If you’re feeling better, that’s good!!! If you’re no longer feeling chained to your mental illness, even better!
But please please please please pLEASE do not stop taking your medication because you feel better.
You feel better because your meds are working.
If you stop taking them they’ll stop working.
And that means relapse.
So if you’re on meds and you’re feeling better, keep taking them!!!!!!!
This is really great but if you’re on the bp spectrum it’s good to keep in contact with your doctor, because while sometimes anti depressants are good for snapping you out of a depressive or dysthymic cycle it can trigger you into a hypo/manic cycle so they’re not good long term. I don’t see it talked about much on tumblr and this is really great but it’s just a PSA! After you’re not feeling depressed it’s good to see if a mood stabilizer would be better for maintenance.
Yes yes yes!!!!
What this person above me said!
Don’t just stop seeing your doc if your meds are working! Med management is important!
(and yes on the mood stabilizer, SSRI’s did fuck all for me it took a mood stabilizer to balance me out and now I can cope with the high/lows)
But yes yay PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR MEDICATION AND BE HONEST
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