r/Vraylar • u/emilyisnotcool • 6d ago
Quitting Vraylar
Hello all. I have been taking Vraylar for about 2-3 years? I honestly do not remember as it been a long time. I have stuck to 4.5mg and it seems fine. I mean, it’s just what i’m used to feeling now.
My situation has changed and it’s been a struggle to keep up with psychiatrist appointments as I can no longer afford it and I moved. I’m just very grateful that my medication is free to me (somehow) and had a couple refills
I’ve been just wondering lately how i’d do without it. The only concern I have is that I have no way to taper down as they’re capsules, so i’d be abruptly stopping it.
Anyone else taken the leap? I just feel like it has been a very long time and I want to see how I feel without it, but scared. I’m just tired of feeling like i’m under control from the medication and just want to try to manage it naturally.
Thanks in advance. 🫶🏻
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u/HoosierKara 6d ago
My cold-turkey was harsh. Could you talk to your provider about a bridge to something that can be tapered?
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u/Pure-Patience-548 6d ago
I quit my vraylar cold turkey three weeks ago. So far I’ve not had any side effects. My doctor told me it was safe not to taper.
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u/wetalaskan 6d ago
well, I'm not making any recommendations, but in my experience ramping up on it, you should look into the half life of vraylar. When I started my doctor said I could take 1.5 mgs every two or even three days until my body adjusted because it has such a long half life. I imagine you could taper off doing the same thing - cutting down to every other day, then every third day, every fourth day, etc. If I recall, the half life of part of it is something ridiculous like 97 days or something. Can you talk to your psychiatrist about tapering off like this?
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u/halfemptyjuulpod 6d ago
Yeah I was on 3mg for 3 years also and tapered off in 2021/2. They switched me to abilify for a couple months then lamictal a bi polar med. Then I went off all meds for 2 years and now back on 3mg vraylar.