How long for meds to work?

How long roughly does aripriprozol and rispiridrone take to kick in? :confused: I was off meds for a pretty long time things got bad these last 3-4weeks have been hell i got back on the meds about a week or so ago? and im having a pretty hard time right now? :confused: sorry if this is a low effort post im just looking for experience rather than facts.

xanax should work right away…risperedone might take a couple weeks to kick in fully but you should feel SOME difference immediately

it may be the side-effects giving you trouble, and it may not be the right med for you, even though risperdidone is a good medication, because after a week you should notice something different!

i made a poll and the consensus is you never stop improving but it takes 2 weeks to a month to get fully in your system

im guessing xanax is the ari~ i have saw a lot of improvement but im still kinda iffy tonight im not prowling the house with a knife im just in bed and having some iffy noises i think im on almost the max dose for both(just what my cpn said the other day) 20mg & 5mg <3

xanax is just to calm you down a little. yeah its the apriprozole (sp)

its for anxiety

while risperedone is for psychosis

xanax is a narcotic and hits you harder than most benzos

be careful with that stuff to say the least

although it could be a necessity for us SZ folk…i take klonopin for anxiety which is similar to xanax and it’s very useful.

wait my bad!!! seriously

the medicinal term for xanax is very similar to that of abilify

disregard almost everything ive said so far

im on abilify and its very useful

i feel dumb now…

Well that explains my relative calmness all things considered. and why be careful ? im sorry for all the questions, I’ve only been diagnosed about a year or a year and a half. And I’ve never read into my meds or been told about them really…If you wan’t ill go research my self. It’s all fairly new to me basically.

ok…I’ll uhh i’ll go read about my meds XD thanks for the help x

if it were xanax you have to be careful, but abilify or aripiprazole is very much safe

im truly sorry

Don’t worry about it page, I’m just glad to be talking to someone and stuff, is there a pm system on this forum? i feel like we are clogging up the site with less important stuff than could be here?

We’re not clogging things up, because this information could be useful to anyone…only one clogging things up is me lol with my incorrect knowledge. But if you want to PM just click on my name and click ā€œsend private message.ā€ i’d be glad to help. Peace :smile: