It’s good that you recognize it. I had to set up rules for myself because I never naturally recognize “I am irritable.” Instead I naturally land on “Everyone is irritating!”
Nothing else works for me but getting time alone and rest. I just say it exactly like that: I’m feeling irrationally irritated and I need to go now. My family was a little o_O when I first did it but now understand and appreciate it.
On PychiatricTimes.com there is a piece on escalating doses of prescription drugs. Basically, if the clinical dose does not have any effect, a higher dosage has been demonstrably shown to fail just as equally in stopping SZ symptoms.
Despite this new information, doctors today still use the “more is better” technique. If only they had to feel the symptoms of these AP’s combined with SZ, they’d be rebuked.
hug.
