I'm entering my 3rd year of college and the classes are getting harder and harder. I know that my meds for bipolar are, by design, supposed to slow down my brain. I take Lamictal and Risperdal. I'm stable now and I know that's in part to my meds - but in large part to me adjusting better. I want to taper off of my meds to be able to think more quickly like I used to.
Has anyone tapered off and stopped them? What were your results? Could you think more clearly?
I'm scared to come off of them, but need to do really well in school. So far I'm pulling a pretty good grade, but could do better, I know. I'm just afraid either way.
Thoughts?
As for grades. The biggest thing is that you pass. I have never been asked with what grade I've passed with. A sixty is as good as a seventy. You just have to get the degree. It doesn't have to be stellar. Could you possibly let yourself off the hook with the expectation that you have to do 'really well'. Sometimes it is okay to just do okay.
If you do go off meds make sure it is with the supervision of your pdoc. It may be possible to reduce your meds without going off them entirely.