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How quickly can psychosis return after stopping antipsychotics?

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Dr. Jane Steiner answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

It depends....: Psychotic symptoms can return almost immediately, and on the other hand may not return at all. Most of the time they will return within weeks to months.

Answered 11/15/2017

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