Do you take medication regularly?

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I’ve noticed, I can go days. Sometimes even a week upto two. Where I will not touch the abilify / aripiprazole. I haven’t had a psychotic break down since I was hospitalised / sectioned.

How has it been for you?

Do you worry if you’re not taking it regularly?

Do you find it difficult to care enough to take the antipsychotic every night/morning?

(I definitely do find it hard to care about taking it and it’s not good for me as it’s a natural stressor thought now. Even so… it doesn’t seem to be enough to warrant me to make an effort because the motivation still doesn’t exist for it; much like anything I don’t have excitement for)

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I get injections so I don’t have to worry about taking meds

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I take my meds everyday. Otherwise I would end up in the hospital. :goat::goat::goat:

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I take meds every night.

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I had that too. I couldn’t deal with the added appointments. (A nurse administered it). My days felt like I was just waiting for an injection every two weeks.

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I need to take inspiration off of here and make an effort to take the medication every night then.

I had thought everyone would have the same approach or “issue” I’m having.

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I take my meds daily.

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I understand that would be annoying my mom gives me my shots at home so I don’t have to make extra appointments

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I take my meds on a regular basis.
Like clockwork.

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I take my meds daily otherwise I get bad withdrawals and start getting in the prepsychosis phase symptoms.

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Visual hallucinations are my first symptoms.

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If I miss one dose I am in trouble.

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I take my meds every day.

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The longest I’ve gone without my meds in the past 4 years is 3 weeks, and that was not by choice as much as the prescription taking 3 weeks to arrive instead of 2 days.
Let’s just say I got a little weird and leave it at that.

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I take Wellbutrin every morning and Invega Sustenna once a month.

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I take haliperidole every evening

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I am very surprised so many take the medication regularly. Also very surprised why I don’t have the positive effects despite my breaks. I do have a psychotic state of mind kind of, in the literal sense — I can come across confused :man_shrugging:

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I have to take meds even if I feel I don’t need them.

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Have started taking them every night since last episode

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This made me realize I forgot to take mine tonight. I used to view meds as a negative but I am trying to be better at taking mine as it has been so hard for me over the years but after my last psychotic break; visuals, auditory, tactile, paranoia, disorganized thoughts, feeling persecuted by my family- I realized I need to take them and not relapse again. It’s worsens every time I do.