Tapering back on after cold turkey
Hey guys. I was on 2mg aripiprazole for like four years but then I quit cold turkey about a year ago (this was Stupid) (Don’t! do this). I also stopped taking my other meds at that time. Some months ago, I tapered back onto other meds and I felt everything was managed well for a while. Now I’m back at a very low and very unstable point and wondering if I should resume aripiprazole.
Now here’s the odd part… my doctor who originally put me on this med died a couple years ago. I have not been able to get a new psych. A family member has been prescribing whatever I need for now, but I have no actual psych or therapist monitoring me. My other meds are very different and weren’t risky for me to have tapered unmonitored. Is this safe for me to do on my own though? I’m thinking 4 weeks of .5mg and then 4 wks 1 mg before resuming my original 2 mg dose
Posted Jul 30, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC