I am going on eight years with Geodon. Been taking Latuda too for about a year or so.
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10.5 yrs on the same drug and still okay
some meds are better for each individual. I have found that in the past - however if you have insight - keep up the same med
in a fragile state a meds change will probably send you into an episode
so just do what the docs advise! tell them all whatâs going on for you
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120mg a day when I was hospitalized for 8 months. I saw the dosage in my medical chart. I may be wrong but I think they donât give dosages above 60mg a day now.
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Bro that cant be right?? Prolixin?? Im on 4⌠I thought the max dosage was around 10 or 12
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I was on them for a year when I was 17, then I was off them until 25. Since then I have been on them permanently for four years and had to change AP three times.
I hated Olanzapine because it made me too tired and fat. I was really angry I was put on that and left on 20mg for two years without a doctor lowering the dose. I went non-compliant and they tried Abilify, but that didnât work and I had a relapse. Since been on Latuda, but I stopped taking it for just a week or two and it has taken two months and still not stabilised again. I really donât want to come off Latuda now because I have lost 11kilos in the last 6 months and I want to get back to my original weight after being on Olanzapine for too long.
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Since september 2011 - 5,5 years
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Iâve been on APs for over 11 years now. Iâve been on Invega, Seroquel XR, Abilify, Haldol and a couple I canât remember. It seems they work for a while for me and then stop and I have to try something different.
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do you think you got better or worse ?
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Overall, I am doing better these days. I am currently on Abilify and doing well. I have had access to a good pdoc who really was able to make adjustments and changes that helped me, and I am thankful for that.
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From 1996-2013
Abilify/Aripiprazole
Cogentin/Benztropine Mesylate
Depakote E.C./Divalproex EC
Effexor XR/Venlafaxine HCI
Geodon/Ziprasidone
Haldol/Haloperidol
Paxil/Paroxetine
Prozac
Prolixin/Fluphenazine
Risperdal/Risperidone
Stelazine/Trifluoperazine
Tegretol/Carbamazepine
Topamax/Topiramate
Trilafon/Perphenazine
Wellbutrin SR/Bupropion
Zoloft/Sertraline
Zyprexa/Olanzapine
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which one worked for you?
Iâve been on APâs since 1987. Thatâs 30 years. And no tardive.
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Hi @Anonaccount
Glad to see you back on here 
Four months and a half. Iâm actually enjoying my life these days. I feel like I can keep with the meds for another four, five, six months or so. Not forever, but for some time.
25 years 17 - 42 and onwardsâŚ
7 years approx abilify
Please disregard my answer if you didnât mean me,
Geodon worked until routine labs found my prolactin levels too high, MRI showed a âshadowâ on my pituitary, though the endocrinologist poo-pooâd the finding, my reg doc had to drop me me afterwards (spent too much time finding my problems?)âŚcome to find out a 1st cousin had a pituitary tumor removed recently, and now another cousin has one.
Haldol tablets 5mg also helped more than anything, but only when taken with Topamax 50mgs daily.
a few others. trilafon, prolixin were decent, nothing to write home about.
Depakote,Effexor XR,Risperidal,Stelazine, ZyprexaâŚjust about killed me with side effects, tortured is what comes to mind.
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Iâve been on and off of APs for the past 14 years. Zyprexa was the first one I was tried on, and it worked well. I was on and off of that one for a few years. Seroquel was tried on me in 2008, but it caused akathisia. I was taking Haldol at one point, but I hated taking it, and after a while I just refused to keep taking it. I was on Latuda for a few months in 2012; I donât remember why I got switched to Abilify - I remember not liking the Latuda, just donât remember why. Abilify was great, but I had to go off it when it went generic in the U.S. in 2015 and my dr couldnât get free samples anymore. I was off APs for a year, until I started getting really sick again last May/June and got put back on Zyprexa. I couldnât tolerate it anymore (akathisia), and I got tried on the Aristada (aripiprazole) injection and now Abilify Maintena. The Abilify Maintena seems to be doing a pretty good job.
In the1980âs the procedure for people who were hospitalized was to heavily, heavily medicate them. I think this has changed.