Are You Taking Your Medication On A Daily Basis

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I’m on quite a lot of medication and I have to take my medication morning & at night.
600 mg of Quetiapine in two divided doses. And Amisulpride in two divided doses.
I’m just a bit confused because there are a lot of posts that say , sometimes I take them when I feel unwell??

I have to take my medication. If I didn’t I wouldn’t be typing this. I’d be hidden away climbing the wall’s!!!

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I take abilify 10 mg morning AND night=20

I take naltrexone 50 mg morning AND night=100

I take klonopin varying dosage but never more than 1 mg but never less than .25 per day

And I take some supplements daily. Omega 3 and d3

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You have to take your antipsychotic everyday.

Sometimes people are prescribed an extra antipsychotic like haldol for emergencies. Haldol is quick acting.

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I take my meds every day

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Good on you @Jonnybegood x

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Yes everyday. It’s more crazy not too.
Thanks for your reply @everhopeful x

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When people say they take them when they’re having issues, it’s actually used as needed in addition to what they take every day. It’s called prn meds, or as needed meds.

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Your like me then. We do as we are told by those who know better
Thanks @anon21849028 x

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I take aps as needed and a couple others as needed.
I dont have chronic schizophrenia though

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PRN , meds I know are when required, but there are some posts that have confused me a little.
Everybody here are lovely folks don’t get me wrong. I just thought, please take your meds and you will feel much better.

But thanks i did forget to think of PRN medication.

Thanks @LilyoftheValley x

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Hi @LevelJ1

All I would say is don’t go through the suffering. But if you’re SZ is stable stick to your PRN’s

Nesta x

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Yes it seems to work for me. My psychiatrist is ok with it.
She said she has 2 types of patients, the risk takers and the ones that play it safe. Im in the risk taking category lol.

Basically she said if i ended up in a bad episode suddenly i may not have the insight to take the medication.
I have a good support network of people though.

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I’ve been on some inhalers that I take every day, but I have a hard time remembering to take them at the same time every day, and some days I miss a dose completely.

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Invega and Wellbutrin first thing in the morning.
Clozapine before going to bed.

Not too complicated. I don’t use a pill box, It’s a reflex to take them.

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Yes. I take them everyday. :penguin::penguin::penguin:

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I take Risperidone everyday. If I don’t I temporarily feel better and more energetic but after a few days psychosis slowly starts surfacing.

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I take my meds everyday and on time.
I set alarms on my phone to remind me.

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I always take my morning and evening meds every day…like at nine a m and nine p m…that way I am always up by that time.

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I’ve gotten to the point where I can take breaks. Recently I stopped medication for 9 days and then went back on it. I take haldol, and as someone said in a post above–it appears to be quick acting

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I am on Lurasidone again now, so I have to have the 350 calories of food which is annoying

Bought some thick milkshakes that are about that calorie count, so they’ll do for now

But yes I don’t miss my medications.

Usually anything I get given PRN turns into a full time med, which is irritating

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