“Why am I quitting Trileptal?”

Why am I going to take myself off of Trileptal? Some of these reasons may appear stupid, that’s why I’m including all of them, I’ll let you be the judge.

1. I’ve been taking Trileptal for about 2 years and am sick of it.
2. I don’t want to take medicines for my brain. I want to use it normally even if it is defective.
3. I want to see what it is like to be off things. I’m not going to assume that it is fixed, but I certainly would like to see just how broken it is.
4. It is expensive.
5. I moved to another country and don’t really want to have to find a shrink etc.
6. I’m not sure it does anything.
7. When I tried briefly to get off it, I got super-itchy all over, my face was numb, my ankles swelled up, I was a wreck.  Any medication that does this to your body can’t be good for you.