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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 151783" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>My personal belief is that people either need medications or they don't. I don't stop my blood pressure medications because they work and I'm happy with them but I need more sun screen and I'm going to be in the yard in the summer. </p><p></p><p>My doctor advises me that if you stop medications once you have a balanced dosage, it's possible that you will never find a balanced dosage again. Even if you do, two and a half months isn't enough time to stop and restart the benefits of a drug. It will take four to six weeks to get it out of the system, and four to six weeks to get the body in sync with it again.</p><p></p><p>Either medications are necessary or they aren't. Since you don't doubt their effectiveness, there seems to be no reason to stop them.</p><p></p><p>I have to add, it's certain to make your difficult child doubt your ability to make basic decisions about his care if you won't stand by your decision to medicate him when his life has gotten better with the medication. No one wants to medicate their kid, but why mess with success?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 151783, member: 99"] My personal belief is that people either need medications or they don't. I don't stop my blood pressure medications because they work and I'm happy with them but I need more sun screen and I'm going to be in the yard in the summer. My doctor advises me that if you stop medications once you have a balanced dosage, it's possible that you will never find a balanced dosage again. Even if you do, two and a half months isn't enough time to stop and restart the benefits of a drug. It will take four to six weeks to get it out of the system, and four to six weeks to get the body in sync with it again. Either medications are necessary or they aren't. Since you don't doubt their effectiveness, there seems to be no reason to stop them. I have to add, it's certain to make your difficult child doubt your ability to make basic decisions about his care if you won't stand by your decision to medicate him when his life has gotten better with the medication. No one wants to medicate their kid, but why mess with success? [/QUOTE]
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