I would like to try but first I need to be completely stable for a 4 to 5 year period. I’ve been having problems the last 15 months. Got a pdoc appointment to increase my dose again.
1 Like
I have no plans to taper off my antipsychotic. I did taper off a benzo which is a completely different matter.
In fact at one point recently I thought of increasing the dose of my AP, but things are ok again.
What if you had 5 years of being completely stable, would you consider it then?
Nope.
It’s like having no leg and using a crutch as somebody once said on here. Take away the crutch and you’re screwed. I know, I’ve tried. You’ve tried too.
i will be taper off my drug from 150 mg to 100mg.and i m planning to taper down to 75mg.but i m worried about sleeping condition.because when i taper down i hear voices in my dream(not when i m awake)
I recently upped my Risperdal dose.
If I’m not on an Antipsychotic, my moods would be everywhere and I would get more paranoid and my delusions would begin.
No, I need an AP on board - my psychiatrist is fully aware of this fact.
I already tapered my dose to the minimum to function. I was prescribed 400mg amisulpride and 5mg olanzapine, and found out that on half that dose I can do ok as well, but when I went lower to 100mg amisulpride I got sick again. So I found my right dose and can’t mess with that. Maybe if I go two years without problems I may consider tapering it again but if I get sick I have to increase the dose again.
to be honest, I believe my episodes were misunderstandings. I just have to be more tactful in the way I deal with my own emotions if they involve others. So I have stopped medication and will see how I go.
1 Like
I will try to taper off completely when I’ve been stable for 5 years. Right now I’m tapering off Seroquel because I only want to be on Zyprexa, but I’m starting to notice symptoms already.
I wouldn’t taper off medication completely even if I were stable for 5 years. Cos if you’re stable with medication, it means it’s working. What’s the problem?
1 Like
It’s been almost two years since my psychotic break and I was having symptoms a few months ago. I had to up my dose of ap. Not seeing it happen anytime soon.
Good luck for those that can though.
I’ve had over 5 years of being stable and I know it was because my medications kept me that way. I’m not messing with them as I’d like to have another 5 years.
1 Like
Hi , Saadiqah, what's wrong when you were at 100mg amisulpride? I am on 200mg amisulpride and am wodering if I can lower it to 150mg.
It all depends on the person. For me it didn’t work, my voices came back, my depression and self harm urges, and my jumbled thoughts. For you it may be different.
1 Like
Ive been stable for 3 years i reduced my dose about 6 months ago and so far im fine my doctor and i have talked about reducing my dose again maybe at the end of the year but i dont know if i will or not depends on how i go this year i might if im ok untill the end of the year
I intend to go for no med. I often feel uncomfortable on the med. But I heard pdoc in my city won’t let anybody go off med. They make us take med forever. I wish i have means to go off med.
1 Like
I’ll probably be medicated for the rest of my life and that’s ok with me.
The Unmedicated years were so terrifying and uncomfortable. But maybe when I get elderly I won’t need meds.
I’ll probably need teeth though 