What's the lowest dose of antipsychotic you've been on and worked?

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I’m sorry that happened @Ninjastar. Is your psychosis related to the fact that you’ve had brain surgery?

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When I was on the Haldol shot they were decreasing my dose, and I messed up badly. It wasn’t so much the decreased medicine as the stupid things I was doing. I was consuming large amounts of caffeine and taking large amounts of ephedrine. I was doing moderate exercise too - just enough to get the endorphins flowing in my system. I totally ruined a Thanksgiving family reunion. The rest of the family was sitting around making nice conversation, and I was pacing back and forth, fuming about death and destruction. I had to go to the hospital. After that they put me on Zyprexa.

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3 mg Haldol for me.

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About 4 years. Now nothing I try seems to work that long.

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I was on 5 mg abilify and it worked for two years

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Thanks for responding

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I had a psychiatrist who had me on 0.5 mg haldol but now take 1 mg haldol plus 25 mg Seroquel.

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I heard things before my surgery, but that might have been because I was growing a brain tumor. No way to know, really.

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I am on 2mg of risperidone (the minimum therapeutic dose). On it, I have been stable for last six months.

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I am on a monthly injection of Invega systems 78mg.

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nope i’m on 2 mg. Surprisingly low huh :stuck_out_tongue:

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In Sweden we don’t even have Abilify pills with a lower dose than 5 mg. I had no idea they came in that low a dose.

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oO, its the lowest dose they have.

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I am afraid to try to find out. Low doses didn’t work and I was psychotic every day. I take 80mg of Geodon in the am and the same plus 40mg of Latuda in the pm. That seems to keep me stable.

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Here, they come in 5, 10, 15, and 30 mg.

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2,5 mg olanzapine. Was on 3,5 mg Aripiprazole and got akathisia and extra-pyramidal symptoms .Was on 2 mg of risperidone and got heavy akathisia and extra-pyramidal symptoms and some extra side effects. Was on the lowest possible dose of quetiapine and got horrible dizziness not only while standing from bed but while walking. I was feeling like I was about to fell. Was also on lowest possible dose of that AP which name I forgot but it’s the one which can cause leukemia. Was ok for a while then the relapse came.

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3mg Risperdal, on this dose I was still quite psychotic. I need high dose meds but thats just me.

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120mg Latuda and 12mg Trilafon and I’m still psychotic😢

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4mg Trilafon. Or Perphenazine.