I’ve been taking Lamotrigene and Abilify for close to two years now. I feel like they’ve worked, but I don’t like being medicated as it were. For health reasons, I want to stop taking them. I plan to do it properly, talk to my doctor and make sure we do it in a safe way.

I remember I stopped my lamotrigene suddenly when I first started taking it and it triggered a bit of my mania. But I feel much more prepared emotionally for an episode if it were to occur than I was back then.

I’ve been relatively stable, I’m about to graduate school. I’m starting therapy again next week. Life’s going okay. I’ve just come to the conclusion I no longer want to take medication for my bipolar.

Has anyone else stopped their medication safely? Is there anyone currently living unmedicated? How is it?