My dr is trying to get me off one of my 3 antipsychotics. So I stopped and I’ve been off Rexulti for almost a week.
My husband and I have been bickering today, and this is a big red flag for me. Is he against me and always has been? I truly feel this way again and I am thinking of ending this marriage and moving out.
Just now I had a thought that all this could be because of no Rexulti? And thus symptoms? I usually do not stay angry or fearful or anxious like this. This is not who I am. I could genuinely use some advice.
I also today think about the pharmacy employees being against me. They are very nice to me but I know they all prefer to gossip about me and purposefully short me on medications to profit or take my medications themselves.
@anon25523312 thanks! I have thought about this a lot. I have a hard time talking to my current dr. But what I fear most is a new dr that would perhaps put me back on loads of stuff like seroquel and clonazepam again. Or perhaps the new dr would say only one antipsychotic pill or change diagnosis on me. I worry and do not trust them one bit. I do like my therapist usually. I talk more to her.
I’m sensitive about med question when it comes to psychiatrists…
They are not taking them, I do.
So it’s my call…
I already changed bunch of them bc they didn’t listen…
Sorry you are going through this…
I wish I could have the same fabulous stance you do. It is the absolute truth! We are the ones taking the medications! It is our call! I agree!
My current Dr will keep prescribing me 3 antipsychotics I think if I really ask her and explain what has been happening. But she has made me feel like it’s really bad for me to take these medications. But I have tried so many of them and so many combos, I’m 40 and most of my life is really already gone, you know? Why waste what’s left being ill with sz still? Just so I can be on one less antipsychotic? I don’t know!
I had only one psychiatrist that said that patients are ones who take meds, so they must be envolved in therapy…
After she retired, all of others just acted upon their vanity…
So, Im finally happy with this one…
I take meds that help me, bunch of them…
Stay strong
Sorry for my outburst about psychiatrists not knowing their job…
They played with meds with my best friend, and it resulted with suicide…
I saw folks struggling until someone made simple call about change, for example, friend from ward…
He was disfunctional until they gave him Zyprexa…
He is running bussines now…
Tell you psychiatrist that removing one AP seems to bring back paranoid thoughts and making you angry. Ask her why she thought it was bad and needed to be removed?
We as patients are one to take them but we’re not psychiatrists. And even when a psychiatrist or doctor gets sick they take treatment from other docs.
Decreasing/stopping AP has made me ill tempered as well.
I agree with @AhmShere , it sounds (especially given the pharmacy workers) that a decrease may be doing you more harm than good. I too would talk to your pdoc and not do anything drastic as far as your marriage is concerned.
@AhmShere thank you! I will definitely talk to my dr tomorrow about everything like the anger and paranoia. You bring up very good points too! Thank you for the perspective.
Thank you! I also believe that it is doing me more harm than good. Ok. I will not do anything drastic or make drastic decisions or changes. I will talk to my dr at my appointment tomorrow about all this. Thanks so much.
I can understand why your doctor might want to get you off one. These drugs have all sorts of interactions with each other and it is far from a ideal medical regime in terms of health to take several.
Personally I would welcome the idea to get off a drug, so maybe give your doctor a chance. Removing Rexulti might not be the right choice, but maybe some other option.
I totally understand it’s hard to go through experimenting with meds, I think most of us have.
It’s a fine balance between maintaining mental health and preserving general health.
This sounds like rapid decompensation from the change in medications. I’m not a doctor, but I think you should talk to one ASAP about a med change. Another week at this rate and you could lose insight. PLEASE keep us in the loop about how it works out? We kind of like you.
I went through similar dilemma of whether to tell my doc about going back to old med. Thinking he would think of it as dismissing his advice. In doing so I dealt side effects of new med unnecessarily more than 6 months.
And one day I did bring it up. He said we’ll do that. I was back on old med that worked well without troubling side effects.
But I get where you’re coming from. Dealing with paranoid thoughts is pain in the ass.
I thought Rexulti was an antidepressant, but I usually get angry when I come off an AD too. Work with your doctor if you think you can make progress. Look for another doctor if you think you’re having a setback.
I guess it’s up to you if you trust your doctor’s judgement. I can somewhat relate. My pdoc mentioned she might lower my Seroquel dose or whatever due to it possibly causing me to have high cholesterol. I get the feeling she wants me to be on Geodon, primarily. I would trust what she decides, unless I function better with different dosages. I get the feeling I’ll still be on 400mg Seroquel because it helps me the best. If anything, may need to decrease Geodon 120mg (tends to agitate me a little bit). Never had to worry about the Zoloft; that seems to be the constant 200mg for me with that AD.
Thank you for what you’ve said. I think I will be staying with my current dr. She is not so bad, after all, I believe.
I will have to see what she thinks when I see her today. There was a massive snowfall and winter storm, so I have to see her virtually today. I dislike this format but I don’t think I should skip the appointment altogether.
Well to quote Elvis, “I’m all shook up!” Oh my goodness! You’ve made my day! Thank you! I like you and everyone here a lot too!
I will be seeing my dr today virtually which I sort of dislike. I don’t particularly trust cameras and the like. But I don’t think I should skip the appointment though. So I will do it.
But I don’t think I should skip the appointment though. So I will do it.