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Parents, how did you respond when your adult children stopped medication?
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<blockquote data-quote="mindinggaps" data-source="post: 762679" data-attributes="member: 29823"><p>[USER=4040]@KTMom91[/USER] Thanks for sharing this. Her situation doesn't sound entirely dissimilar to my own. Since stopping medication I am aware that my anger can flare up, although I only direct it to very specific places and I am generally much more irritable. My coping has improved tremendously over the years, but I know it not perfect - I do get stressed more easily and I feel more tightly wound. Prozac was a strong stabilizing force and I do feel its absence despite my growth and improved coping skills. One option which was recently presented to me and which I am considering is rather than stopping medication entirely, simply reduce to a lower maintenance dose to help balance things out while also relying on my improved coping skills. </p><p></p><p>Do you mind me asking, did your daughter take many different medications or did she take high doses of medications?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindinggaps, post: 762679, member: 29823"] [USER=4040]@KTMom91[/USER] Thanks for sharing this. Her situation doesn't sound entirely dissimilar to my own. Since stopping medication I am aware that my anger can flare up, although I only direct it to very specific places and I am generally much more irritable. My coping has improved tremendously over the years, but I know it not perfect - I do get stressed more easily and I feel more tightly wound. Prozac was a strong stabilizing force and I do feel its absence despite my growth and improved coping skills. One option which was recently presented to me and which I am considering is rather than stopping medication entirely, simply reduce to a lower maintenance dose to help balance things out while also relying on my improved coping skills. Do you mind me asking, did your daughter take many different medications or did she take high doses of medications? [/QUOTE]
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