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Author: Nick Le LievreNick Le Lievre Date: Sep 4, 2008 08:20
Roger Hunt wrote:
> Keep stuck in and best of luck - I've been in long-term treatment
> myself, and still am, but things are slowly coming together, and more
> smoothly than I could have imagined when things were really hard.
> I expect you have encountered personal prejudice, but many people are
> just like that and I'm sure they think that they can catch schizophrenia
> or manic depression. Hey-ho.
> One small comforting thing is that at least we are the diagnosed, when
> so many aren't.
Thanks - I have just seen my new psychiatrist today, I went over my
history with him and he is talking about taking me off the medication in
2010, which will be 4 years since my last relapse - this is assumming I
don't have another relapse between now and then.
It seems its when I am off my medication that I have relapses but if
after 4 years of uninterupted risperidone treatment and no relapses
there should be a lower risk of further relapse, he says the textbook
example is 4 years of constant treatment,
I started in 2004 but relapsed in 2006 when I decided to stop taking my
meds, therefore its since 2006 that I have been on meds constantly. This
is all well and good but I am worried about what happens when I am no
longer supported by medication will I relapse again? The textbook says
no but I`d prefer not to take the risk, but I may be forced to go
without meds when the doctor decides I probably don't need them anymore.
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