Hello everyone, i'm writing on behalf of my husband. He has been battling schizophrenia for years. In 2014 he was stable on 3 mg of Risperdal so he tried reducing to 2 mg but he relapsed so he was put back on 6 mg Risperdal with 5 mg Zyprexa. The voices stopped but he had side effects so he tapered off zyprexa. In the meantime (2015) he still couldn't hold a job, he felt depressed so doc prescribed 3 mg ablify ( april 2016) for depression. It didn't make much difference, it made him more anxious, he had to take his monthly shot every 3 weeks. In September he decided to taper off ablify , the first 2 weeks 3mg to 1.5 mg and last week he took 0.75mg. ( in august he quit his job , he was very stressed)
He became delusional, started hearing voices, lost his appetite.
Went back to the Dr, he doesn't know what's wrong, maybe it's stress he said. I read a lot about medicine withdrawal psychosis so we went back to 1.5 mg ablify a few days ago. His appetite seems better but still psychotic.
Sorry for the long post, doctors here are not very helpful.
Any ideas, advice about this situation? I don't know what to do anymore. Thanks