Does your antipsychotic feel "even" throughout the day?

Medications
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I take abilify at 10pm. I seem to get what feels like an ‘uneven’ delivery throughout the next day.

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I divide my Risperdal dose during the day and evening - taking it 3 times a day.

Taking it in divided doses makes it more even so it seems

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@everhopeful you can ask your pdoc if you can take Abilify in 2 divided doses - one dose in the AM and another before bedtime - it could even things out for you more

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I take all my meds in the morning because it always forces me to eat breakfast.

Noon is my best time of the day.

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They suggested that already for anxiety. I might end up giving it a go to see if it takes care of both problems.

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I find my Haldol works best if I take 5 mg twice a day, than a single 10 mg dose once a day.

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This is what I sort of do and by mid afternoon I’m a bit more prone to panic and other little glitches… until I take my Seroquel and then pass out.

This sounds like what I should do… I’d most likely have an easier time of it.

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I take my zyprexa at night. It knocks me out. In the morning I’m slow. About 4 PM the zyprexa’s worn off enough to want to do some things. Till bedtime + it’s all over again.

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that shouldn’t happen. abilify has a very long half-life. provided you don’t miss doses, you should have a constant level of symptom coverage. could it be due to another drug or stress?

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that must be hell. i remember taking Geodon twice a day - - - when it first came out, it wasn’t known it could be taken once a day. i hated waking up and havnig about an hour and a half before getting paranoid then konking myself out for eight hours, coming out of it some, and doing it again. risperdal generally is only taken three times a day at doses over 4mg. you might consider lowering the risperdal and adding a second antipsychotic since it shows decreased gains in efficacy after 4mg. just a thought. i’m not a doctor. besides, i hear two antipsychotics is out of vogue these days. if one doesn’t work, it’s straight to clozaril. doesn’t make sense to me, but again, not a doctor.

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Well, yeah, that’s what my doc said, once a day is good for my meds, plus who the hell can remember and be on top of taking meds 3X a day??? I can barely remember to eat 3 times a day.

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Interesting, because arapiprasole has a very long half life (+/- 75 hours) in most people. Are you drinking caffeine, smoking, ingesting other psychoactive chemicals and/or medications during the day? How’s your blood sugar?

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I don’t notice anything happening upon taking my AP (aripiprazole).

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I take my Orap in the morning, and by the time 4 pm comes around I get a touch of tinnitus. Also I tend to have really slow mornings and more energy in the afternoons, which didn’t used to be the case before my episode… I remember when I was working years ago 10.30 am until about 13.00 was my best time, with an afternoon dip.

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Maybe that’s the problem. I’ve only been taking 7.5mg for 10 days and it takes 14 days to reach a steady state in your system. OK, I might wait another few weeks before taking it in multiple doses during the day. Thanks.

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I take divided doses of Risperdal in smaller amounts, because I am just way too sensitive to psych meds, especially Antipsychotics.

If I take 2.5 mg of Risperdal in one shot - I will get zoned out and feel like a zombie all day - dividing the doses is easier on my system, I do realize that its not the norm, but it works for me.

I used to divide the doses of Abilify, when I was on that medication, for the same reason

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Only taking coffee, 1 cup in the morning, blood sugar is now actually fine even though I had a scare recently (long story short seroquel messed with it). I’ll wait a few weeks and see how it goes.

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I take my saphris at night because it’s so sedating but wake up clear headed in the morning. Usually by 5 or 6pm I’m struggling, sun downing you could almost say.

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My meds feel uneven, i take latuda 160mg in the evening and haldol 10mgs at night. They work better then the invega i was even when i was taking two doses a day.

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My medications wear off about 3pm even though I take one of them at 1pm… I sometimes get moving very fast about 7pm. I take Latuda and Seroquel at bedtime, Trileptal during the day.

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