I want to reduce my antipsychotic dose but im scared

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I really want to to reduce my dose because of weight gain and eating bad foods like fatty foods and sugar but im scared of the consequences.

I came off abilify and went mad because of the lack of sleep and losing alot of weight fast. Im on 5mg of olanzapine.i have alot of stressors in my life rn and i dont know if it is a good idea.

I just dont want to be on this medication forever because i feel ill get alot of health problems because of it. What should i do?

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Every time I’ve tried to reduce meds it ended in disaster.

You can lose weight even on meds. Maybe try going for a long walk every day.

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I have gained 3 stone on olanzapine 5mg i feel so fat and ugly im very sensitive to meds.

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I also want to improve my cognition. As i have trouble thinking clearly

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You could try a different med or make more of an effort to lose weight.

I lost weight on the max dose of Invega (in the past) through replacing one meal with a Huel shake and going every day for a walk.

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I dont know if there are nay other meds that will help me. Im NEVER going back on abilify i hated it with a burning passion.

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When I reduce meds my cognition gets worse as I’ll have more voices.

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That is what im worried about. I had voices when i came off abilify

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Im scared ill get paranoid again. Because i start remembering things that have upset me and i start fixating on them. That was what happened to me last time.

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Yea this was my main problem in my head I felt fuzzy.

It wasn’t nice.

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Did this happen to you? Is it part of being schizophrenic ? Becouse i dont know if it is

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Why did you hate abilify.

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Made me gain weight spend alot of money have intrusive thoughts made me skittish and i couldnt relax i felt speeded up alot and i also had alot of sleeping issues with it.

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I went through at least 5 grand of my savings on crap. I couldnt stop spending

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When I reduced the meds the voices just got so prominent that I started believing they were real and it kinda was a rabbit hole from there.

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That is what im worried about. Because they sounded so real.

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Have you discussed this with your pdoc?

If you want to reduce you need their approval and taper.

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Im going to do that i have made an enquiry and am not just waitng

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Good luck with that appointment.

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Thank you. Personally do you think it is a good idea?

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