My psychopharmacologist recommended increasing the Invega (an antipsychotic). I asked if we can hold off.
(What I wrote to him):
Can we wait before we increase Invega and try to get my emotions under control in CBT? I'm already on a mega regimen and the increased dose really zonks me. The adverse effects have gotten significantly better on the lower dose. On 9 mg I don't say much and just stare into space. Friends have observed I'm more talkative on the 6 mg. Plus sexual function has gotten better. Maybe if I realize it's emotion, control my emotion, I can stay on the 6 mg. Because there are so many benefits to being on lower meds.
Can we wait before we increase Invega and try to get my emotions under control in CBT? I'm already on a mega regimen and the increased dose really zonks me. The adverse effects have gotten significantly better on the lower dose. On 9 mg I don't say much and just stare into space. Friends have observed I'm more talkative on the 6 mg. Plus sexual function has gotten better. Maybe if I realize it's emotion, control my emotion, I can stay on the 6 mg. Because there are so many benefits to being on lower meds.
My psychopharmacologist said:
"We could try something new like Vraylar and try get you off Latuda and Invega. It sounds either like immense suffering or dramatizing immense suffering or both... I respect your wishes but I can see that the tone is becoming increasingly desperate and the imagery more macabre."
"We could try something new like Vraylar and try get you off Latuda and Invega. It sounds either like immense suffering or dramatizing immense suffering or both... I respect your wishes but I can see that the tone is becoming increasingly desperate and the imagery more macabre."
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