What happens if you stop meds?

[Messupmum]

What happens if you tell the mh team you've stopped your meds because your mind told you to?

If you know it's wrong but don't care as not thinking or behaving rationally.

What if I tell them I can't stop spending money I haven't got, and I'm letting a bloke use me as it makes me feel wanted, but I'm also having thoughts of wanting a baby really desperately.

I don't really know what's going on in my head, and I can't control it too well. Why am I considering risking getting pregnant when I'm having bad suicidal thoughts too.

Someone please advise me, I think I'm behaving and thinking stupidly, but it kind of feels right too.

Try telling them what you've told us? Even show them your post if you can't talk about it?

They will encourage you to make the choice to take them again. Sometimes they involve the crisis team to come every day to encourage you to take them. You made be asked to have a medication review with the psychiatrist to see if there is a different medication you would be willing to take.

They can section you for assessment and treatment but it is a last resort. The focus is always on you making positive choices for yourself.

I'm just so scared.

It depends on the team. Some teams will say that you are an adult and it is your choice whether to take medication and leave you. Unless you are on a medical section no one can force you to take medication.

You may be offered your medication in an injection which may involve going somewhere once a month ( or however it lasts) but you are not forced to take it.

Do you want to take medication? Does it help? Or to put it a different way do you want more help and hope refusing medication will give you something you need?

Why not tell your Cpn about the bloke, longing for another baby and suicidal thoughts.

If you got pregnant you could get help from a peri mental mental health team; I was referred to them but they refused to see me here as I was already under a CMHT or rather previously had been seen by a CMHT so here peri natal mental health teams do not work with people with previous mental health issues unless after the birth of a baby they develop psychotic pnd. It is such a minefield, please do not think a baby will help you get help if your mind is telling you that.

Why not talk to your bloke and tell him you want him to father a child for you and see how he responds and whether he wants to stick around?

Sorry A have been blunt, just sharing my insight of having bpd and a mum and struggling for support a few years ago. Not saying your experience is anything like mine so feel free to totally ignore and please excuse my bluntness.

Using blokes and your comments may be seen by professionals as typical bpd behaviour; they are trained to work with people with bpd and will know how to react to you. They may not react as some professionals say giving patients responsibility is part of recovery; unless sectioned and held in hospital on a fixed term section.

Argh I just wrote a long reply and its gone. I haven't seen him anyway, he cancelled, I was relieved really. I don't know what I want, but I don't want to be that kind of girl, I just get thoughts that turn to urges and it's horrible.

I haven't stopped meds for any particular reason, just stopped. They've never made much difference, and I haven't done it for attention as not told anyone. I've only missed a few, but see no point in taking them. Just don't know what will happen.

Anyway, feeling really horrible, my lost reply was longer and explained more, but can't think straight to type it all again.

I am mortified by what I've posted here though, never told anyone these things.

I am mortified by what I've posted here though, never told anyone these things.

I hope you can see that nothing bad has happened because you told someone on here, and I hope that will give you the confidence to share it with a professional from your mh you trust. It must be really hard to deal with such difficult feelings without asking for help with them.

Hi - it can be really horrible being so confused about what to do. I hope you can carry on taking your medication until you speak to your Cpn as sometimes stopping medication can cause lowering of moods, dips or worsening of symptoms and if you stop them when struggling that may not help you.

It is hard when not think medication is helping and it is something that can be stopped with medical advice but even if it only helps a teeny bit then may be worth taking them?

It is ok saying whatever you like. I am just so sorry you are struggling so much and want to send you a hug xx