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> 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.
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> 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,
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> 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.