It just dawned on me that I’m taking too many psych meds.
Going to ask my psychiatrist if I can streamline my medication cocktail.
She already told me that because of my TD symptoms she doesn’t like me being on 2 different antipsychotics
I may eliminate the low dose Abilify and possibly reduce my risperidone dose down to 2 mg.
I’ll keep the low dose Lamictal for depression.
She already increased my Depakote dose from 1000mg to 1500mg total daily.
I’ll see what she thinks.
Yeah at this point it’s overkill.
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I’m the same way, unfortunately for me, if I try simplifying my treatment, I get symptoms. But these side effects are making me miserable. Parkinsonism, drooling, muscle cramps, and fatigue are concocting to make a young man not so young.
I’m on 40-50mg of haldol, 1200 mg of Lithium, 42 mg of caplyta, 80 mg of Prozac, 200 mg of hydroxyzine, and a prn of Xanax 1 mg. I stopped Adderall, but I might go back.
Anyway, this post is about you, so I’ll stop my rantings about me. I hope you find the right concoction of medicine and get to lower it as much as possible.
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No it’s ok @John_Raven
I want to hear your experiences
I’m sorry that you are on so many meds
I fully understand
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Thank you, @Wave. Are you having any bad symptoms with the illnesses? Because if not you can probably cut the abilify. That’s what I would do.
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I’ve been a bit on the manic side of things lately but 2mg of Abilify doesn’t help with this
I’ll see, I am seriously considering cutting out the Abilify
My doctor would agree to this, I’m sure
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I am getting off of my 2nd AP med too @Wave
Are you nervous at all? I am a little. Been on 2 for decades. But also looking forward to it.
I just found this out today at my psych appt. No more Rexulti. I hope we both do well. Good vibes to you.
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Thanks @Ribbit
Best of luck to you
We’ve got this! 
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Thanks very much @Wave
Yes we can do this! 
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