Is there anybody who has stopped meds and does therapy?

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Is there anybody who has stopped meds and does therapy or is symptom-less after tapering?

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No. I’m on meds. Still have symptoms. Done therapy. Didn’t help much.

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What therapy did you do?

And now are you on meds and have symptoms?

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I was able to get on very little medication because of therapy.

Have you tried CBT?

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No, is that the therapy you do?

How much med you use now? (Which med?)

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I talked with a psychologist for over a year.

Yes. I’m on meds and still have symptoms.

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Not anymore.

I did it when I was younger and it helped so much I don’t have to study it anymore.

It just works.

Abilify.

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Thank you Jonathan for your reply… How long is it you are on meds since you started this time?

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Thank you, is it 5 mg?

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I’ve been taking meds non-stop for 11 years. I’ve tried lowering once but my symptoms got worse.

So, I’m on the max dose of Invega.

I also take an antidepressant which helps and clozapine as a sedative to help me sleep.

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I’ll be real,

I don’t take it everyday.

I don’t know how much it evens out to, but very little I imagine.

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OK and I hope things get better :slight_smile:

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Can you be specific about it, it’s very important for me. Because I may also want to lower my haldol, it’s now 0.5 but normally docs put you on that for ever… I was on abilify too and ended by 5 mg, can it go down too?

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Are you lowering your medication by yourself or with your physician?

I probably take about 5-10mg of Abilify.

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[quote="Ladouleur, posI am tapering, but was thinking what if it doesn’t work, I think if by lower dosages I hear voices they will increase it dramatically and again would lower, right? So I want to do it again I start it how much will I end up to so that I calculate about dopamine blockage amount and if still it would bother me? Because I never did less than 0.5… and 0.5 still blocks 40% of dopamine, did you know that?! I don’t know about abilify dosages though but I can figure out… :slight_smile:

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Does it hurt in anyway? any fatigue or any other med related side effects?

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I am under supervision of a psychiatrist, but they don’t think for you. You should plan and they confirm!

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Abilfy hasnt had any side effects for me. Its rather benign.

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You completely correct

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Abilify makes me extremely anxious and I suspect it made about 15-20% of my hair to fall out.