According to the product description, Abilify looks like a miracle drug but we need your feedback in order to fully appreciate it's value.
Which one is better: 10 MG olanzopine or 10 MG abilify ?
Our psychiatrist has actually prescribed 400 MG Abilify but we are going probably going to face a court order in order to fight this.
On a side note, we are not pleased that these antipsychotic medications causes or worsens diabetes.
We will consider discontinuing all medications after a proper detox.
Thank you guys for your input.
I have heard a lot of people hope that abilify will solve their problems because it blocks dopamine to a lesser amount than most other APs. Some people really like it but I've heard many say that akathisia is unbearable on it
Hi Kaatrina, thanks for your post. I'm happy to read that you've fully recovered - that's brilliant and it gives me a lot of hope that my emotional intensity and creativity will come back in full. Although I already feel that I'm quite far along in my recovery, I still don't think that I'm as creative as I was before invega.
When you had psychosis in March 2020, how did you treat it and how long did it last? Did you take any antipsychotics for that episode? And did the people around you notice?
Also, how did you find a therapist for psychosis? Were they a part of your regular mental health team?
I did see a psychotherapist, but I was very guarded throughout, so it was of limited use. I was a lot more open (with psychotherapists) before invega, but I'm much more reserved with all mental health professionals now. Unless a therapist was independent from my mental health team, I think I'd struggle to talk about any psychotic symptoms (because I fear being hospitalised again that much).
They gave me one Haldol injection involuntarily in order to get me out of isolation (at this time my worst fears and symptoms came from fear of the shot). As soon as I was articulate, I let them know I wanted no shot. I had no team at this time. They put me on invega pill form. I didnt want to take the pills but they would threaten me with a shot if I didnt. symptoms were gone within 8 days and I was released.. Within a few days of taking the pills, I felt some old familiar invega feelings. I stopped taking invega as soon as I left the hospital and those feelings went away within two weeks.
After this I decided to seek out care. I contacted a local mental health facility and spoke to a psych. I let her know EXACTLY how I felt about what they did to me with invega, that being on APs did not work for me and that I needed to find a way to manage without them. I told her that I had an idea of what thoughts started surfacing that may lead to a need for intervention. She prescribed me invega pills so I could take them if I felt I needed them..I have taken one pill since march 2020, when my husband questioned my sanity in an argument (I think he felt so bad that it led me to that that he hasnt done it since).
I'm not sure of the structure of the place I go to or if my therapist talks to my psych or not. I haven't talked to my psych after our initial meeting, just my therapist. My main goal with my therapist was to find out if I was schizophrenic or not. After a year it felt like a relief to ask her if I was and for her to confirm that I just had psychosis of unknown origin. It helped to be able to talk to her about experiences I had had that I couldn't talk to anyone else about. Psychs are only around to prescribe drugs , but the therapist helped me find out what was making me tick and how to fix it.
It is also important to note that I had my copper IUD removed in July of 2020. Although people reporting psychosis is rare, many many people report mental health issues after being on the copper IUD and I've seen other reports in internet trawls that point to copper imbalance as a gateway to psychosis (Wilson's disease ect).
Well, it’s been 10 months off the injection now. I have noticed small improvements like thoughts coming back but still really struggling with muscles, energy, brain fog, depression, hopelessness and weird anxiety and paranoia sometimes that I never had before this experience. Has this happened to anyone else? I’m currently prescribed dexedrine and it at least lets me concentrate on tv and games. Without it I’m mostly staring at the wall can’t focus on anything because of the anhedonia feelings.
I would say that the 9-10 month mark is the most difficult stage. At this point your brain is starting to connect a little bit, but mostly all you can feel is what you're still missing. Keep strong, by the time you hit 13 or 14 months you will be back to life
Can you experience psychosis but not have schizophrenia? If so, are people with psychosis who aren't schizophrenic and people who are schizophrenic treated the same way?
My first psych would constantly tell me that I was schizophrenic, but if you looked at her actual diagnosis, it was unspecified psychosis. I dont think they think about the mental harm caused by throwing those labels around so easily.
Does the brain return to normal during a very slow taper off ap from neurotransmiters supersensivity?
In my experience, when I told my first psych I wanted off Invega, she told me i would have to do years long taper. Even then I could sense that this meant she would gaslight me and never take me off. I believe that psychs do the same thing with ADs.
