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A member asked:
Does withdrawal from antipsychotics cause schizophrenia? i started to hear many voices several months after stopping psych meds.
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Antipsychotic withdr: It is not the withdrawal from the medication itself that triggers the schizophrenic episode. It is the disease itself flaring up. When people with schizophrenia stop their medication about 10% of them will relapse every month.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Recurrence : With an established diagnosis of schizophrenia stopping psych meds will increase risk of recurrence of symptoms possibly including hearing voices.
Answered 1/26/2016
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