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Does anyone else go through periods where they just get tired of taking all of the medication you're supposed to take? How do you get through that? I take nine different medications, 7 of which are for the treatment of schizophrenia and related symptoms. In total, I take 12 mental health related pills a day. I always go through times where I just cannot tolerate the amount of medication I take. It's a double edged sword, as the saying goes; without the medication symptoms are severe and often result in hospitalization. With the medication the symptoms are mostly manageable, but as I say, I get tired of taking the medication and sometimes stop. I'm going through this difficulty now. How do I overcome this?
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Just take it day by day. It's a struggle but through time we can only hope it gets better
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For me I have a promise to my wife to keep on these meds. Accountability is an important of getting through this I think. If I wasn't held to it I would have not stayed on them and who knows where I would be today.
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Like FR said, I too keep taking them for my wife. She said she would go through whatever episodes with me as long as I took my meds. The moment I stop taking them she'd pack her bags and leave. Since I love my wife I take them every night as directed.
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This is something I struggle with for years. It starts by simply forgetting them and then I'm like: Hmm, not sure if they do anything... And then I stop taking them.
I've had so many different meds over the years and still looking for something effective but it seems like it's taking forever. Sometimes I also think they're poison and then I prefer to be 'crazy' than taking those 'deadly' things. It drives my psych nuts and we're running out of options. Don't know how to deal with this... __________________ Meow |
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It may seem like a drag to do but the meds work alittle. And I will take alittle then not at all. Before meds my life was a living hell. Now that I'm finally on ones that suppress the voices I'm super stoked. Just continue the meds is the best thing to do. Stay strong and things will get better.
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It is very hard for me to maintain accountability. I do not have a spouse nor partner to whom I am accountable. However, I recently moved from FL to TX to be with my mother, and I try to keep in my mind I need to take the medications so I can be supportive of her needs; it's just hard, at 32, to become accountable to a parent as if I were a child again.
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I hate taking meds. I am not always good about it. I was while I was married, but now I don't really have anyone to be accountable to. But I do try to keep on top of things because I'm supposed to.
Before I got on meds I was all natural about everything and I didn't even take tylenol for a headache. So I just try not to think about what I'm putting into my body or I start feeling panicked about it. If you are on 12 meds is there any way your Pdoc might work with you to evaluate them and see if you could eliminate some of them? |
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