So far, the only negative withdrawal symptoms I’ve experienced are sleep disturbances. I’m now taking only 2mg of rexulti instead of 4mg (max dose is 4mg). When I had symptoms before, it’s because I went cold turkey (4mg to 0mg), so I’m trying to get down to 1mg before finally stopping it altogether. (It’d also be impossible to cut a tiny 4mg pill into eighths if I wanted to go down to 0.5mg, which some people do take.)

I would like to get advice from my therapist on coping mechanisms in case symptoms return, but the last time I tried to do that, she ratted me out to my pdoc that I stopped taking my meds! She told him everything! But other therapists have waiting lists... so I will stick with her. But she is kinda mean sometimes... Like that time she said I have no friends “most likely because you have flat affect, which makes people think you’re not interested in them.” Gee, thanks. Didn’t even offer to help “fix” it. She said, “flat affect? That’s how some people are. They don’t learn how to communicate properly like their peers do. You have communication issues.”