So I’ve lowered my dose of zyprexa and lithium since 2 days ago. I’m feeling fine and am still doing fine the way I was nothing feels to have Changed. Hopefully by tomorrow I shall feel improvements like less sedation and thank God the lithium is only at 500mg per day.
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be careful. I only lasted a week before voices get intense again…
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Wish you all the best. Sz can be managed without medications and all the side effects that come along with it in some cases.
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If you on less than 10mg of zyprexa then you’re basically off meds.
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What about 7.5mg Dr everhopefull?
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From google
Efficacy in schizophrenia was demonstrated in a dose range of 10 to 15 mg/day in clinical trials.
7.5mg is off meds.
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I have collected user comments on SZ meds as much as possible. According to my knowledge, 5 mg Zyprexa is the lowest dose that have kept some patients at bay long. So you can try 7.5mg zyprexa carefully.
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Hope it works out, when the Fanapt I was taking made me too sleepy all the time, my doctor lowered it from 24 mg total to 10 mg total. I did just fine.
Careful. You saw what happened to om_sadadiva when he lowered his dose. Idk what’s with all the complaints about meds and sedation. I take Latuda 80mg no real changes in sedation. It just gives me anxiety that I am now medicated for. I really do not think meds necessarily exacerbate negative symptoms.
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Be very careful @anon20318121.
I switched meds then went back on Risperidone but at a lower dose.
It took me like a month before I lost my mind completely and had to be involuntarily hospitalized in 2016.
I wouldn’t fool around with your meds on your own.
Contact your doctor before you end up hurting yourself or God forbid someone else.
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Do not lower it too much, there is something called abstinence effect that worsens everything
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Good luck, hope you start feeling better soon.
I hope it works out for you. If it doesn’t, don’t write off going back on the meds, I know meds can do terrible things to us but it’s not defeat if you have to go back on to stay stable.
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