Have you ever gone from 2 AP meds down to 1?

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How did it go? Was it difficult?

My psych wants me to go from 2 to 1 AP med. I take Rexulti and zypexa now but soon it will be just zyprexa.

I’m looking forward to it but also a little nervous.

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I was on Latuda and Olanzapine at one point at my psych ward stay in 2018.

But I wasn’t on it long, maybe a month.

Then my pdoc took out Olanzapine and kept Invega.

I didn’t notice any big changes, but that’s cuz I was on it for a short amount of time.

Maybe expect some anxiety ? I don’t know.

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Ok. Thanks for your story. I am glad you found a med that’s effective.

I hope I’ll have no anxiety. I am looking forward to ditching it. @pintac

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I was recently on Zyprexa plus Cobenfy, but discontinued the Zyprexa on Dec 24. Now it’s just Cobenfy. At first my pdoc was going to add Latuda but she’s happy with how I’m doing with one med. This is the first time in years that I’ve only been on a single psych med, it’s weird…

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Good deal @WhiteRaven

That’s great that you’ve been able to successfully be on the 1 AP med!

I hope I have good results like you when I just take zyprexa.

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If I could go from 3 to 2 I’d be happy.

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@SkinnyMe Do what works best for you so you don’t get bad symptoms/ or end up in hospital etc. You gotta do what works for you. No shame in that.

I did take 3 at one point so I know what that’s like. But my new psych strictly only prescribes people 1 AP at a time so she has reduced me.

Seems like they all have their own opinions/ideas I suppose to an extent.

I’m looking forward to it though since my zyprexa dose is higher

Good vibes to you :slightly_smiling_face:

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I’m currently on my journey to drop clozapine. I’m on it and Abilify at the moment…

I feel one AP is good enough to me. dropping clozapine is reeeeeeally slow. we’re talking -25mg per 3-4 months. that’s super slow. but I’ve been on clozapine for 17 years and it’s for my own good to take it slow. I hope Abilify will hold me and I could get completely rid of clozapine. I’m tired of it. it is a super good med, but I feel I could do just fine on only one AP.

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