Is it going to be possible for me ? 
I got off the antipsychotics with pdoc consent so I don’t advocate doing anything without approval from a pdoc…and I don’t advice going off antipsychotics!
4 Likes
That’s crazy ! The reason you’re sane now is probably cos you’ve been on APs and they were working.
3 Likes
Had they not put me on an antidepressant though,I would still not need them I think but as I have underlying mania I probably would have ended up down that road sooner or later.
3 Likes
i think if you stay on your meds that you can go long time without getting psychotic. so yea it’s possible huh
3 Likes
I switched APs and became psychotic in 2016.
I plan on sticking with risperdal so I should be ok for a while.
If you stay on the Abilify you should be fine @anon80629714.
5 Likes
I was going to ask to reduce the dose back down to 10mg but then I sleep much better on 15mg , and the anxiety is much less, I am spending a lot though but not enough to go into debt.
2 Likes
I’m wondering how long I’ll go psychosis free. I had a small/minor episodes of over the last two years but otherwise I’ve been fully functional
1 Like
I’m on 10mg abilify btw
Yeah I think for me even though 10mg kept the psychosis away, the 15mg is helping me sleep better and less anxious but still debating if I need the higher dose.
Keep it tbh. It’s better not to be anxious and imo anxiety can spiral into psychosis imo.
1 Like
Why did your pdoc take you off the ap’s?
1 Like
Because he thought I didn’t have schizophrenia but mood swings
How long has he been treating you? You should go to a pdoc who has seen you in your psychosis period.
1 Like
It’s not possible to choose in the nhs. I can’t do that as the inpatient pdoc don’t treat in community. Plus I never see same one.
Forgive me for asking too many questions but what’s your take on this … do you know or think that you have ever been psychotic?
1 Like
It’s ok 
I’ve been psychotic in 2010 and a few months back. So twice in total.
So if you know that you have a history of psychosis then you must be on ap’s dude. Ap’s are your saving grace here no two ways about it.
1 Like
Well , as it was only one episode and 10 years ago he thought it was ok to go off them … but the antidepressant without any other moods stabaliser pushed me to psychosis. Again.
I think the chances of me becoming psychotic again are negligible.
I have an occasional flare up of symptoms, but the flare ups are not very severe and overall I am quite
steady.
2 Likes
Then find a pdoc who has some sense … Go to him/her with all your reports and get your ap’s.
1 Like