Monica Jansen Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Can i die for stop taking abilify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo 'n dye Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Probably not, yet why stop taking this medication? Have you discussed these med changes with your Pdoc? If I remember correctly, you recently did a rapid discontinuation or fluoxetine as you had read some negative reviews at a non-credible web site. You seem hell bent on becoming unstable. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Jansen Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Probably not, yet why stop taking this medication? Have you discussed these med changes with your Pdoc? If I remember correctly, you recently did a rapid discontinuation or fluoxetine as you had read some negative reviews at a non-credible web site. You seem hell bent on becoming unstable. Why? Bechause i dont need pills bechause i have never been phsycotic. I have discussed it with my doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooster Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 What did your doctor say? Also, abilify is used for other symptoms besides psychosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Jansen Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 What did your doctor say? Also, abilify is used for other symptoms besides psychosis. He said that i should take my medications, or Else i can have delusions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo 'n dye Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 What did your doctor say? Also, abilify is used for other symptoms besides psychosis. He said that i should take my medications, or Else i can have delusions. Yet you are discontinuing the medication? WHY?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Jansen Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 What did your doctor say? Also, abilify is used for other symptoms besides psychosis. He said that i should take my medications, or Else i can have delusions. Yet you are discontinuing the medication? WHY?? Bechause i am not sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjustme Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 how long have you been taking it, and why did you go on medication in the first place ? what happened... ? sorry-big questions to answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Jansen Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 how long have you been taking it, and why did you go on medication in the first place ? what happened... ? sorry-big questions to answer. I been taking it for 5 months. I was on it bechause i had delusions what my pdoc calls phsychosis. I was hospitalized in phsyckriatic hospital until i took my medications again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjustme Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) when i go off my medications cold turkey, scary things happen. will you wait, and talk ? if it's not the right medication, why is that... if it helps you stay out of the hospital ? are there other side effects you don't like ? if there's a better medication, and going off abilify so quickly could re-set you to a place where you need to go back to the hospital, why risk it ? just wait to have an appointment with your doctor and discuss your feelings. they can talk with you - your doctor(s) - and help you find something that suits you better, possibly. it sounds like if you've been on it this long and you are feeling good (no delusions), that it could be a risk i wouldn't personally be willing to take if i were in your place, after what i know now. i remember feeling well after my medications were working for me, going off, and things getting really out there... again. (sorry i usually have to edit. ) what is(are) your dx('s) ? Edited March 6, 2014 by iamjustme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderful.Cheese Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Do you desire to return to the psychiatric hospital? I'm not trying to be blunt, but if you have been taking them for five months and just go off of them you may land yourself right back into a locked ward. Not a fun thing to do in my opinion. I'd rather take the meds. And the dose of abilify you are on is not very big. Talk to your pdoc and therapist and keep taking your meds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Jansen Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Ok. What is dx's? The side effects are dry mouth and unregular heartbeats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeremonyNewOrder Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 As others have said, keep taking your meds. If you have a particular problem with Abilify then maybe you can talk with your doctor about switching to a new med. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Jansen Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Ok. I can keep taking my meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjustme Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 dx is diagnosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Jansen Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Ok. My diagnosis is aspergers syndrome and a uncnown phsychosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo 'n dye Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 You need to listen to your Pdoc; stay on your meds, and follow the directions of your team. I am not afraid to repeat myself, you seem hell bent of making yourself unstable and being hospitalized again. NO ONE here is able to offer you counsel, advice, or suggestions. Talk to you physicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjustme Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 i'm glad you're staying on your meds. tell those doctors your side effects and how you feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siggmin Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 You will not die, but it is likely you will end up back in the hospital. Psychosis will almost always come back when treatment is stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjs190 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) You won't die. But your delusions will come back. And you will most likely end up back in the hospital if that happens, right? That would suck. Staying on your meds is a very good idea, even if you don't think you are sick. They control symptoms. And one of your symptoms is delusions. Abilify, and medicines like it, are also great at controlling some of the bothersome symptoms of Aspergers syndrome. So thats always a plus, too! If you don't like Abilify, you can always ask your doctor to switch. Thats what he or she is there for Edited March 7, 2014 by mjs190 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 It won't kill you to stop abilify. The discontinuation syndrome is fairly easy to deal with, but all your symptoms coming back, well that's another story. You'll probably end up in the hospital again, and if you keep dropping meds because you think you aren't sick (even though you're diagnosed with psychosis) they can put you on treatment orders so you have to take meds, which I've heard sucks. Stopping a med without a doctors permission is bad news. And maybe you aren't sick right now because the medication is working? Strong possibility. Right now I'm pretty stable, and near baseline, but I know its the meds. If I stopped taking them, all hell would break loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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