Medication change

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I saw my doctor today. Pdoc. My blood pressure was good when the nurse checked it.

I haven’t been paranoid or hallucinating in months. I have been drooling and can’t sit still.
My doctor thinks it’s too much APs.

I take 80 mg of Latuda every night and 40!mg of Geodon twice a day. I used to take 80 mg of Geodon twice a day and 40 mg of Latuda at night.

I tried coming off of Geodon about a year ago. 40 mg was as low as I was able to go. I couldn’t go lower even with more Latuda.

I don’t want to have to go up anymore on Geodon. I don’t like the erectile dysfunction. It’s better on half the dose.

If s going to take me six weeks to come off Latuda and I am going to keep my Geodon where it is. We are going to do 40 mg for two weeks. Then 20 and then 10. And then off.

I hope I can handle this. I put on about 50 pounds when I started Latuda. That was in 2015. Maybe I will lose the weight. I used to weigh about 170. Now I am about 230.

I will start taking 40 mg tonight. My doc is mailing me a bunch of 20s of Latuda. But I just took the 80s I have and halfed them.

Praying this works.

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Day one on 40 mg. It’s noon almost. I feel okay. My doctor told me I shouldn’t get suicidal on the Chantix. But I am not going to start that until I am finished tapering off Latuda.

If I have a problem I won’t know what from.

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Good luck with everything @Phrogflyer
Hope things work out for you

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I wish you the best to you with your meds ajustment.

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I still haven’t gotten the 20 mg tablets from my doctor yet but I am ready to go down to 20 mg. I had some old 40s and halfed them so going down to 20 mg tomorrow.

When I first started Latuda I only took 20 mg.

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I only took 20 mg of Latuda last.night. I feel okay. Still haven’t had to take a Xanax.

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I start taking 10 mg of Latuda tonight. About. The 20s were hard to half. I think I am only going to do that this week and then stop.

I see my doctor March 22nd and want to be off by then to make sure I don’t have any problems.

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Best of luck. :+1:

Hope you will make it.

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I took my last Latuda last night. I was supposed to take ten mg for another week but I see my doctor again on Wednesday and wanted to stop before the appointment.

I see my therapist immediately afterwards. Haven’t seen her in a while. She has been on maternity leave.

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I feel surprisingly okay.

The first time I took a Latuda I thought I was cured. It only lasted a day but it was a good feeling.

I thought it would be worse.

I also haven’t had a benzo in over 6 weeks now.

When I had to quit Geodon cold turkey once I had to triple down on the benzos.

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Propflyer that’s almost remarkably that you could get of geodon with that ease. I found that extremely hard to get off after 20 years of usage. The only way I could get of the geodon was to get a raise in Clopixol depot with 100 mgs and increase of 300 mgs seroquel and getting admitted to the mental ward twice so I ****ed alot then. Now 8 months has passed without the Geodon and I feel so much better on my current meds.

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I went off Latuda. Not Geodon. I tried going off Geodon last year. Couldn’t do it.

I had to quit Geodon cold turkey once because my shrink said I had a bad EKG. It was at the VA. They were going to make me wait 6 weeks to see a cardiologist. I am glad I also have insurance. I keep a doctor with Medicare on the side for emergencies. I have that and Tricare. My doctor got me a referral to a cardiologist and an appointment in a few days.

My EKG was fine. They gave me another one and it was fine also. He cleared me to go back on Geodon. I was only off if it 5 days and it was hell. I took the maximum recommended dosage.

I see my shrink tomorrow. I should still be taking 10 mg of Latuda for another week but I stopped Sunday so I would be off for tomorrow.

It’s not very reassuring that my VA shrink can’t count. He is a resident and only works on Wednesdays.

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If you feel mental stable on the Geodon then please continue on it. The only reason I had to get of that meds was that.it.had made me mentally unstable for a decade. I know that I’m the exception from the rule and that most useres.feel well and stable on.Geodon.
I just cannot tolerate any kind of.activating meds because I make me go hyper and that’s why I want a sledgehammer meds like Seroquel and Clopixol.

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I still haven’t had any problems off the Latuda and haven’t taken a Xanax in over two months.

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Good luck @Phrogflyer!

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Well I am back on Latuda and Geodon again. Only 20 my of Latuda right now. We shall see if that’s enough.

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Were you having symptoms? Is that why you’re back on Latuda? Is there a way to try something other than Latuda to supplement the Geodon?

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I was very irritable and hallucinating a bit. My shrink is very holistic. He wants me to try two supplements also. I told him I have had bad luck with those.

But I ordered NAC and Q10. He also wants me to change my diet to include more baked fish. Foods cooked on oil and berries. Said something about antioxidants and dopamine.

He also had me download some app to meditate with

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I hope it all helps. I like meditating. I find it helpful with my paranoia. Good luck.

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Go for meds because that its Hell without. I got lowered in Clopixol with 100 mgs 2 months ago and that has been a succes and lately I got lowered with 300 mgs of Seroquel but that was far to much
So now I’m stable on 800 mgs of Seroquel. Geodon served me well when I was on that for 20 years until one year ago and if you can manage your life with a very very low doses of Geodon and Latuda then I think you will stay safe for all future.

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