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Jan 16, 2022 at 09:56 PM
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Does anyone here have experience with this? After reducing my medication doses, which was approved by my psychiatrist ahead of time, I asked him if I would adjust to my reduced doses. He said "Yes". I asked him to elaborate, and he said that my body would adjust to the lower levels of medication. I understand what he means. However, does this also mean that once I am adjusted to my lower medication doses, I will be stable again?
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Jan 17, 2022 at 08:04 AM
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I've had mixed experiences with lowering dosages.
Sometimes, after the withdrawal effects have worn off, I'm fine at the lower dose and just feel normal. But sometimes the symptoms of my disease come back and aren't tolerable, and I have to go back up to the higher dose. It's very much on a case by case basis. Everyone's reactions to meds and med changes is different, so you'll have to see how it works for you. Good luck. __________________  "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba 
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Jan 17, 2022 at 12:20 PM
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Thanks, splitimage. I guess I will just take it one day at a time and see what happens.
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Jan 17, 2022 at 03:33 PM
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Not necessarily. Like if the medication was actually doing something.
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Jan 17, 2022 at 03:47 PM
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I did feel much less paranoid and delusional when I was on more medication. So, yes, the medication at a higher dose was doing something. I was on Zyprexa 30 mg per day and Escitalopram 30 mg per day back then; I was also on Invega 3 mg per day. (I am now on Olanzapine (Zyprexa) 25 mg per day and Escitalopram 20 mg per day). My symptoms were pretty much nonexistent, but the side-effects were much worse. However, if the benefits outweigh the side-effects, I suppose I could just go back on the higher doses; and perhaps add Invega back into my regimen. I was much better off mentally, but the side-effects were unbearable.
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Jan 18, 2022 at 01:45 PM
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I guess you have to pick your poison.
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