From your antipsychotic? I guess I’ve only been on Abilify going on 3 weeks now and the first week dose wasn’t even a therapeutic one just an adjustment one. I’m going to be on 5 mg for at least a month. I think she gave me the lower dose because apparently antidepressants increase potency of antipsychotics.
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About 3 months. I was in hospital when I was first given it, and it took about 3 months to work. I was then released from hospital.
Edit: but I was in a very bad way to begin with.
I’ve had different experiences with the 3 APs I have tried.
Zyprexa worked within an hour of taking it, I immediately felt much more relaxed, and my mind started to clear up noticeably within a week.
Latuda never seemed to help at all, just made me feel wired up and agitated.
Right now the Risperdal already seems to be helping with anxiety and it’s only the 4th day, but I’m still getting intrusive thoughts, but not as bad as before. My anxiety is just way down already. I got some really bad ones this morning, but they subsided quickly and I didn’t have lingering messed up feelings from them. I’m looking forward to what this med can do for me once I’ve actually been on it for a few weeks.
anna is your real name? me too, I am anna lol 
my grandmother was anna also:)
otherwise, I couldn’t stand the meds for 7 years… I had fear from them, I was expecting miracles and in the same time I guess I was in love with a guy who didn’t care about me… I wanted him so badly that nothing worked on me… now I am depressed and paranoid but this time I want to live:)
I strated my meds since month and a half… it was really difficult in the beginning, my brain was a real mess. I start to feel a slight improvement this time after a month and a half but it will take some time also… so give your meds 2,3 months yes… I live like hermit since 13 years, I have 7 years of psychiatry behind me but this time it will work, I guess. I am on zyprexa 7,5 mg and Depakote. klonopin when needed also
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About 5 days yeh
I see meds as more of a preventive then an enhancement,
In my case about three weeks.
I started with 1/4 from a pill of 10 mg. of Haldol. Little by little my pdoctor increased the dose until about almost 10 mg.
Tolteca.
I started on 5 mg. Increased with 5 mg/week til I had 15 mg. Then two weekslater I felt the differance. But I’ve had to increase it more. I got psychotic symptoms breaking through. I’m on 25 mg today.
Initially? YEARS. Now it takes about a month for me to start to realize positive effects if there are going to be any. Speaking of which, my new nickname for Abilify is Disabilify (hat tip: @anon40540444). The drooling was horrible. Gawd.
Part of why I’m going on them is in case I’m in the prodromal stage of schizophrenia. My pdoc said it was possible, and if that was the case it would be best to start antipsychotics early on. I’m hoping that this is not the case and I’ll never develop it.
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What dose were you on that caused drooling? If ya don’t mind me asking
I honestly don’t remember. I will try to see if I can find where the old bottle got to.
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