My wife was on celexa (for depression) & well-butrin (I think that sounds right, for bp), she went off them a couple years ago to get "skinny" and thats when all the problems started - getting skinny, working out, tanning, buying new clothes, new hairstyle, new friends, staying out late, clubbing, etc.
Going off the meds without supervision is not smart, watch out for the withdrawal symptoms, it's not if they will happen, it's when they will happen and then she will start having ideas to make really radical changes, let's drop this and do this right now, no need to wait let's do it and then it will be, why did we do this, I can't believe we did this.
Tristan be careful.
She is seeing the psych. So she won't do it without his supervision, which is good. Her point is that she went 33 years without needing meds and the original prescription of ADs is what caused the "manic" behavior in the first place. If she can handle the depressed side of her bp without meds; then she might not need to worry about the manic side as it was never a problem before she was on meds.
I know it is not a smart thing, but she does make a convincing argument on why it is worth a try. I just want her to be seeing a psych while doing it. And yes, I will be watching her mood and behavior more closely and from a different perspective from now on. She has also asked me to do the same in not so many words.
