whitelily Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 The antipsychotic tablet that I've got to cut up is relatively large - I was going to cut it up and weigh it on a digital scale, before putting it inside a vege-capsule - does it matter how large the pieces are inside the capsule? History:- 1993: - prescribed Prozac - soon started having momentary episodes of psychosis - 1994: psychotic breakdown - prescribed high doses of antipsychotics including Depixol, Chlorpromazine (with procyclidine to control pacing) and later prescribed olanzapine, haloperidol, risperidone with different antidepressants (relapsed or crashed each time I tried to reduce or withdraw from meds). Can't recall all combinations of drugs have been on. 2007: amisulpride 400mg & venlafaxine 75mg 2013: Got down to 150mg amisulpride, but hospitalised with v.bad psychosis after dropping to this dose and coerced into taking 600mg (always hit problems when dropping below 200mg) 2014: reduced and then problematic symptoms of psychosis, mid-Dec - back up to 200mg, Feb 2015 had reduced to 180.5mg crashed badly and suddenly and hospitalised : prescribed 300mg amisulpride, 10 mg aripripazole, 50 mg sertraline. Gradually reduced to 60.75mg amisulpride and 10mg abilify only by Dec 2016. shortly after 30/1/17 two days paranoia, held and stabilised. made 2.5% reductions in amisulpride to get to 50mg amisulpride plus 10mg abilify. Held for long period of time to let CNS stabilise as unable to tolerate any more reductions (from Aug 2017) April 2018 40mg amisulpride and 10mg abilify. Current Meds: 17.6mg amisulpride, 10mg abilify plus 2000mg metformin for type II diabetes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meimeiquest Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 No, they just have to fit. The hard part is getting a digital scale to work well...I haven't been able to manage that. 1st round Prozac 1989/90, clear depression symptoms. 2nd round Prozac started 1999 when admitted to dr. I was tired. Prozac pooped out, switch to Cymbalta 3/2006. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder due to mania 6/2006--then I was taken abruptly off Cymbalta and didn't know I had SSRI withdrawal. Lots of meds for my intractable "bipolar" symptoms. Zyprexa started about 9/06, mostly 5mg. Tapered 4/12 through12/29/12 Wellbutrin. XL 300 mg started 1/07, tapered 1/18/13 through 7/8/13 Oxazepam mostly continuously since 6/06, 30mg since 12/12, tapered 1.17.14 through 8.26.15 11/06 Lithium 600mg twice daily, 2.2.14 400mg TID DIY liquid, 2.12.14 1150mg, 3.2.14 1100mg, 3.18.14 1075mg, 4/14 updose to 1100mg, 6.1.14 900 mg capsules 7.8.14 810mg, 8.17.14 725mg, 8.24.24 700mg...10.22.14 487.5mg, 3.9.15 475mg, 4.1.15 462.5mg 4.21.15 450mg 8.11.15 375mg, 11.28.15 362.5mg, back to 375mg four days later, 3.4.16 updose to 475 (too much going on to risk trouble) 9/4/13 Toprol-XL 25mg daily for sudden hypertension, tapered 11.12.13 through 5.3.14, last 10 days or so switched to atenolol 7.4.14 Started Walsh Protocol 56 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelily Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Thanks Meimeiquest - I haven't tried weighing a tablet out yet - going to have a go later, here's hoping it works .... History:- 1993: - prescribed Prozac - soon started having momentary episodes of psychosis - 1994: psychotic breakdown - prescribed high doses of antipsychotics including Depixol, Chlorpromazine (with procyclidine to control pacing) and later prescribed olanzapine, haloperidol, risperidone with different antidepressants (relapsed or crashed each time I tried to reduce or withdraw from meds). Can't recall all combinations of drugs have been on. 2007: amisulpride 400mg & venlafaxine 75mg 2013: Got down to 150mg amisulpride, but hospitalised with v.bad psychosis after dropping to this dose and coerced into taking 600mg (always hit problems when dropping below 200mg) 2014: reduced and then problematic symptoms of psychosis, mid-Dec - back up to 200mg, Feb 2015 had reduced to 180.5mg crashed badly and suddenly and hospitalised : prescribed 300mg amisulpride, 10 mg aripripazole, 50 mg sertraline. Gradually reduced to 60.75mg amisulpride and 10mg abilify only by Dec 2016. shortly after 30/1/17 