me sleep 1) lavender - don't eat it - just smell it - it calms your nerves so you can sleep - I smush the petals and the breath it in one time. I usually fall asleep shortly afterwards. 2) melatonin - I cleared this with my doctor -y ou can get this at a health food store. I now sleep nightly with no sleep meds due to taking this and doing the lavender - if you can get nightly sleep you may get rid of your anxiety. prayer helps a lot too. - anything to help you de-stress.. like taking a deep breath. hope this helps. just curious - how anxious have you been the past 4 days?
What would happen if I stop taking my bipolar medications (especially lithium) while in a hypomanic state?
It depends.If lithium has not been helpful for your bipolar disorder, then discontinuing your lithium would not do anything to alter the course of mood swings that you will experience next.If lithium has been very helpful for your condition, then discontinuing our lithium while hypomania can either swing you into mania or swing you into deep depression. You will have no idea which way your mood will cycle.However, the nature of bipolar disorder is mood cycling and it will just keep on cycling unless you treat it properly.Please do not change your medication unless you are under the direct supervision of your personal physician. Do not seek advice on the internet.