Hey’yall. Im on 600mg of seriquel (200 morning 400 night) and 5mg abilify morning. My, I guess, “pdoc” says it’s a “normal” kind of dosage, but I feel quirky about it. Esp I think I get too much seroquel. Do ya’ll have any views on this? Regards
Every dosage and every drug is different for everybody. They can go up to about 900mg for seroquel I think.
Edit: just checked, max dose is 750 for schizophrenia.
new gen aps will come i hope but some are failing to make its mark …
I am pretty sure that younger people - teens and 20 year olds especially - need to be on more meds at higher doses, this was the case for me at least.
As I have entered my middle years, I need less meds - this is what Geriatric medicine is all about - prescribing meds at lower doses for those aging patients.
These illnesses tend to mellow out more as we age - and fewer meds at lower doses are usually required to control the symptoms - this is what my psychiatrist told me at least
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**Are you saying youre in the geriatric phase? :open_mouth: Kidding....I hope youre right about symptoms getting milder as a person gets older. Dont think I can take another 20 years of my sons symptoms! **
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Yeah, I found what Wave said to be true. My symptoms were very intense when I was young and I was put on a massive dose of medication and it barely helped. I slowly tapered down over the years as I got older. I don’t even think they give that big a dose of that particular medication to anyone any more.
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**Well, he`s 38 now-how much longer? 
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I started getting better around my mid-forties. I guess that’s not the news you wanted to hear.
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You know I think that’s wonderful that you started feeling better, the more post like this is helpful I would think for others it can and does go into remission.
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I’m on the highest dosage of abilify, and just took the first generic of it today. Anything not to have to hear voices anymore.
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In my case it was my early thirties that I really started to improve. I’m now down to what is more or less a maintenance dose of Geodon plus some Effexor as I’ve been struggling with depression off and on.
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