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Old Feb 08, 2016, 03:33 AM
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I've been wondering this for quite awhile, I am diagnosed with psychosis. Is it possible for medication to completely remove hallucinations? I am on a anti-psychotic but still experience hallucinations, I thought it was supposed to get rid of it?
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Old Feb 08, 2016, 10:09 AM
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I've found that they lessen them. Or make them more tolerable.
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For me, Abilify is the best antipsychotic medication but for most it doesn't work this well.
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Old Feb 08, 2016, 01:16 PM
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I think for some people medication gets rid of the voices completely, but for others it just makes them less intense
I still hear voices and I'm on two antipsychotics
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APs always took away all my paranoia & delusions, but never the voices. They got a lot quieter to the point they weren't an issue though.

It really differs from person to person... some people are the exact opposite whilst a lucky few get no symptoms.
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APs always took away all my paranoia & delusions, but never the voices. They got a lot quieter to the point they weren't an issue though.

It really differs from person to person... some people are the exact opposite whilst a lucky few get no symptoms.
I'm one of the lucky ones. I have been able to reduce my Risperidone to 3mg, and I very seldom hear voices now. The delusions are still around, but I'm clear enough to be rational about it and behave appropriately. I still keep to myself and avoid getting wound up as part of managing my symptoms. I have had only 3 minor episodes lasting a few weeks each since lowering the Risperidone nearly a year ago. My pdoc seems happy with the balance, but doesn't want to reduce the dose any further.
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I have the same problem when I take the clopixel accufase its still for about a weak or so then it returns driving me creazy
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I've been wondering this for quite awhile, I am diagnosed with psychosis. Is it possible for medication to completely remove hallucinations? I am on a anti-psychotic but still experience hallucinations, I thought it was supposed to get rid of it?
No , well yes for some people basically it could take so much meds that it could become counterproductive , if you can take a therapeutic dose , and it gets rid of 70/80 % of positive symptoms , then that's a good result , most people have to learn to adapt to some symptom's.

But if a therapeutic dose removes all you symptoms , then win win , from my experience though, that's the exception more than the rule
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