Whenever a doctor instructs a discharged patient to take his or her medication regularly and on time, many patients may be dismissive or look helpless. Most patients can take their medication as prescribed within a short period of time under the supervision of their doctors and family members, but what is rare is adherence, and the same is true for taking medication. This is because adherence to long-term medication is exceptionally difficult for many patients. Often, after taking medication regularly for a period of time, patients will take the initiative to ask, “Doctor, when can I stop taking the medication?” Can I stop taking the medication now that I am well?”, “Doctor, can I stop taking the medication now that I am well?”, “Doctor, can I stop taking the medication every day? or “Doctor, taking medication every day will delay and affect my life, can I stop?” or the patient will say that taking medication will affect daily activities and interactions with others. In short, patients can find a lot of seemingly reasonable reasons to stop taking medication. But what I don’t realize is that it takes more time and energy than others to do what is necessary every day – take the medication. The ultimate goal of the doctor is to help the patient return to society. I hope that every patient can live a healthy life, experiencing the joys and sorrows, the passions and the humdrums of life. An important condition for a healthy return to society is to take medication regularly. The “China Mental Disorders Prevention and Treatment Guide Series” clearly states that depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses are highly recurrent illnesses and therefore require maintenance treatment to prevent relapse; after maintenance treatment is completed and the illness is stable, medication can be slowly reduced until treatment is terminated. This also shows that regular medication for a certain period of time is necessary and that there is hope for eventual discontinuation. First of all, regular medication can help patients to control the disease to the greatest extent and welcome their new life with the best condition. Second, regular medication can shorten the course of the disease and limit its progression to the greatest extent possible, giving the patient more hope of stopping the medication in the shortest possible time. Conversely, if patients stop taking medication on their own there is a high risk that the disease will worsen, leading to a longer time on medication, or even eventually no chance of stopping, bringing greater distress to life, which is contrary to the initial goal of doctors and patients. We take medication to cure the disease and to live a better life. If the benefits of stopping medication outweigh the disadvantages, who would refuse it!