They work in a few hours for me. Keep trying different AP’s. I hate to say it, but you might need to try a typical AP. They’re not unpleasant for everyone who takes them. You might find the perfect fit.
what counts as regularly? I ask because I started taking abilify every day these last 2 months, as opposed to 2015 when I didn’t. Do you think I’d get a decrease in paranoia now that I’m taking it every day? Would it also increase my side effects since I’m on it regularly?
If you don’t know, thanks anyways! I’d ask my pdoc but she is booked until May.
I think daily. Regularly is daily for me.
As for the op; I have been taking Invega 12mg since July last year and I have tried adding other AP’s like Saphris, Zyprexa, and now Abilify. I still see and feel things, I’m still “paranoid” and still have “delusions”. However, the bulk of the most scary things I was seeing, feeling and believing have subsided.
All the AP’s that I have tried came with prescribing information that says this won’t cure the illness, just help it a bit. From what I have read on this forum, I gather it is pretty common to continue experiencing “symptoms” while being on high doses of AP’s.
I know you get to see the psychiatrist soon so don’t forget to tell them you tried calming yourself with a Zyprexa. Zyprexa just made me so tired I couldn’t function. Apart from eating, boy did I eat on Zyprexa!
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The drugs she was given were antidepressants ( psych(ological) drugs). I could see the change in her behavior. It was like day + night.
Oh, I was asking about APs. Miscommunication, no offense meant.
I can attest to the efficacy of these hardcore oldschool AP’s…if you’re actually psychotic. Long term side effects are horrible but if it’s simply a case of needing said subject to come back to self and reality or in other terms, calm the hell down, works like a charm. My case was unusual I admit, but that’s all it took. In my experience it was the hippies, artists, lovers and non conventional thinkers who knew the best medicine. The straight conventional thinkers were my worst fear alongside forced electro shock.
mine never worked. the voices started to disappear on their own, without the help of medication. my schizophrenia is weird that way.
My experience has been with AP’s. I was saying I’ve seen the same immediate results in my mother when she was taking other mind-altering drugs (antideprtessants).
Ive been on rispiridone for 4 year it took about 3 months to work but ive been stable ever since i had a few initrusive voices for awile but for a year ive been fully recovered the difference is i have a reaaly stress free life now and a good diet also lots of love and affection in my life now and in a relationship so i have someone to talk to all the time rather than isolating and talking to myself so get a good doctor and think about taking long term stable meds i was able to reduce my meds a year ago and it feels great but still on 25mg shot of rispiridone once a fortnight try and stay stable if you can live with your family long term that is great if they are supportive go to a support group ive made heaps of new friends through my group and talk about your feelings and thoughts
No one not even my pdoc will tell me if the voices will permanently go or not I really need to know I don’t want them for life I might aswell not take meds because they’re not working, will they ■■■■ off?