I went away and forgot my tablets. I felt fine after a few days so thought I would try and see if i was better and didn’t need them.
I had to go back on them last night as I didn’t know if I was withdrawing or symptoms were back.
I was getting echos in my mind of thoughts and disturbing train of thought. I went on the train and I was so anxious and I feel it constantly. Everyone’s faces were being scrambled and my vision was distorted and I kept on panicking and I had to stop myself from doing something stupid all the time. My work told me off as I have been really off with people and really making a hash of dealing with colleagues.
I don’t know if this is symptoms or withdrawal from Latuda. It has only been a week and I don’t know whether I just need to ride it out or not :-/
You should keep taking your latuda. Withdrawal from antipsychotics can cause seizures. If you want to get off your meds eventually, talk with your doctor about trying out lower doses first, to see how you do.
These things have half lives. So they take a while to build up in your system. Also when you stop taking them, they take a while to leave your system. So you’ll be ok for a few days depending on the half life.
But then when they leave your system, then your symptoms come back. Probably coupled with withdrawal. So it’s a double whammy.
Don’t be fooled into thinking you don’t need meds because you felt ok for a few days without taking them.
They don’t just start working when you start back up , if you plan on going off you should be prepared for an episode. When I’m on a very low dosage and need more ap the first thing to go is my ability to peacefully get along with people. Personally I call this a symptom and increase my ap. I’ve come to the point were ive just taken more on a daily basis so I don’t get this. Every time I go off my meds I end up having an episode. I’ve come to the point where it’s no longer an option for me.
These meds have a long half life and take a while to leave the body. Most of my APs I was fine for about a week before I started getting symptoms back. For me anxiety was a withdrawal effect but the other stuff sounded like your psychosis waking up to me.
Sounds like symptoms and not withdrawal to me. I had a terrible time with always stopping my meds. Usually symptoms would return in a week or so - some times it would take a month or two. The same thing would always seem to happen when the symptoms started returning. Instead of calling a doctor, I would slam some alcohol or street drug to manage the symptoms. Needless to say that was always a short term fix and I would end up in the psych ward again. Finally I ended up in the State Hospital under civil commitment for a year. They switch me to monthly injections of Haldol and I’ve been med compliant ever since. I also haven’t taken any alcohol or street drugs for over 9 years. Taking pills confused the hell out of me when I would start missing does. I still take pills in addition to the injection; but, the injection keeps me sane enough to keep track of my pills even if I miss a few doses.
Edit: And now I always call the doctor right away if things are breaking down.
The same thing has happened to me, it’s possible that APs might be addictive. The withdrawal symptoms from the meds are the same as the symptoms of schizophrenia so there’s no telling what’s really happening. Schizophrenia is such a horrible disease the doctors have to do something, even if they get you addicted to the meds.