[dksoum]

These meds not working so I want to stop

them. I am currently on 150mg effexor and 0.5mg resperidone. I asked my gp to give me 37.5 mg effexor and 0.25 mg resperidone. How many weeks should I take to reduce. Also my next set of meds I am choosing prozac and abilify are these okay?

[still_crazy]

hi. i think if the goal is to taper off, the recommendation is 10% cut per month. if you're switching over, its a different story.

prozac inhibits the enzymes that clear out abilify, so aim for 1/2 the dose of abilify, unless you need a full on tranquilizer effect.

[Skeezyks]

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