I need mirtazapine to sleep, a better AD for my depression and anxiety, plus I’m adding Haldol to 6mg of Invega. It’s so hard to adjust too! I have to take more Invega while the haldol builds up in my system. Ugh! Plus, I need sleep from the AD without feeling drugged all day long!
But, I did sleep very well last night. I’ll be glad to be back on haloperidol (Haldol) instead of The Monstrous weight gaining Invega.
I hope your sleep improves!
Thanks @TheCanuk
I wish the best for you and I hope that it Will be succesfully that you take Haldol and Mirzapine.
Everytime I try to sleep I have horrific nightmares that feel so real the next day. I wonder if it’s the invega or schizophrenia itself…?
Thanks so much @columbus
Hmmm. Good question. Have you been under a lot of stress lately?
Nah this has been happening every single night since psychosis happened.
My guess it’s from the stress caused by psychosis. But I’m no dr so what do I know? I hope you get good dreams instead soon.
If you have nightmares, you should try prazosin…
This is good news. Finally you got a good night’s sleep. I hope the good effects of mirtazapine continues.
Thanks @green5 . I just hope I adjust quickly so I’m not feeling drugged throughout the day. But I am very grateful to be able to sleep again
Yeah, it seems your medication is a bit heavy at the moment. Hopefully your body will adjust to it soon. Good luck!
Thanks @green5 15
Coming to peace with the purpose of polypharmacy within your own life can be difficult to grapple with. Especially when every day you are reminded by the process of having to take the pills themselves.
Always know that being functional is more important than not taking medication. It is a society that projects that people are not okay if they need to take medication.
Getting the recipe ‘just right’ is a difficult balancing act. In my experience, having multiple meds in play is more a revolving evolution process than it is one where you find a definitive endpoint. At different times and place in your life you will also find that you might need more or less fo something. Or a different medication altogether. If you stay open to the process you keep experimenting and working with your doctor then you will learn both a lot about yourself and then medications. To me this part of the process of recovery. It is always hardest at the point where you realise things aren’t going well to the point that you need a new or different medication. Hold tight you will work through this rough patch in time.
@Turtle43
FYI Apriprazole gave me very vivid dreams and I used to wonder the same thing. The dreams can be a side effect of the medication. It makes sense since they are heavy sedatives. Did you dream this much before you started taking medication or the one you are currently on? The only person who can really answer if it is the medication or not is you. Not many people talk to their doctors about their dreams after all :))
I’m glad you got some good sleep. I hope something changes so you’re not feeling drugged up. I’m glad you’ll be off the Invega soon.
I use to never dream but I think the psychosis sits in my subconscious and comes out when I sleep cause deep down I still worry about relapse.
that’s nice to hear. 
Well, I’m giving it a go. After 7 days of this, I’ll be on only one AP. And maybe then I won’t need a sleep med. that’s what I’m hoping for
Thanks @HollyHobby