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Originally Posted by fern46
The symptoms you explained yesterday are consistent with what I experience during psychosis.
What is the harm in trying the increased dose during this patch of instability? You can always decrease at a later time.
Also, I know you mentioned the Tegretol was not working so you are stopping it. How did you go about stopping? Sudden withdrawal can cause various mental issues, so I'm wondering if that may be at play.
Are there other IOP programs available? It would be nice to have a group to be around while your meds are being adjusted. It is better than ending up in IP. Just something to consider.
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-psychosis=loss of touch with reality. Me=GAINEd touch with MANY realities.
-the harm is I want OFF the seroquel so my cholesterol and weight go back to normal and I don't want the akathisia to get worse.
-I'm tapering myself off the tegretol. I was at 600mg and went down by 100mg three times over the past two weeks. Plan on continuing with this schedule and will be off by the end of next week.
here are plenty of IOPs but none for non-addiction mental illness. If you mention struggles with MI in a substance use IOP (like the one I did a month ago) they say"This isn't the place for that discussion" I tried getting in the PHP but the wait list is like three months long and they aren't helpful... No one is because a house cat can't teach a fish how to swim.
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Originally Posted by Fuzzybear
I agree, this is psychosis and needs more care than you seem to be receiving. How is self care?
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self care is fine. I mean I'm not eating,, showering or sleeping regularly but I don't need to. just got back from a run