Posted by floatingbridge on August 6, 2011, at 12:42:30
In reply to What are your reasons?, posted by SLS on August 6, 2011, at 8:16:26
> Hi.
Hi.
> I would like to know what are the main reasons why people decide to stop taking their medication.
Medications. There have been enough that I could write short essay answers to all the below. But I won't :P
>
> - Lack of therapeutic effect? How many weeks did you wait
for the medication to work before discontinuing it?
>When there aren't side-effects, I can be sometimes stupidly,
stubbornly patient. Maybe up to 12 weeks or even longer.
> - Side effects? Which side effects influenced your decision most?
Physical pain increase, dyskinesia (sudden onset twitch; right term?), marked decrease of cognitive functioning, worsening dysphoria, inner aggitation.>
> - Lack of financial resources?
>
> - A doctor asked that you discontinue taking a medication. What were his reasons?Physical and cognitive symptoms.
>
> - Remission has been achieved. For how long were you in remission before discontinuing medication?
>
> - Any other reasons?Fighting with myself over whether I needed them or not.
Oh yeah. Recently fighting with others whether I needed them or not :-/
>
>
> - Scott
How about you, Scott?fb
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