Lowering med dose

Medications
1

I’m on 30mg of abilify. I have been on it for about 7 years now. However, there was a time when I quit taking it at around the 4 year mark. That was a big mistake and I regret it.

That being said, I’m considering talking to my doc about lowering the dose. I just have really bad akathisia and I feel very tired most of the time. My doc, however, said that he’d be willing to do it after the 5 year mark. So, I don’t know if he’s gonna be willing to taper down after being on it for only 3 years now (after the break I took). I guess I’m just frustrated. I want to feel less side effects :angry:

My doctor seems very conservative when it comes to these things. Hopefully, I will be able to at least try lowering dose with his support.

Has anyone else had success lowering dose?

2

Every time I’ve tried lowering my dose I’ve regretted it.

3

I have had success with lowering the dose under pdoc supervision. I was initially on 15mg abilify. Then 10 then 5 then 2.5. I can tell u that the zombie effect does reduce a bit. But the tiredness is the same. Good luck with it. Hope u feel better.

1 Like
4

The minimum dose for schizophrenia is 10mg. There’s actually some research saying that more than 15mg isn’t any more effective than 15mg. But everyone is different I guess.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15257633/

1 Like
5

Interesting. I’m hoping to get down to 20, see how I feel, and take it from there

1 Like