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They don’t work. I have heart problems
You could give Clozapine a go ?
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you be taking a big risk if you stpped meds
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If even clozapine doesn’t work, I must quit all meds.
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I have tachycardia because of meds. Dizziness and vertigo, heartburn
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They were killing me, too. I quit the meds.
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Now do you have any positive symptoms?
All leaflets of my 3 antipsychotics mention tachycardia as side effect. But pdoc says it’s not the meds
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Yes, voices, hallucinations of people stalking me, walking up behind me to trip me, hit me. Delusions of my food being poisoned, of people following me, etc. But I have insight.
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Yes I think I can live with voices. I already have voices and delusions, even on meds. So why should I put at risk my physical health?
I gained a significant amount of weight where my Levis and shirts from high school no longer fit me. I started to have higher than normal blood sugar (pre-diabetes). I had akathisia and the beginnings of tardive dyskinesia. But my pdoc said it was not the meds. What a liar! When I stopped taking the meds, after the horrible withdrawals from Geodon passed I lost my weight so I could fit into my old high school clothes again, my A1c dropped back to normal, my akathisia went away and the tardive dyskinesia faded away.
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I had tardive dyskinisia with risperidone. I quit it and it stopped after some weeks, thank God.
Since my diagnosis, one year ago, I have gained 15 kgs
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The main thing you need to be aware of is that you are likely to experience significant withdrawals from the meds, even if you taper slowly. I had months of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, head aches, sweats and chills back and forth, tremors, muscle aches and spasms, and a huge rebound of positive symptoms including hallucinations and delusions. It went on for months. I looked in the mirror one morning and I was pale, gaunt, extremely thin, and I couldn’t believe how horrible I looked. But I eventually got better and I look okay now.
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Yes, I should ask my pdoc if he can give me advice as regards the withdrawal symptoms.
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Tell your pdoc you are thinking of quitting meds.
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He won’t agree with me. I am sure
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Maybe if he knows you are at risk for quitting he will do something.
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Maybe I should tapper off on my own,slowly and gradually
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Besides, with meds I am a zombie. If I quit, I may have life again
I’m on microdoses right now. And only prn. Going through all those withdrawals
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