Can it come back after the initial withdrawal?
I felt rotten for about 5 days, then I was fine
Now I feel much worse.
It has been three weeks since I reduced my Amisulpride by 200mg(25%)
Doctor aware but we disagree on the volume of reduction
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Yes. It rebounds after the initial acute withdrawal, and then sticks around for weeks or sometimes months.
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Slowing the rate of decrease leads to shorter and less severe withdrawal periods, which is why your doctor disagrees with your actions.
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If I am going to feel like this anyway, I may as well go faster. It seems like it cannot get much worse, so might give it a go.
I really want to be on 400mg not 800mg. They’re over medicating me and I don’t like it.
If you decreased slower, you wouldn’t be feeling this way, and it certainly wouldn’t last as long. But it’s your life and only you can make decisions for yourself. I just hate to see you suffer.
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I don’t like all this slowness and caution
It happened that way with Diazepam, and reducing that to 10mg took weeks and weeks
I want immediate action. I had this planned for the least disruptive time for my family, which was after our holiday.
To go back now to me feels like a failure :-/
This is true for now, but I worry the doctor might intervene in a negative way, and I will end up on a depot or something
The suffering now stops suffering later. My prolactin is high, and the only person who cares is the pharmacist I spoke to. She agreed the risk of osteoporosis was real and a concern
That’s because benzo withdrawal can be fatal if it is done too quickly. It took a while, sure, but you’re not dead.
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Benzo withdrawal is hell!!!
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@TheCanuk Agree, I experienced it even on a very low dose. 
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Yes, it can get worse.
You feel bad (partly) because you went too fast. I did the same, it was stupid. Only when i went incredibly slow, taking years even, i managed to really reduce meds without extreme rebound effects.
Going too fast can cost you time, because it can cause relapse and reinstatement on a higher dose, and you will have to start anew. It can also cost you more valuable things than time.
I hope you take good care of yourself.
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I have emailed my care coordinator, and I have detailed the actions I have outlined here, and asked for the specialists advice.
What I specifically asked is whether to have a higher dose in the morning, so any withdrawal will happen at night when I am asleep
My PRN of Levomepromazine will put me to sleep no matter how rotten I feel
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I would take small steps, that is the safest. You just started your own business if memory serves correct. I wouldn’t jeopardise that with a potential relapse.
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When I reduced my amisulpride in Oct 2013 to a dose that was too low and then came off, I had withdrawal symptoms but it got better and in Nov I was coping ok but then I got ill again in Dec and by Jan 2014 I was in hospital again.
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What’s the difference between withdrawal symptoms and relapse symptoms? How come the withdrawal symptoms stick around so long? Isn’t it just the sz/a coming back?
Psychosis symptoms are the sz coming back. Withdrawal symptoms are more physical illness, crankiness, mood swings, brain zaps, sleep troubles. Physical withdrawal can trigger a relapse, the same way other forms of stress can.
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Yes when I went off my meds or reduced dose too much I started hearing voices again and getting violent thoughts inserted by Alien in my head and he tried to take control of my mind.
Did get withdrawal symptoms too - tension and anxiety
I guess it was both
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@Ninjastar I am going back up. I don’t need this withdrawal right now and i need to be well to work
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I hope it works better for you. Maybe you and your doctor can come up with a reduction schedule that doesn’t cause such severe withdrawal.
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The problem is I just get so frustrated with the amount of time. It seems like it’s overly cautious, but I see now my mistakes.
I have a lot of responsibility now with work, so I have to try and be a bit more sensible I think.
Sometimes I can be really bone headed if that’s even the right phrase to use
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You seem to come to your senses more quickly than most. Certainly more quickly than me during my “I need to stop my meds” moments.
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