Afraid to take higher dose of

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My Haldol. I take 10 mg but I’m allowed to take 15. I’m afraid something bad will happen to me if I take a higher dose. I don’t know why I’m scared I just am. I’m scared to change my meds right now. But I’m still being followed etc.

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Every time I went over 10 mg (which was very frequently as I react best to Haldol but am no longer on it), I got increased EPS and no reduction in symptoms. In other words, I hit a ceiling at 10 mg.

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Ok. That makes sense.

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What are you afraid of? You can always get back to 10mg. Maybe you’ll get more negative symptoms but like I said before if your positives are serious its worth it.

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I’m afraid my extrapyrimidal symptoms will get severe and I won’t recover from them.

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I am not a Dr, better ask your Dr about it but I believe there is meds like Benzatropine for these? In most cases I think they’re not permanent. I had eyelid tremors and akathisia, they disappeared after changing AP and after reducing dosage.

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@Aziz, do you know how awful EPS is? Have you ever experienced it? People have committed suicide from akathisia.

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I had akathisia and couldn’t sleep. It stopped after I switched AP. And I said to talk with her Dr about it.

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I already take benztropine and I still have EPS symptoms already

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Can you split the pill and take 12.5 mg?

I think that taking 10 mg and then 15 mg is a big difference.

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Maybe taking more meds isn’t the answer. For instance focus on nutrition. I feel every time I eat a bag of crisps my mind turns to crap. I mean…it’s like the crisps are breeding negative thoughts…so I almost never eat crisps any more.

Actually everything we ingest affects our brain in some way. It can be hard to pick up on, but as a thumb of rule unhealthy foods affect the brain negatively, anh healthy foods have a positive or neutral effect.

That’s not to say people should stop snacking, but maybe limit it and not too much in one go. And identify and stop eating foods that “attack” the brain.

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Maybe you could take a little bit more. For example 11 mg or even 10.5 mg and see what happens. If that is possible. I’m the same way. I get scared of side effects. I don’t want to change medicine either. The side effects stress me out a lot.

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yea i am always afraid to change meds too. But if you really struggling with positive symptoms it would be worth the shot… and you can go back lower if it doesn’t react how you would want it…

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I’m still struggling even though I know everyone is telling me I’m in psychosis. I’m trying to pep talk myself

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yea that is good that you pep talk yourself =)
I’d give the med change a go and see how you do but that is just me…

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im on alot of anti psychotics but it keeps me reasonably well…im on 2 AP’s olanzapine 20mg and quetiapine 800mg…i wouldnt reduce it in a million yrs as id be back down that awful stress filled road

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I hope everything works out for you piano gal.

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Thanks @alasangel . My pdoc convinced me to take the higher dose. I started it last night. Still being followed and recorded but I feel less anxiety

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