Seeing my doctor tomorrow and I’m quite stressed. Last time, we discussed how abilify isn’t really the best med for me due to side effects of stiffness when I already have fibromyalgia. She took me down from 20mg to 15mg then and she seemed to suggest I come off it completely at some time in the future. I’m not sure if I read into that, or what… all I know is no way am I wanting to risk jeopardising everything again. Anyway. Seeing her tomorrow and really nervous.
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It all seems to be a right pain having to keep messing with meds
I hope you find a solution soon
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I too, have an appointment to see my psychiatrist tomorrow too in the late afternoon. I didn’t want to tell anyone on the forum here since I find these psychiatrist sessions insignificant.
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Switching meds can be really stressful and cause instability. That’s why I don’t do it anymore. Despite the imperfections of Invega. I see my pdoc on Tuesday.
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I hate it. I don’t think they understand how destabilising it can be. I saw your post about your new changes and wish you well 
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Thanks @anon44466342 you too! We just have to find our way through this mess
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I hope your appointment goes well, nonetheless.
I find them nerve wracking in general. I haven’t had anything I’ve recognised as psychosis and only saw her 3 weeks ago, in a way I’m worried she’ll say “case solved!” And discharge me and take me off all my meds.
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Absolutely. Feels like a minefield sometimes but 
I’ll try to keep my chin up
That sounds quite wise to be honest. I’d be “happy” to stay on abilify 15mg, the pros outweigh the cons for me.
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Yeah, well… I believe that my psychiatrist and nurse both of whom are female are in fear of me because of an incident that occurred at my last employment.
You saw your last psychiatrist 3 weeks ago??? That’s kind of a quick rescheduling of an appointment to see your psychiatrist again. I only see my psychiatrist every 3 months.
I get the impression that many in the mental health field have “seen it all”. Hopefully you don’t feel they treat you any differently from others?
Yeah, it seems way to soon for me to see her again as well. I used to be lucky if I saw a doctor every 3 months. This doc has been seeing me 6 weekly, but she scheduled me in so soon because she has holiday coming up. I doubt 3 weeks has been enough time for that 5mg decrease to get out of my system. I’m feeling a bit rushed?
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There are correlations and commonalities with schizophrenic cases from the perspective of metal health workers. I am a working schizophrenic which does put me in a elevated category of schizophrenics so…
6 weeks between appointments with your psychiatrist? That is frequent. Well, the priorities of the psychiatrist take precedence over your priorities I guess since the holiday season just passed. From my knowledge, it does take 2-3 weeks for anti-psychotic medication to fully be absorbed into your blood stream and into your brain.
You are feeling a bit rushed as in???
Rushed through their system. I know I’m not important to them in the grand scheme of things and that’s fine, but I’m convinced she is trying to keep me off the books.
Well, as a patient you should be cared for since mental health is a part of the larger healthcare system. You are convinced that your female psychiatrist is “keeping you off the books”??? I don’t quite understand, my apologies.
That probably is my trust issues. Finding it hard to elaborate here, sorry.
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No worries. I bit vague in the statement but I understand your “trust issues & difficulty in elaborating”.
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Good luck @anon44466342
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