I think you’re pretty much off them already, so I wouldn’t worry. You’re on something like 2mg abilify from what I remember. It has no therapeutic effect.
I don’t know if I have it worse than you but yes it is weird that I didn’t get a sz diagnosis considering that I was well out of it for many months. And continued hearing voices on meds for like two months maybe. But they say it is because I am free from voices and now on a low dose that is why…
I do have trauma still from the experience though. But I hope to recover from that sufficiently at least.
No I relapsed once I had come off 2.5mg so that’s what I mean. On 0 mg abilify I relapsed but currently on 2.5mg abilify I have not relapsed.(at least yet)
But yea you are right it could just be a coincidence that that is happening, but possibly not… I mean I can imagine even if it is a low dose, if I’m taking it every single day for years it could have an affect right but as you say, idk for sure. It might even be placebo, me thinking I’m perhaps protected making me feel less stressed. But perhaps not, lol. But perhaps yes, perhaps no,… Etc.
No one can know if you will relapse not even your Drs. My psychiatrist stopped my meds and I relapsed after 2 yrs. Then my dx changed from psychosis nos to sz. I had the psychosis nos dx for 5 yrs.
I think it is worth the risk as long as if I relapse, I can get stable again on at most 5mg abilify, but that’s the thing I can’t guarantee that. Just because I got stable on 5mg one time doesn’t guarantee it will happen again.