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Did anybody not start at the higher doses? My psych is starting me on 10.5mg (I'm also on haldol 5mg) for schizoaffective. The side effects I read on here are a bit disheartening, but it seems to be on the 21mg or 42mg. So has anyone started at the 10.5mg? How was it for you? Manageable?

I've heard people say they've heard what sounds like someone talking through a radio, and I've heard it for the first time. Last night. It sounded like a woman speaking but it sounded like it was coming through radio speakers on the roof. I'm still trying to comes to terms with it.

Here's episode 3 of the Anabaptist Origins series (I didn't link the second one). This one delves into the life of Sattler and goes over, and visits, the Schleitheim Confession. Enjoy! Great info.

At night when I'm trying to go to sleep, my mattress springs start clinking and I think it's someone in my mattress trying to send me coded messages. I want to tear open my mattress to check. But part of me knows it couldn't be real. But it's terrifying when it happens and it's happened for a few nights now. Has anyone dealt with similar? My psych is out of town. How can I distract myself?

Does anyone take this? How is it for you?

I'm on haldol but it's not quite enough, especially for mood and paranoia. Insurance just denied Caplyta (though we may appeal because there's no good reason they did that). But I'm looking at options to bring up to my psych and Saphris is intriguing to me (plus it's generic).

I've been on trileptal (as a mood stabilizer), seroquel, Latuda, Vraylar, Cobenfy, Abilify, and haldol (current and plan to stay on it).

Just looking for experiences. Thanks!

Edited days later to say, I was just contacted by my pastor and he is putting on an orientation/membership class and asked if I was interested. So there's my church's answer. I plan on participating!

I'll preface this by saying I will ask my pastor about this as well, but curious if this is a church specific question or if there are other guidelines (MCUSA if it matters).

In the future I plan on both membership and baptism (I was baptized Catholic as a toddler). But which comes first? Are you baptized as Anabaptist prior to becoming a church member, or does membership "allow" you a baptism by that church? Does the order even matter?

My psychiatrist had to fill out some paperwork recently and just basically describe what treatments I've had and whether they've worked. He wrote, "She has tried several medications which have not controlled her symptoms."

Like...damn. Like I kinda knew that was the case but still. Seeing it written down kinda sucked the air out of me. I always considered myself a mild case, and I think he described it as mild to moderate in the past, but I guess it's persistent even if it is mild, if that even makes sense. Even when I feel good, it doesn't seem to last very long.

I'm awaiting insurance approval for yet another med. On we go I suppose.

Schizoaffective bipolar type here. I take haldol and Abilify, but have just been prescribed Caplyta (waiting for insurance) to replace the Abilify. I will be starting at 10.5mg and plan to take it at night along with my haldol. What do you wish you knew before starting Caplyta?

Looking for experiences on Caplyta.

I'm on haldol 5mg as a base med and was also taking Abilify 7.5mg, but apparently I'm having side effects from the Abilify and we want to prevent metabolic effects. So, pending insurance approval, my psych is switching me to Caplyta and I'll start taking that in a few days.

He said it's pretty well tolerated, but I'm asking those who have taken it...how is/was it for you? Effective for what you needed it for? Side effects? I'll be on 10.5mg to start. Thanks!

I live alone and I spent over an hour last night pacing my room and rocking on my bed and talking out loud about these big projects I have planned. Eventually my dog even got tired of watching me and went to sleep. I just couldn't stop my legs or my brain. Couldn't control it. I don't know if it was an agitation thing or something else. Does this happen to others?

Hello all! I have a 2015 Renegade Latitude 4x4 but wirh only 97k miles. I was told years ago that the head unit is shot (and dealership quoted something like $3500 at the time,which I said no to). Nav does not work (no orientation, zero satellites found), stereo has to be turned on manually every time you turn on the vehicle. But radio and touchscreen itself both work fine. I also get a "service vehicle phone" screen after about 30 minutes of driving and the 911 and assist buttons light up, but regular bluetooth phone still works. Don't know if all that's related or not.

Is this worth fixing? I'm sorta bummed I don't have nav but I've been working around it. The other stuff is buggy inconvenience. I don't know how long I'll keep Simba, but everything else is mechanically fine. Is this just a quirky thing or could it signal bigger issues?

So I have a 2015 Jeep Renegade with 97k miles and looking to get back into pickups. I live in a rural area, so I'm looking for something that will allow me to get out of my long gravel driveway and easement in the occasional snows we get (4x4 mandatory), has a good usable bed (looking to haul routine but dirty things like household trash, yard debris, mulch bags, plants, yard tools, etc.). It's just me as driver, not worried too much about back seat passengers or anything like a family car, though I do want a 4-door. Must be good also for daily driving (not typically far, but mostly winding back roads with occasional highway driving).

I usually keep my vehicles for 10 years at least, so reliability is very important.

I've been eyeing a new (or late model, not much difference in price) Tacoma, or maybe a Ranger. I've only owned Ford trucks in the past, but I'm trying to branch out. The Frontier has also entered the chat, but I don't know much about them yet. The 6-cylinder engines...I dunno, I'm not hauling, I don't know if I care the Tacoma has a turbo 4, so long as it can get out of its own way when I need to accelerate. I'm a minimalist when it comes to tech, so I don't need giant touchscreens and bells and whistles.

Looking for any insights! I've only driven a Ranger so far, but that was a handful of years ago. Thanks!

Does anybody feel like mentally stuffy, like a stuffy nose but in your brain, when you start feeling bad? I've been feeling better that good, pretty much great, for the last few weeks since the hospital and now a switch has been flipped and I just feel...stuffy in my head. I don't know how to describe...

First thing, yes I'm going to ask my psych on Wednesday. But can Abilify cause hypomania or mania? I've been on it (at 7.5mg, added on to my haldol 5mg) for about 3 weeks and I feel really good. Like better than really good.

But I'm starting to do things like speed in my car, making plans on big projects, feel like I can take on big things with no problems, feel like I can do anything and nothing can stop me. I'm shopping for a new car when my current one is fine. Everything around me is beautiful.

I haven't had a manic or hypomanic episode in quite a while so I don't even remember if these things are symptoms of it. I don't know if this is me or (hypo)mania. I'm still sleeping okay, about 7 or 8 hours, which is actually only a little less than what I usually get. So yeah, just wondering if this happened to anybody else on Abilify.

So I'm a few minutes into learning about split heat pump water heaters. Here's my setup...

I'm in central Virginia in a two-story, 1848 sq ft single family home, single occupant. I have about a 4.5 foot deep conditioned crawl space where my water heater is (short size). It is currently 17 years old and I'm eyeing it suspiciously, so I'm window shopping a replacement solution. Given the height requirements, I don't have near the space for a traditional HPWH. But I am VERY interested in the split system.

That said, I'm not sure where I could put the compressor unit. But does anyone have such a system? Real world reviews? How long of a run between the tank and the compressor is feasible? Are there clearance requirements for the compressor?

I appreciate any info as I continue to research this. Thanks!

Just a bit of a reflection/rant/ramble. I had to do a write-up today, a statement of disability, for something I'm working on. Anyway, part of it was to address not only how schizoaffective affects my work, but also my personal life.

Putting it down on paper was kinda awful, realizing it does affect me so much. Was that man's voice outside my window really there? Best stay inside where it's safe. Want to take a shower and clean the house? Can't move, I'm depressed. Want to start a project? Let's start 4 of them and not finish any because I'm hypomanic. Are there really people who live in my closets and move through the vents to different locations in my house? Better call the police to have them check for them even though they're invisible.

Everything I do is some sort of reaction to how this illness presents itself. It's disheartening.