Successfully coming off meds

Has anyone successfully come off all their meds?

I’m thinking about having a serious conversation with my psychiatrist.

It’s about time I try to lower my antipsychotic to see how I do.

I will not attempt to lower my meds without her guidance.

I will reduce my meds very slowly so I don’t experience rebound psychosis.

The lowest I’ve been on Risperdal is 1.5 mg.
This was years ago.

I’ll see what she says.

Hopefully she’ll agree.

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I can’t see this ending well :frowning:

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It’s the meds that are making you feel well enough to go off them. Once you’re off them, your symptoms will come back with a vengeance

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I quit once. Relapsed and needed to be hospitalized again. I once reduced from 12 to 9 mg of Invega and heard voices 24/7. I say that if you have no symptoms anymore you can try to reduce your medication under the supervision of a pdoc. If you still have symptoms you need your meds. You can always try to switch meds but that’s treacherous waters.

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Every time I quit taking my meds I ended up in the psych ward.

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I personally wouldn’t do it. My meds help me.

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If you decide the benefit vs. risk is not agreeable, you’re within your rights to do this.

That said, be prepared for symptoms to return, but don’t do what I made the mistake of doing in the past, and having no family support your decision.

I swear it was the lack of support and the big fanfare around doing it that made me relapse.

Recommend you do it in a stress free way with support

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I tried getting off meds once and I relapsed and had to go to the psych ward again. I think my meds are stable now and i won’t get off anymore.

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I could be misremembering, but I thought I read that your doctor recently raised your AP. Why did they do that?

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Since lowering my Depakote dose I’m not experiencing any symptoms?

Maybe I’m not that sick?

I’ve been feeling so sedated on these drugs.

There’s got to be a better way.

I’ve been medicated since I was a teen.

Because I’m coming off the Depakote

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I’ll think about it some more, but I’d at least go back down to my original dose of risperidone of 3mg at some point.

Maybe I’m feeling a bit over confident right now.

Thanks to everyone.

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I think if it’s on your mind you should have a conversation with her about it.

I’m just wondering if coming off all these meds at once is a good idea.

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No my brain is used to being medicated.
I think coming off all my meds at once will prove to be disastrous.

I’ll take things slow.

But I will have a conversation with my psychiatrist, I do trust her.

Thanks @anon1517417

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Best of luck. You just might be able to do it. If not, at least you tried. If you succeed…even better.

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I don’t like how people write themselves off for a life on meds.

Some people can succeed in coming off, and the only way to know is to try.

It’s a high price to pay putting up with side effects etc, if even there is a small chance you can cope without, or a smaller dose.

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Yeah right now I’d settle for a lower dose, but not right away, she just increased the dose to 4mg because I’m coming off my mood stabilizer.

I’m the same way; I want to be free from medication but I don’t have a good substitute right now. I started taking vitamin D and it helps a lot. If I continue taking B vitamins and D every day It improves my mood. I took the medication last night and i felt better, no nightmares. I went four days without it and I felt all over the place. So by keeping with the routine I keep myself in a balance.

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I think because it seems you have been on them for some time, going slow is the only way forward.

My pdoc last time I tried to come off said I should only reduce by 10% every 4-6 weeks!

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Try 3mg and see if you’re stable. Why did the Dr put you on 4mg? Is it bcz lower doses didnt work? My target dose was 3mg but I had paranoia when under stress so now using 4mg Risperdal.

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