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Posted by Christ_empowered on May 11, 2011, at 23:14:30
I'm seriously thinking about dropping my meds. This crap just doesn't seem to be going anywhere positive anytime soon. I'm fat and tranquilized and I *should* be suffering some sort of psychospiritual anguish, but...I'm not. I'm just chain smoking and hoping, a vague sort of way, that things "get better."
I just don't know HOW to quit. Abilify is so strange and strong, I just don't know how to taper off this stuff w/o ending up in a psych ward.
I also don't like how I get treated as a mental patient. I'm actually receiving some of the best (and free!) mental health, but still...its kind of degrading, having someone check your behavior and thoughts to make sure you're "OK". Seriously?
A part of me wants to suffer again.
Posted by Phillipa on May 12, 2011, at 0:32:42
In reply to I want to quit The Mental Patient Game, posted by Christ_empowered on May 11, 2011, at 23:14:30
CE no aren't you about to embark on a career starting with online courses? No please don't suffer. You've been doing so well. Remember what you posted about going home and people accepting you? Write. Phillipa
Posted by ron1953 on May 12, 2011, at 10:53:46
In reply to I want to quit The Mental Patient Game, posted by Christ_empowered on May 11, 2011, at 23:14:30
> I'm seriously thinking about dropping my meds. This crap just doesn't seem to be going anywhere positive anytime soon. I'm fat and tranquilized and I *should* be suffering some sort of psychospiritual anguish, but...I'm not. I'm just chain smoking and hoping, a vague sort of way, that things "get better."
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> I just don't know HOW to quit. Abilify is so strange and strong, I just don't know how to taper off this stuff w/o ending up in a psych ward.
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> I also don't like how I get treated as a mental patient. I'm actually receiving some of the best (and free!) mental health, but still...its kind of degrading, having someone check your behavior and thoughts to make sure you're "OK". Seriously?
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> A part of me wants to suffer again."Mental Patient Game" is an apt term for it, and I applaud your realization and goal. At the risk of being repetitive (I've mentioned it in other threads), I suggest reading "Commonsense Rebellion", which describes the "Mental Health Game" quite well.
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 12, 2011, at 11:26:55
In reply to I want to quit The Mental Patient Game, posted by Christ_empowered on May 11, 2011, at 23:14:30
They say, whoever they are, that people tend to quit their meds when things are going well. Some would argue that it is the meds, and their therapeutic effect.
That being said, I hate when people say that crap to me.
Inpatient psych units have got to be one of the most dehumanizing places by far.... As long as we are talking about being treated "differently", which often means not being regarded at all.
Posted by sigismund on May 12, 2011, at 12:26:31
In reply to I want to quit The Mental Patient Game, posted by Christ_empowered on May 11, 2011, at 23:14:30
Abilify is not the sort of drug you can taper then?
That makes it rather a difficult thing to deal with.
You can't taper at all? You're on 30?
And you're still vulnerable to ideas of reference (if that's the right term)?
That makes it rather difficult.
I wonder what the experience of other people on large doses of Abiliy has been?
Posted by Christ_empowered on May 12, 2011, at 16:08:56
In reply to Re: I want to quit The Mental Patient Game, posted by sigismund on May 12, 2011, at 12:26:31
hey. I can taper, but it just seems to pack so much oomph per milligram that I don't really know where to begin. I suppose buying a pill cutter is in order...
Posted by Zyprexa on May 15, 2011, at 20:15:11
In reply to I want to quit The Mental Patient Game, posted by Christ_empowered on May 11, 2011, at 23:14:30
Do what I do when I feel like that, and take a day off from your meds. You will apreciate them much more the next day. With abilify because of the 3 day half life you may need more than a day off that one.
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