[FeepingCreature]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with you varying your medication in order to manage side effects. That's a very good reason. However, parent said:

> and failing that they come off them because they're so ashamed of being mentally ill from all those condescending and "well-meaning" (read: superior) people telling them what to do and how defective they are all the time that they want to prove they can handle it.

Which is a really bad reason.