Posted by Racer on November 28, 2006, at 13:55:17
In reply to What are the consequences of messing w/meds?, posted by Deneb on November 27, 2006, at 23:55:45
> I told my pdoc I didn't take my meds as directed and she said it's important that I do because not doing so can cause instability. What kind of instability?
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> I let my 0.75 mg Risperdal run out for two nights and I decreased Celexa from 50 to 40 mg.
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> Anyways, I can't tell the difference between instability caused by the environment and instability caused by meds.
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> Recently I had a sort of crisis where I sort of threatened suicide. Two things were happening at the same time, the messing with meds and the changes in situation. Is it possible that messing with meds contributed? Or am I trying to find something to blame? I should only blame myself for what happened. I dunno, I don't think it was the meds. I think it's my flawed personality. I just wish I hadn't messed with the meds so I would know for certain it is 100% my own flawed personality.
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> Deneb*Deneb, there's another possibility I don't think you've looked at. It's possible that the medications were controlling certain symptoms which contributed to the situation in the first place.
Your medications, particularly the Risperdal, have made a difference that is apparent to people here. A lot of people have told you that, when you've wondered whether the meds were helping you at all. Just the fact that the meds help and bad things happen when you don't take them as prescribed by your pdoc is probably all the information you need to answer your question yourself. You are, after all, a smart cookie.
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