She said it is ok to stop gabapentin tonight. So now I’m off another med (nuvigil was the other).
Then I told her I wanted off more.
At 1st she said topiramate but since that’s the one that helped me lose 70 lbs and is potentially keeping my appetite down, I felt hesitant.
So I said maybe rexulti and lamotrigine? She said to try lowering rexulti 1st because she doesn’t usually like people on 2 antipsychotic pills. So I will start only 1 mg rexulti tonight and see if I get more paranoid, manic/depressed, or anxious.
I have been on rexulti for many years. Lamotrigine was the most recent add on. Maybe I should have stopped that instead? But she did say she doesn’t like people on more than 1 antipsychotic pill.
I just hope this goes ok. Rexulti really helped my anxiety too I remember. I see my dr in 2 weeks.
Minty fresh that sounds so right that its best to make people stay on one antipsychotic.
But to all of you who once were severely unwell just like I was I`ll say if you found two antipsychotics most helpfull for your stability. Then just continue your duel treatments to stay Well.
I’m really anxious about stopping my rexulti now. What if I need it? It saved my life a while back.
I didn’t even ask my husband about it.
My dr didn’t know me when I was in the state hospitals and other hospitals. I’m down to 4 psych meds from 6 now. Is that so bad? Idk what to do. Maybe I should see how I fare off gabapentin first before making any other changes. Maybe that’s best.
Miti fresh I felt compelled to respond to your post.
From what you tell youre on just 4 psychmeds and at a small amount. Im on a large amount of 3 psych meds.
When you mention doses those are very low amounts.
So please take Care when you drop more meds in the future cause we become easely instable when some important meds is removed.
