Remission update: tripling my AP dose

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So today talked with my pdoc and decided to triple my haloperidol as it doesnt cause any side effects to me. Gonna be going from 50mg/ml a month to 150mg/l a month

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Isn’t that a very large dose? And you don’t have any symptoms?

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No i dont have any symptoms, nor postive nor negative. Also i dont have any side effects from my meds

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The dose is on the high side, but not the highest

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At least you got the sense to know you need to up your dose. Often i manage mine by upping them, Exept I tell the CMHT, and dont ask for permission lol.

I hope it helps you mate.

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Why would you up your meds then? I’m confused!

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I assumed you was symptomatic. Why you dosing yourself up then?

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Prevention is the key according my pdoc, he often suggests up the dose until there are no side effects

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Im symptomatic on very low med dosage, mainly postives. Now upping my dose has brought 99,99% symptom removal from positives and negatives

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This doesn’t make any sense to me.

You should ask him if the meds are for you or for him.

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Oh right i see. That makes sense. Its a bloody good drug. I have it in emergencys.

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It makes a lot of sense if you think about it. If i dont have any side effects from an AP, why not up the dose to prevent a relapse?

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Yes it is used as a benchmark up to these days, invented in 1950’s

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Also im not using any anti tremor-parkinsons agents

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Here the golden standard is take the lowest effective dose.

Different countries. Different logics. I guess.

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In my opinion it shoould be lowest TOLERATABLE dosage, if i can tolerate insane amounts of an AP, why shouldnt I take it?

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Because there’s always a risk for irreversible side-effects that increases with time and dose.

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The risk i am able to take for my sanity

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If you can take 10 vitamin C tablets a day without side effects. Would you take them?

For starters there is the cost to the healthcare system. There might be side effects or harm that only becomes clear after a while,…

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I have taken insane amounts of vitamins while doing a lot of bodybuilding like 50x daily dose, so whats your point?