I have received medical advice. Back in 2012 I finally broke down at the behest of a girl I was dating and went on a cocktail of antipsychotics. That was the single worst decision I have ever made. I finally got off them in the summer of 2013.

Leading up to that I had several years under my belt of working things out through coping mechanisms I had learned along the way. Going on medication numbed and dumbed me down to the point where I was just self aware enough to be very unhappy with my lowered quality of life.

I know medications work for a lot of people, they also don't work for a lot of people, myself included.

There's a fair amount of concern from my family, but they also trust me. My business partner and our employees will be holding the fort down. It's not easy to step away, and there's a lot of anxiety that comes with it, but it's the right thing to do.