I don’t hear voices nor hallucinate. I had a long standing delusion that my parents were trying to harm me and some other really bizarre delusions. I was hospitalized and put on antipsychotics. I no longer have delusions and am currently on invega 75mg per month. I think I might be able to function and remain sane with no delusions if I stop taking invega. Should I go ahead considering all I ever had were delusions but never heard voices nor hallucinated?
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No. That’s the short answer.
The reason you’re feeling well is because of meds.
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Stay on your meds. You’re doing well because of them. My experience going off meds is: Long story short: Weaned off over a year. I was great for three months. Relapsed, found myself and then switched to abilify. Doing much better now.
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I have to add that I was on around 2.5 grams of anabolic steroids when I had the delusions. And my symptoms worsened when I took modafinil along with them. Thats a lot of steroids. Is it possible that they were responsible for my delusions?
Yes, it is possible. But, don’t go off of your AP’s without consulting your doctor. It is too dangerous.
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I have a similar issue. I’d advise you strongly not to go off your meds without a doctor’s supervision. I went off an antipsychotic with a doctor’s supervision. But then, a few months later delusions started popping up, scarier than the old ones, and I ended up in the hospital thinking everyone bar a few were up to killing me. I thought every unsealed bottle was poisonous and my food was poisoned. Even that there were seriously weird technologies being used to watch me.
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But I was on steroids the whole time. That makes it difficult to say because maybe they were responsible for my delusions?
I had a similar thought, thinking my diet of all things was causing all my problems and the only way to fix it was to go off meds. I would strongly advise you to stay on meds. And only go off them with a doctor’s supervision, and then have them watch you and be honest about your experience off the meds. Then maybe consider it after a few months of observation and no symptoms return.
But the second you even get a whiff of delusional thought, seek help before you end up in a hospital or worse. THat’s my advice.
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Alright Coldcomfort. Thanks for your help.
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How long have you been delusions-free?
Around 2 months
If you’ve had a drug-induced psychosis, or a single episode of psychosis, doctors like to wait until you’ve been stable on the same dose for a year and a half before lowering and eventually stopping your meds. This is because your brain still needs help repairing its faulty circuits. Keep taking your meds exactly as prescribed, and after a year and a half you can talk to your doctor about slowly lowering your dose. You have to lower very slowly, because withdrawal is very harsh, and can seriously harm you.
If you try stopping your meds on your own, it will be very painful and you are very likely to have another episode. Additionally, the same dose of meds are less likely to work the second time around. So you might end up needing even more of your medicine to stay stable.
This happened to me. I used to be on a very low dose. After four months, I thought I was cured, so I stopped. Then, I relapsed hard and now I need twice as high of a dose. For a while, I needed four times as much. Don’t make that mistake.
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I quit without doctor’s supervision. Did not take long until I was ill again. I had been on meds for 6 months. But I felt cured. I had to swap meds and I’ve had to increase Abilify that I got to much higher dose.
Don’t go off meds. You will lose too much of your social life and time feeling terrified.
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Alright comatose thanks for your suggestion
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