So I’m on a high dose of risperdal 50mg consta every 2 weeks and 4mg oral daily, I have been on this for years but i still have residual symptoms I was thinking about asking my doctor to go on clozapine but im kinda weary of that drug. So im wondering has polytherapy worked for you when a single drug didnt?
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I take Geodon and Latuda. They compliment one another well.
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What did you notice change when you started the second one? Where you stable on one?
Geodon has a short half life and I would still get symptoms sometimes. So Latuda fills in the gaps but it also helps with mood. I take a low dose of Latuda but I am maxed out on Geodon.
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Ok cool thanks 
Invega trinza works wonders for me, but it raised my prolactin too high. Now I take 1 mg abilify daily and it cut my prolactin levels in half. This is the combo that works for me.
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Did you add the abilify for prolactin or where you still having symptoms?
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I’m on the high-dose Abilify Maintena injection, 400 mg every three weeks. I also take low-dose Haldol tablets, 2 mg two times a day. The Haldol really just decreased my paranoia, though there is still some present, always.
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Do you notice any movement disorder with that drug combo? Iv read Haldol can be quite bad at that
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Early on in taking Haldol I would get twitches in one of my eyelids, but that problem went away on its own. That was the only problem I ever had with it.
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Nice one. Im hoping my pdoc will let me try 2 meds its not common practice in my country
Added it to lower prolactin. It helped to greatly reduce the avolition I was experiencing as well, which was probably caused by high prolactin.
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Oh i didnt know avolition can be caaused by high prolactin, maybe i should try add abilify as a second med. I must have high prolactin as my male breasts increased in size from risperdal.
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Yeah its important to get a blood test once in a while to see if your prolactin is high on these meds and to make sure everything is ok…I know the two drugs are related so you can probably benefit from 1 mg or 2 of abilify daily if your prolactin levels are high.
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