Has anyone ever had an antipsychotic make you worse at first but then after that make you better? Like at first the hallucinations increase but in about a week you’re better than you were before you started the med?
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There is some debate as to whether partial dopamine agonists like abilify can do this. Especially if you had been on APs before the abilify
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Yes the rexulti flared up some of my symptoms when i first went in it
yep. everytime my abilify dose goes up i get worse for a week or 2 then better.
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Yeah Abilify makes my moods unstable in the beginning then things cool down later and I feel more stable
Time period is two weeks ! For AP to work at its best. As far as I know !
Does the rexulti work for you otherwise?
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Sort of. Psychosis is mostly under control. But i have depression on it and outbursts of rage
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What else are you taking for medication?
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Thats it just 3mg rexulti
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Have you tried other meds? Do you only have auditory hallucinations?
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I have taken haloperidol, olanzapine, respiridone, quietipine, paliperidone, and rexulti
I have a number of symptoms as do most
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Which worked the best?
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Most of those i never took for any serious length of time
Paliperidone was beneficial but became intolerable
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Abilify made me worse at first. I hear its common. Idk. If there’s a phisological pharmacological explaination.
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