two days paranoia, held and stabilised. made 2.5% reductions in amisulpride to get to 50mg amisulpride plus 10mg abilify. Held for long period of time to let CNS stabilise as unable to tolerate any more reductions (from Aug 2017) April 2018 40mg amisulpride and 10mg abilify. Current Meds: 17.6mg amisulpride, 10mg abilify plus 2000mg metformin for type II diabetes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meimeiquest Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 If it doesn't work, I think visually dividing each tablet into clear capsules also works, as long as you use all of the tablet. You might be a little off, but it evens out that way. For example, if you divide it as evenly as you can into five capsules, over five days you have taken the intended dose. I used a piece of paper, the slicker the better, folded vertically. Then you can use that as a bit of a funnel to channel the crushed pieces or powder into the capsule. I did it with oxazepam until I went to water. As you know, your problem is the drug's insolubility in water. 1st round Prozac 1989/90, clear depression symptoms. 2nd round Prozac started 1999 when admitted to dr. I was tired. Prozac pooped out, switch to Cymbalta 3/2006. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder due to mania 6/2006--then I was taken abruptly off Cymbalta and didn't know I had SSRI withdrawal. Lots of meds for my intractable "bipolar" symptoms. Zyprexa started about 9/06, mostly 5mg. Tapered 4/12 through12/29/12 Wellbutrin. XL 300 mg started 1/07, tapered 1/18/13 through 7/8/13 Oxazepam mostly continuously since 6/06, 30mg since 12/12, tapered 1.17.14 through 8.26.15 11/06 Lithium 600mg twice daily, 2.2.14 400mg TID DIY liquid, 2.12.14 1150mg, 3.2.14 1100mg, 3.18.14 1075mg, 4/14 updose to 1100mg, 6.1.14 900 mg capsules 7.8.14 810mg, 8.17.14 725mg, 8.24.24 700mg...10.22.14 487.5mg, 3.9.15 475mg, 4.1.15 462.5mg 4.21.15 450mg 8.11.15 375mg, 11.28.15 362.5mg, back to 375mg four days later, 3.4.16 updose to 475 (too much going on to risk trouble) 9/4/13 Toprol-XL 25mg daily for sudden hypertension, tapered 11.12.13 through 5.3.14, last 10 days or so switched to atenolol 7.4.14 Started Walsh Protocol 56 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelily Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 I managed to weigh out a week's worth of broken tablet doses into capsules. Meimeiquest, if you want me to say the scale I used I will post a link here - not sure of link right now. In the end though, when I took them, I simply tipped the contents of the capsule into my mouth and had some water, and retained the capsule to be reused to store future tablet doses when making up a batch. This was because the capsule seemed so big and I didn't really want to take it. So far so good History:- 1993: - prescribed Prozac - soon started having momentary episodes of psychosis - 1994: psychotic breakdown - prescribed high doses of antipsychotics including Depixol, Chlorpromazine (with procyclidine to control pacing) and later prescribed olanzapine, haloperidol, risperidone with different antidepressants (relapsed or crashed each time I tried to reduce or withdraw from meds). Can't recall all combinations of drugs have been on. 2007: amisulpride 400mg & venlafaxine 75mg 2013: Got down to 150mg amisulpride, but hospitalised with v.bad psychosis after dropping to this dose and coerced into taking 600mg (always hit problems when dropping below 200mg) 2014: reduced and then problematic symptoms of psychosis, mid-Dec - back up to 200mg, Feb 2015 had reduced to 180.5mg crashed badly and suddenly and hospitalised : prescribed 300mg amisulpride, 10 mg aripripazole, 50 mg sertraline. Gradually reduced to 60.75mg amisulpride and 10mg abilify only by Dec 2016. shortly after 30/1/17 two days paranoia, held and stabilised. made 2.5% reductions in amisulpride to get to 50mg amisulpride plus 10mg abilify. Held for long period of time to let CNS stabilise as unable to tolerate any more reductions (from Aug 2017) April 2018 40mg amisulpride and 10mg abilify. Current Meds: 17.6mg amisulpride, 10mg abilify plus 2000mg metformin for type II diabetes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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