Hi. For 5 years I took Seroquel at an 800mg per night dose and when I tried to come off it (tapering off an extra 200mg a month)I ended up with psychosis when I stopped it completely. This led to a rediagnosis of schizophrenia and a prescription of Zyprexa and then Abilify. I am currently on 1mg of Abilify but have not told the psychiatrist that I have reduced it to this level. With my GP I reduced it to 2.5mg. I don't have a 1mg spoon to measure it out so it is an estimation. I feel fine as far as the psychosis goes and my OCD is ok too. But I do worry that coming right off it will lead to withdrawal psychosis again or that my brain is now dependent on antipsychotics. It certainly wasn't 6 years ago and I was psychosis free. If the medical profession has given me schizophrenia by prescribing me antipsychotics for OCD I would not be surprised. It does make me angry as I imagine there are millions of other people in the same position.

Should I just accept that I am now dependent on the medication because I was on a high dose of an antipsychotic for 5 years? How long is it before your brain can't do without them??