I don’t feel anything different.
I would have thought I would feel something by now.
It can take up to a month for things to go south depending on the half life of the med.
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Hopefully things don’t go south, but from here it seems they always do.
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What medication did you quit?
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You shouldn’t stop meds cold turkey. Much much preferable to come off gradually. Why did you make this decision @Leaf ?
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i was on 3mg of risperidone. but then i cut it down to 1 mg. it took a few months and i became delusional and feeling like ■■■■. i can only imagine what would have happened if i cut it down to 0 mg.
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@Andrey and @Headspark when they filled my med they filled it with a generic that tastes bad, I’m supposed to hold it under my tongue for 10 minutes. It’s the generic for Saphris. I was gagging. I contacted my meds nurse multiple times about the problem and to maybe get samples of the one I can take but I guess she didn’t have time for me.
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Oh bummer.
Then until you get a refill, try swallowing it instead with a glass of water. I’m pretty sure it can be absorbed anyway. But check with your nurse or pdoc.
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The half life of Saphris is 24 hours, that means after a day only half is out of your system. It usually takes about 5 half lives before it is totally out of your system.
Since it has only been 3 days you still have a therapeutic amount in your system. After 5 days it will be mostly gone from your system, I would suspect around then or after you could notice a return of psychotic symptoms and start to feel different.
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ok, thank you 1515
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I don’t know about this one! What would make you get back on medication?
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I wish you good luck.
I hope you don’t experience psychosis because you’re no longer take medication.
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Be careful @Leaf. Don’t want you to get sick.
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Can you add like honey or something when you put the tab under your tongue? I dont know how sublinguals work but I would imagine it is okay to add a sweetener
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I hated saphris. I didn’t stay long on it. I hope you don’t get sick.
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Why is everyone coming off their meds?
I’m tempted to come off the Depakote.
I’ve gained 5 pounds in under 2 weeks!
This is ■■■■■■■■!
I’ve got atherosclerosis in my aorta!
I can’t be put on a huge weight gaining med anymore!
At this rate I’ll be dead in 3 years!
It’s all the rage right now, we got together and decided to go nuts together 
In all seriousness my pdoc wanted me off olanzapine because I am on Latuda.
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I take rexulti too, I think one should cover me, I just kept gagging that other med
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It can sometimes take months before you realise that coming off meds is a bad idea
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