I'm done

What dose of Rexulti were you on and what are your doses of the other meds? Make sure to tell your pdoc and therapist of your med change so they will be in the best position to help you.

I’m going to be careful with lamictal.

Have you checked IED?.
A good shrink can distinguish between bipolar rage
and Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Also incurable.
But treatable with antidepressants. Or so they say.

Good luck.

Cheers.

I thought that you were diagnosed with schyzo affective disorder?????
Who made this diagnosis?
I am confused?
bizi

How are you feeling?

Blue,

If you don't have a psychotic disorder then stopping Rexulti or another AP is the right thing to do but if you do then you will see a return of psychotic symptoms you have written about many times on PC.

Even though I had had many psychotic episodes it was impossible to convince me at times that I needed to be on an antipsychotic. I thought, instead, I had a neurological disorder, a type of headache that responds specifically to Indomethacin. I really wanted to believe i had anything other than a psychotic disorder.

Highlighting mine.

Thank you tecomsin. This is why so many have expressed concern, blue. There has been so much evidence of psychosis, yet now it is being denied. This totally follows the pattern we've seen. Psychosis, denial and questioning of meds, psychosis, denial and questioning of meds, rinse and repeat. Meds and amounts we could go on and on about, but at the end of the day, what the real concern is is about the return of symptoms. And with no one IRL to watch out for you, it is worrying how that could go for you, blue. You've latched onto this incident with your T as evidence because your T is who you want to believe right now, because you are in the phase of denial. And thinking the pdocs don't know anything because they're telling you what you don't want to hear.

Hope this doesn't come off too harshly. We only want the best outcome for you and we're just worried how this experiment will go. History very much suggests it won't go well and we'd hate to see that for you. Much

All the way through my last episode, the one where I ended up in a forensic psychiatric ward for a month, I refused to take an antipsychotic, including when I was locked up. It wasn't until after I had pulled out of it that i came to grips with the fact that I have a psychotic illness of some kind, whether it is bipolar 1 with psychotic features or schizoaffective disorder. I thought I was part of a global conspiracy to take over the world and had special powers and that my whole house was bugged with not only cameras but ways of making noises like clicks and bangs. So I had paranoid delusions as well as hallucinations.

I settled on Rexulti as an insurance policy against having another breakdown. Only time will tell if it works though to be honest. I also live on my own and can easily go off the rails without anyone noticing as I don't work either. I am also presently taking a small dose of Olanzapine (1.25 mg) to sleep at night but am trying to get off it. So far, i seem to need it to stay asleep.

I had to sink all the way to the bottom in my life before I accepted that I am better off on an antipsychotic than off all of them.

I think I'll be fine without an antipsychotic. Nothing has happened since me stopping it. It sedated me a bit, and now thus my sleep is broken since I haven't been taking it, but otherwise, no problems. I doubt anything bad will happen.

I think I'll be fine without an antipsychotic. Nothing has happened since me stopping it. It sedated me a bit, and now thus my sleep is broken since I haven't been taking it, but otherwise, no problems. I doubt anything bad will happen.

I'm pissed off. I've been duped.

I told my therapist I didn't think I had bipolar, and we spent the entire session (45 mins) skimming through all her notes. She said she's never seen me manic based on her notes. Yet during the previous appt, she said she saw me manic. So she lied to me. (And btw, I've been seeing her since 2016.)

I'm done with taking psych meds. **** it all. They are trying to control my brain and take my money by pretending there's something wrong with me. No one has ever seen me manic if my therapist hasn't, since I see her every 2 weeks (or every week if needed).

I'm going to give my meds up (except Ritalin) to the police station tomorrow since they do drug take backs and dispose of the meds for you in a safe manner. I'd flush them down the toilet right ******* now if it wasn't dangerous for the environment. Or if I didn't live in an apartment complex, I would ******* burn it all.

Since I have nothing wrong with me, my brain chemistry is obviously all ****** up now and permanently damaged, I bet. If I had bipolar, then the meds wouldn't damage the brain; in fact, they would HELP the brain. But no, if my therapist said she's never seen me manic, then obviously my brain is getting damaged by something I don't need. I've been lied to for 4 ******* years.

I would sometimes go for years off all antipsychotics before I would have another psychotic episode. I got lulled into being overconfident that I would be fine. Even though I had olanzapine to take prn if I started having symptoms, I wasn't able or willing to admit what was going on when my mental state started to deteriorate and then I went off the deep end. In my 11 year history of bipolar this happened about 5 times.

It takes time for a AP and Mood stabilizer to Leave the body completely then your brain has to go back working sans meds

Meds take time to work so it takes time to get off them and truly be med free. I quit lithium and I swear it took almost 3 months to get over it.

Check the half life of meds and general add 1-2 months to show what going with out meds will really leave you.

Safe landing

Well, if there is an underlying bipolar, then I guess we’ll find out. I need proof before I even consider going back on meds again because... would you give chemotherapy to treat someone’s cancer if they didn’t actually have cancer in the first place? Doing so would be harmful to that person. So, same situation with BP meds for someone who doesn’t have BP

The only thing that’s happened since stopping rexulti is I’m getting severe agitation and sleep issues, but I expect that to blow over after a few weeks. It’s just that the agitation makes me snap and do things I normally wouldn’t do. But again, it’ll blow over eventually. It’s just a minor withdrawal symptom. And the sleep issues are expected since rexulti makes me a little sedated, so I’m getting accustomed to sleeping normally.