1. Why do you stay on meds?

to help prevent depression 636

to help prevent anxiety 483

to help prevent mania 432

to help prevent psychosis 304

to stay in remission 279

to help prevent irritability 415

so my family or friends don't have to deal with the fallout 502

I don't want to lose my job / have to drop out of school 373

so I don't have to be hospitalized 456

I can't afford another spending spree 191

so I don't have to apologize to a lot of people afterward 281

to help prevent other symptoms (obsessions/compulsions, etc) 257

to stay functional (can leave the house, etc) 532

because I don't want the same thing that happened last time to happen again 480

to help prevent self-injury 265

so that I'm not dead 428

so that I can sleep 407