Did you feel better or worse when you Got lowered in antipsychotics

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Does gabapentin help? What do you use that for?

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same here. id consider that they maybe even get worse for me without them.

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I feel better at a lower dose of Abilify was taking 15mg now I am taking 10 plus it lessens any side effects youd possibly have at higher doses.Been taking Abilify and also Lexapro for many years now my body has adapted and gotten used to these meds so really Im surprised its still working well for me with little to no side effects other than making me sleepy but it could be my sleep apnea causing my sleepiness or my very very low Iron which is at 5 its supposed to be 15 to 55 just had labs drawn so I know its very low and my hemoglobin was low too at 10 I know the reason for that written in another post on here

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Latuda was a nighmare for me made me highly manic and also mean to the ones who love me my parents not in my nature to be like that also made me confrontational but hey what works best for some people may not work for others I tried 6 psych meds before I found the right combo for me best of luck to everyone with their meds

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I’m on a high dose of 2 APs and I don’t have too many side effects. I tried to reduce one and felt horrible.

Maybe with less nicotine I can drop the levels
In future.

I love my APs. They keep me normal. As normal as I can be.

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I always feel so much better in a lot of ways when i get off meds. Its like i can breathe proper air again. And experience life as it should be. But eventually, the positive symptoms creep up on me again and mania too sometimes. It sucks.
But alas, im doing pretty good now on 10mg of abilify. Its not too much for me. And plus im also on two different non-stimulant meds for adhd as well.
I have been occasionally feeling a bit ungrounded and odd. Making me worry about mania, but these times pass pretty quickly.
I also put my feeling-goodness down to recently starting to fast every day. I only eat one healthy meal a day at around 5 or 6 pm. And drink water and a couple coffees through the day (no sugar or anything). That, plus starting to lightly jog around town for about 20-25 minutes each day. Losing weight already. And i only started this routine about a week ago haha. Been needing to lose weight for a couple years now. Finally finding something that works is nice.

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Any time I try to lower any one of my three AP’s, my positives return.

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Initially worse, then better. Initially, increased depression

It’s aripiprazole

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Akendrick I have always loved native American.I remember that I red a Cartoon that was called Silver
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Rellevant then we are in exactly the same boat. Seems we got much in common.

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i feel somewhat better since lowering, some symptoms are more noticeable but nothing major and i could easily live the rest of my life with this level of stability and less side effects

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Psycward do you know that I went through the same as you did on Latuda with Ziprasidone . I’ll never try Latuda because that it’s very chemically alike Ziprasidone that made my mania and insomnia and hostility much worse.

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Panino I feel likewise you on my two antipsychotics.

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Man… I’ve had the exact opposite experience with latuda!!! I sleep ok and I’m not as hostile these days. If u don’t mind me asking…what kind of hostility did u deal with ?

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You know ozzykitten I feel the effect of lowering the meds the next day with really bad positives. But I can relate to your temptation of going off of antipsychotics when you feel that well at first.

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Skinny me I feel the positive just like you if I choose not to get my meds.
And you must please remember what I told you in the past and that’s that you are a very likable woman.

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Akendrick if people mistreated me I just got so angry that I hurt their feelings very badly. Now 2 years after Ziprasidone I don’t even react when people act bad towards me

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I understand your choice but it’s just easier for me to be positive symptoms free and less functional.

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Only increased when lowered.

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Same for me… I’m :sloth: slowly learning to try and refame the situation but it’s tough … I think it’s still possible that I do something bad and mess up!

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