Coming off a medication - the roller coaster

Hi @MoonGal I hope the walk helped and few smiles came back to you.

My mood state is usually intense and highly labile too. I remind myself of that to help me through the worst patches. Some down patches have been verrrrry long.

Thanks for your mention of prn .. It has taken a lot of extra time to build relationship, trust and credibility with medicos re meds .. will see what happens.

Hello @Simack you seem to be very clear about reduction. it helps that information is out there for support. Would it be possible to use sleeping tabs to offset your antipsychotics? Or is that out of the pot and into the fire?

I have done various cold turkeys in the past when I was living alone .. but when living with others I try and keep my mood mellow enough ... that my internal struggles dont become too obvious and destabilise the household.

You sounded like you had it figured out ... @Simack

so it is trial and error .. doing it gradually over extended period .. gives you plenty of time to assess your mood without micro-managing it ... but letting their be some natural ebb and flow as the days events unfold.

Maybe you will find that you can drop it a little more at times ... if things are less hectic .. I am going for stable myself ....

a bit will depend on the other things you are trying to manage in your life.

I am glad you are posting more @Simack

Hi @Simack

I'm sorry to read that you are having a rough time with your medication withdrawal. I'm glad that you got some reasonable sleep last night. We would always recommend that you withdraw off medication under the guidance of a medical practitioner. I know from previous posts, that you had problems with your psychiatrist, but do you have a GP that you trust?

Websites cannot be trusted to have accurate and up to date information about withdrawal off meds, and as you have already had adverse effects, you need to be extra careful. I'm not sure that injecting the medication is a good idea as it may not have been formulated for that method of use. A Dr and Chemist can advise you on how to reduce safely.

Take care,

Frog

Hi @Simack, Hope your long slow withdrawal helps keep you stable.

I was in a deep hole yesterday, but woke today feeling much more even and equalised. Did go for that walk and wish I hadn't of being Sunday was busy down the street and was a bit overwhelmed by all the people and cars. Still, got home in one piece and ended up putting myself to bed for a couple of hours (which is very very unlike me - I have to be at deaths door to 'rest', but that also did me the world of good.

Brain is functioning again today. Still today is the reduce to 1/4 of my dose of the anti-depressant - 2 weeks at that and then off.

To be fair my Doctor did say if I was struggling she has an alternative that is much more - neutral -than this one in terms of weight gain and back pain side effects, but I would prefer to manage without for at least 6 weeks (if at all possible!) to see if it makes any discernible difference to back pain. Managing multiple problems is a fine game. Thanks for your care and glad I have somewhere to touch base with as I manage this bit of the trials and tribulations of a Moongal.

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