grinbid: Tapering Help

[grinbid]

I'm feeling pretty ill and dizzy and I want to know how to cut abilify tablet the proper way, I know how to calculate the amount. I have a pill cutter from the pharmacy, but when I cut the tablet it's not accurate at all. It's not even and it crumbles. I can buy a recommended digital scale linked from another thread here, but I'm not sure if I should crush the tablet or cut it to use it with a scale and how to get the most accurate amount of powder or pill pieces to my mouth from the scale without losing some of it 

 

Please excuse me if my question is answered before, but I'm feeling ill and getting more Ill from not finding the answer. If it's already answered somewhere you can just copy the response to my answer.

 

I can't seem to ask a question in the tapering forum inside the threads so if you can move it for me please do so.

 

Best regards.

[getofflex]

Hello, and welcome to SA.  We are a peer owned and run forum of people who have been or are getting off of psychiatric drugs.  I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling poorly.  Are you in the process of tapering down your Abilify?  The purpose of this site is to help people to taper safely off of psychiatric drugs.  It sounds as if you may be getting inconsistent amounts of the drug each day, and this could be destabilizing your nervous system.  Are you cutting the pill in half, then taking 1/2 of the pill?  

 

First of all, can you please give us specific information about your drug history for all drugs you are on and have been on, especially for the past 18-24 months?  It would be especially helpful to have the details of your drugs in a concise list (no symptoms), only drug names, specific dates (as best you can say for example early March if you don't recall the day) and dosages in mg. of each medication decrease or increase.  Please read the link below for instructions.  This will allow us to give you the best guidance.  

 

How to List Drug History in Signature

 

Here is some information about how these drugs actually work.  

 

How Psychiatric Drugs Remodel Your Brain

 

 

This helps you understand what withdrawal syndrome is: 

 

 Video on Recovery from Psych Drugs

 

What is Withdrawal Syndrome?

 

If you are tapering, it is best done extremely slowly, and we taper by 10% of the current dose no more than once every 4 weeks, so that the taper becomes exponentially smaller.

 

 Why Taper by 10% of my Dosage  

 

The following link will give you information about how to measure your dose precisely.

 

Tips for Tapering Abilify

 

 

We suggest keeping things slow, simple, and stable. This is extremely important. 

 

Considerations About Stability Stop Jumping Around

 

Keep it Simple, Slow, and Stable

 

 

When we recover, there are times of feeling OK mixed in with times of feeling bad.  This is called windows and waves.

 

Windows and Waves Pattern of Stabilization

 

Here are some techniques to cope with symptoms: 

 

Non Drug Ways to Cope with Withdrawal Symptoms

 

 

We don't suggest many supplements, but 2 that many of us find helpful are magnesium and omega-3 fish oil. Here are the links for info about those. It is suggested to add one at a time, and start with a low dose to see how it affects you. 

Magnesium

 

Omega 3 Fish Oil

 

Please let us know how you are doing, and what your intentions are.  Thank you.