Posted by Tomatheus on May 20, 2015, at 16:03:40
In reply to when can you reduce AAP/AP dosage?, posted by Christ_empowered on May 20, 2015, at 13:42:22
Christ_empowered,
I'm definitely not an expert in this area, but I tend to think that the process of deciding when to reduce the dose of a medication is probably more of an art than a science. I tend to favor striving to take the lowest necessary dose of medications, especially antipsychotics, but what one person considers to be "necessary" isn't likely going to be the same as what somebody else considers to be "necessary." Certainly, you don't want to lower your dose to the point where you would be considered unstable and in need of hospitalization. And if the medications are helping to improve your functionality and/or quality of life, then you'd also risk interfering with those things if you allow your dose to be reduced too low. But sometimes lowering the dose of your medication could actually improve functionality and/or quality of life, and I think that it can be hard to predict when reducing your dose would be more beneficial overall and when it might be more harmful overall.
Again, I'm not an expert or a doctor, but I think that reducing your Abilify dose slowly would be a safer option than reducing it more abruptly. Do you think that maybe asking your doctor about prescribing 20-mg tablets with some 5-mg tablets so you can take 25 mg for a while might be an option?
Tomatheus
Has long-standing difficulties with energy and concentration, as well as psychotic and cognitive symptoms
Taking Abilify & supplements
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