Please help me with my abilify journey
Near the beginning of last month, on August 7th/8th I've been prespriced aripiprazole at 10 mg by my psychiatrist, and I've been taking it kind of on and off, now as of today only having 7 pills left out of 30. At first, nothing bad happened, but one week ago (and I think it was because of withdrawal from it) was when it all began: insomnia, akathisia, anhedonia, etc.! It's been a nightmare so far, I tell you! I can't fall asleep, I feel the need to constantly move, and my emotions and desire to do things (like using my phone to watch videos/streams and use social media) have been tanked!
Yesterday, my psychiatrist told me to cold turkey aripiprazole and take mirtazapine (15 mg) and clonazepam (0,5 mg), in order to help with the insomnia, and I did take the latter two but still took 10 mg of aripiprazole that day. I read that mirtazapine and clonazepam have complications of their own, like needing to take mirtazapine for 6 months or clonazepam also causing anhedonia. What should I do? Should I cold turkey all 3 three? I heard that if you took mirtazapine and clonazepam only once and that's it, then it's okay to abandon them, but I'm not sure about aripiprazole.
Should I taper it off to 5 mg instead, and then after a few weeks, go even lower to 2.5 mg and then after a few more weeks stop completely? Genuinely, what should I do? This situation has been awful for me, and I fear that I've got a long road ahead... If you have any advice to give me, I'll gladly listen and be very grateful!