When medication ‘works’ and helps a distressing symptom you’ve been experiencing ease, or even go away entirely, it can be easy to think that that is it - the medication has done it’s job, and you can stop taking it now.

Psychiatric medications, however, are often not that straight-forward, and here Consultant Pharmacist Dr Siobhan Gee talks us through what we need to think about when considering stopping a medication, and why it’s really important to have a conversation with your doctor or pharmacist first.