Sorry to disappoint you. Yesterday was the last day that I took Solian 50mg, an anti-psychotic tablet. Today, I will take Sulpitac 50mg. Compared to Solian, Sulpitac doesn't give a feverish or tranquilizing effect. Solian is not just an anti-psychotic but also a tranquilizer. So when I'm shifting over to Sulpitac, I'm doing it for just the smallest dosage of bare-bones anti-psychotic effect. I plan to take it for another 20-25 days.
The reason I'm not stopping, as planned, is this. I'm doing a practice to get rid of my psychosis. It's been going on for some 25 days now. I'm a firm believer that while it takes 21 days for any practice to become a habit, it takes around 40-48 days (1 Mandalam), for it to bring about the desirable change. So I just don't want to risk disturbing that process. My Psychiatrist told me, "Don't change anything when you are improving." In other words, I'm choosing to err on the safe side. Since Sulpitac is very mild as compared to Solian, this is still a great progress for me. But since I'm still taking a drug, I'm susceptible to behave just a wee-bit oddly - nothing disastrous.
The reason I'm not stopping, as planned, is this. I'm doing a practice to get rid of my psychosis. It's been going on for some 25 days now. I'm a firm believer that while it takes 21 days for any practice to become a habit, it takes around 40-48 days (1 Mandalam), for it to bring about the desirable change. So I just don't want to risk disturbing that process. My Psychiatrist told me, "Don't change anything when you are improving." In other words, I'm choosing to err on the safe side. Since Sulpitac is very mild as compared to Solian, this is still a great progress for me. But since I'm still taking a drug, I'm susceptible to behave just a wee-bit oddly - nothing disastrous.
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