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My doctor says I have OCD, though I myself don't feel its true. I don't wash my hands continuously or anything. The only problem I have is having thoughts, where I don't have any control over the thoughts and they keep coming.

 

Anyway, I'm taking Fluvoxamine 200mg for over a year. I was also taking Aripiprazole 10mg along with it, but today I told my doctor that I'm feeling fine and would like to stop the medicines. What he did is he stopped the Aripiprazole and instead started Blonanserin 2mg. I looked up the Internet and found that it is a drug for schizophrenia. Is there anyone else using Blonanserin? And why did my doc start an anti-schizophrenia drug?


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I've been on multiple anti-psychotics for anxiety and depression and ocd and they did not help. Rather, I got really bad side effects, especially next day sedation from them. I just tried one this past week.........

 

With that said, they do tend to help with sleep problems, when all else has failed. I think some of them are FDA approved for depression in conjunction with srri's. Not sure why they think it will help ocd but I guess it's always worth a shot.

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I have had severe OCD and have been prescribed various combinations including antipsychotics (schizophrenia drugs) I think they just use them for calming/anti-anxiety properties with OCD. If you had schizophrenia he would tell you.

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I have had severe OCD and have been prescribed various combinations including antipsychotics (schizophrenia drugs) I think they just use them for calming/anti-anxiety properties with OCD. If you had schizophrenia he would tell you.

I agree with PIK. When my DS was at his worst, we were prescribed a whole host of antipsychotics (zyprexa, Seroquel, etc.), mostly to give him and us a break from his out-of-control anxiety. I'm not a fan, but I can see why they might be useful in this off-label manner for short periods.
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I want to stop taking Blonanserin now. I'm taking a 2 mg dose for more than six months now. I searched on the net but I couldn't find anything about whether it has withdrawal symptoms or not. Does anyone know how to get off it?
:)

 

Always with your doctors help. Always.

Notify your doctor and tell him it's not working out. Never stop all together abruptly, always wean down.

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