| I keep receiving many e-mails and phone calls from | | | | 3) Your positive symptoms come back |
| consumers whom are asking me whether it is a good | | | | One of the major effects of anti psychotic drugs on |
| idea to stop taking your psychiatric treatment since | | | | people who suffer from schizophrenia is preventing |
| those people feel well and OK now. My answer to | | | | what is called the positive symptoms. These are the |
| them is - Don't dare to do so! It can become your | | | | same symptoms that cause you delusions, hearing |
| worst nightmare in the recent years. | | | | voices, paranoia and like living in a dream. Be certain |
| Here are 5 dangers of stopping taking your psychiatric | | | | that if you stop taking your pills, it would be a matter of |
| drugs: | | | | short time until they rise again. |
| 1) Reoccurring psychosis | | | | 4) Your negative symptoms come back |
| By stopping taking your pills, you can obviously feel ok | | | | One of the good influences of psychiatric drugs on |
| in the near future to come, but as soon as you get | | | | your illness is the preventing of your schizophrenia |
| your first minor crisis, the trigger would be activated | | | | negative symptoms. If you stop taking your anti |
| and you would go into even worse psychotic disorder | | | | psychotic drugs, then your negative symptoms come |
| than ever. | | | | back and take control of your daily life and activity. |
| 2) Vulnerability | | | | 5) Losing your achievements |
| When you take your psychiatric medication, your body | | | | By taking your psychiatric drugs, you can obviously |
| is less sensitive and less vulnerable to surrounding | | | | continue with your daily routine, conquering more and |
| mental dangers of your daily life. Your drugs function | | | | more goals in your life and keeping the progress in |
| as a life vest, defending your soul from ups and | | | | your mental health improvement. There is no doubt in |
| downs in your daily routine. If you take this life jacket | | | | the fact that stopping taking your psychiatric drugs, |
| of, then your body becomes more sensitive to its | | | | would cause you loosing those great achievements |
| surroundings when every small change can trigger a | | | | that you worked so hard for them. |
| psychotic disorder. | | | | |