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Nov 13, 2020 at 05:44 PM
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I have been off my antipsychotics for around two weeks now, I decided to quit cold turkey and my symptoms have not returned, should I be relieved?
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Nov 14, 2020 at 06:18 AM
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Relieved one less thing altering your body. It doesnt look like it altered your brain too much either because you didn’t withdraw. Good on you. I’ve been hooked on the stuff for years. Not neuroleptics, but amphetamine. It increases dopamine in two different parts of the brain. Over time that cause structural change in the brain’s messaging. All drugs have effects on the body. FDA cleared medication just means its ‘FDA cleared’
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Nov 15, 2020 at 02:26 AM
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Did your doctor instruct you to do this?
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Nov 15, 2020 at 05:04 PM
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Nov 15, 2020 at 11:05 PM
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It all depends on how long you have been taking them for. If you were taking them for a very short time then your body/brain will not notice a change. If you have been on them for a longer period then it will be different. The half life of a medication will mean that the effects of the medication will stay in your body for a week to ten days after you have actually stopped it.
If you have been taking anti'ps for a while then chances are your symptoms will return. Take care and maybe check in with your P'doc before you begin to feel unwell again. |
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Nov 16, 2020 at 12:13 AM
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About 3 years I think...
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Nov 18, 2020 at 01:21 AM
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Can you simplify this for me, please? I don't understand it x
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Nov 19, 2020 at 12:50 AM
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@Shana09 Were you diagnosed with bipolar which lead to the prescription of anti psychotics?
Or were you prescribed anti psychotics for sleep/anxiety. Are you still feeling okay? |
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Nov 19, 2020 at 11:13 AM
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Nov 19, 2020 at 11:15 AM
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Nov 19, 2020 at 07:08 PM
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If you have been on edge since stopping the antipsychotics then you have some insight as to the benefits of stopping your meds.
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Nov 19, 2020 at 11:50 PM
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No, it was nothing. I'm fine without.
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