I was told the relapse would be more severe than anything before
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Why do you want to quit cold turkey?
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Its not smart to quit AP’s cold turkey. If you really want to stop meds (which I don’t reccomend) a very slow taper is needed.
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If white cells are low, i think one must quit cold turkey. I’m not sure
A gradual decrease lowers your chances of relapse. I can understand why you would probably wish to stop treatment but be so careful you don’t end up psychotic
The only reason I stay on the drug is because of work
But I have been thinking recently whether that’s a good enough reason
I can’t stand what it does to my body fatigue and tiredness wise and I still get constipation and drooling
It does help a lot with symptoms but it doesn’t get out of control because it makes me feel so calm
Do well at work and I think if I had a non medicated brain i could do even better
Living life on the edge is not always a bad thing
But I won’t do this out of impulse
The thoughts have been flowing through my mind for some weeks now
Between what I say above and tearing down my life
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If I were you I would talk to your treatment team and ask for a different medication. Abilify for example is far less sedating for me and I feel a lot better. Without it I fear I would become paranoid and if I ended up in a hospital I could lose everything I have
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Unfortunately I have been on lots of meds that didn’t work
Abilify sent me in relapse to the hospital
I titrated down to 2.5 mg a day then stopped but I had some really serious complications
I came off clozapine but went straight onto abilify within a month, i was in hospital. It worked out okay on abilify. I think if you speak to team mh and get onto a different Ap then you might be ok. Dont just come off it by yourself though