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About Stopping Your Meds

Speaking From Experience

By Kimberly Read & Marcia Purse, About.com

Created: November 21, 2004

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Collected experiences and insights from members of our Forum about stopping all medications used in treating their bipolar disorder.

Please be aware that this material contains the personal experiences and opinions of consumers and in no way should be construed as medical advice.

Bad Experiences
Some have found that making the choice to stop taking meds did not turn as well as they had hoped.

Good Experiences
Personal experiences and opinions from those who have stopped taking their medications with relatively good success.

Reasons for Your Choice
Several members of our Forum express the motivations behind their decisions regarding this question.

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