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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
I've decided that I am not taking my antipsychotic anymore until I can talk to my pdoc face to face. I can't take this akathisia anymore.
I didn't take my rexulti last night and it looks like I won’t be taking any AP until my pdoc appt on feb 28th (assuming we can even come to an agreement). I am not going to continue playing phone tag with an imbecilic "assistant" who can't even spell propranolol correctly when it's written in my file right in front of her face. That's just plain stupid and inexcusable. Sorry.
Well, at least I have a journal now and I will be journaling myself off this med. We'll see if it's hurting more than it's helping.
So far, the akathisia is a little less if I'm honest. I want to see how things go when I have been off it for 2 weeks. Though, considering my pdoc said that abilify stays in your system for months and rexulti is very chemically/structurally similar, I bet I won't see full benefit until the drug is completely out of my system.
Hopefully my work won't be impacted too much, but I can't take this anymore.
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Bluebicyle, I am also sorry that it has come to this. Knowing akathisia well, I can say that I would be desperate, too, without proper relief.
I agree with Fern's suggestion to consider lowering the dose of your AP before cutting it out cold turkey. That may help relieve the akathisia and reduce possible withdrawal and/or mood episode relapse. If not, after a couple days...
When you finally see your psychiatrist, he needs to know how you made a major effort calling his office for help and not getting adequate in response. In my book, that would more than justify you taking some action for relief on your own.