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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: 762885" data-attributes="member: 29823"><p>Thank you [USER=4040]@KTMom91[/USER] - I appreciate the thoughtful, non-judgemental and helpful insights you have provided. As an update for you and others, now that I am back on the recommended dosage of Prozac things have been going much better - I am calmer, better in control of my emotions, have better impulse control and haven't experienced any anger or oppositional tendencies. Based on the situation, the doctors have emphasized their opinion that it is best for me to remain properly medicated at all times.</p><p></p><p>Looking at this situation as a whole, I see two valuable takeaways which may be useful for others:</p><p></p><p>1. The importance of medication. It is clear that for at least some people who had symptoms as children, they must remain medicated into adulthood and perhaps for life. This may be hard to accept, but it is clear to me that I need medication in order to properly function - understanding this is better than denial.</p><p></p><p>2. For children who have displayed an ability to operate and function and independent adults, you have to have some trust that they will manage and figure things out. Indeed, while my parents were upset with me stopping medication, their response didn't necessarily help matters and I reached where I needed to be on my own. Circumstances vary, but in this case, I wish they had more trust in my abilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mindinggaps, post: 762885, member: 29823"] Thank you [USER=4040]@KTMom91[/USER] - I appreciate the thoughtful, non-judgemental and helpful insights you have provided. As an update for you and others, now that I am back on the recommended dosage of Prozac things have been going much better - I am calmer, better in control of my emotions, have better impulse control and haven't experienced any anger or oppositional tendencies. Based on the situation, the doctors have emphasized their opinion that it is best for me to remain properly medicated at all times. Looking at this situation as a whole, I see two valuable takeaways which may be useful for others: 1. The importance of medication. It is clear that for at least some people who had symptoms as children, they must remain medicated into adulthood and perhaps for life. This may be hard to accept, but it is clear to me that I need medication in order to properly function - understanding this is better than denial. 2. For children who have displayed an ability to operate and function and independent adults, you have to have some trust that they will manage and figure things out. Indeed, while my parents were upset with me stopping medication, their response didn't necessarily help matters and I reached where I needed to be on my own. Circumstances vary, but in this case, I wish they had more trust in my abilities. [/QUOTE]
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