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Offline SovaNu

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antipsychotics
« on: December 09, 2008, 05:31:43 PM »
has anyone tried risperdal? other antipsychs? i've been thinking about it. i've been reading about it. i dunno about it. they scare the shit out of me. but i think i need something.

i know randy took abilify, i read summin about it. i can't remember.
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 05:34:59 PM »
I think they're bad. Haven't tried Risperdal but Trilafon, and that sucked.  :( Better with good old Valium, if you can get hold of it.
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2008, 06:11:46 PM »
I took seroquil but for sleep not in does they prescribe of antipsychotis and it fuck me up bad. Here is s forum that deal with this type of question all the time   http://www.crazyboards.org /forums/    and another on the way back machine that describes what they do  http://www.crazymeds.us/
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2008, 06:45:01 PM »
I have taken Seroquel, it made me feel weird and sleepy. I took Risperdal in hospital and I twitched so badly that the doctors stopped giving it to me. I was also put on haloperidol when I first went in because I was a bit psychotic or something and that stuff knocked me out and I liked it because of that but it would not be good to take regularly I think because it is so strong.

Every time I go to the doctor they suggest I take antipsychotics but I won't. I want to stay away from them.
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2008, 06:48:58 PM »
they are all correct. i have worked with dozens of clients on anti-psychotics and they should only be taken as a last resort, not even in low doses for sleep.

having said that i admit to taking compazine which is an insanely low dose of an antipsychotic - its used for nausea. i don't know what effect it has had on me. if anything i am depressed and anxious and don't understand why, so maybe it has affected me. i was never like this before and while i was in the hospital i took compazine almost daily.
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2008, 06:52:11 PM »
Quote from: TheoK on December 09, 2008, 05:34:59 PM
I think they're bad. Haven't tried Risperdal but Trilafon, and that sucked.  :( Better with good old Valium, if you can get hold of it.

i wouldn't bother with aps if i had valium endlessly.

i forgot crazymeds, thanks PARTS.

i was thinking of haloperidol but i dunno if i could get that stuff. i wish. :)

at the moment i'm taking 4 tryptophan caps that have b-vitamin in them a day and trying to remember 3 st johns a day but currently managing only 2 as i forget. mom's getting me GABA. i will see how that goes. but sometimes i feel i need something stronger. supplements are meek.
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2008, 06:53:52 PM »
Quote from: wherewolf on December 09, 2008, 06:48:58 PM
they are all correct. i have worked with dozens of clients on anti-psychotics and they should only be taken as a last resort, not even in low doses for sleep.

having said that i admit to taking compazine which is an insanely low dose of an antipsychotic - its used for nausea. i don't know what effect it has had on me. if anything i am depressed and anxious and don't understand why, so maybe it has affected me. i was never like this before and while i was in the hospital i took compazine almost daily.

but why are antipsychs bad? i just want to stop the fucked upness. antipsychs lower dopamine and if i have too much then why not?
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2008, 08:00:16 PM »
there are other things that work on dopamine.
most anti-psychotics have bad side effects - the most common i've seen were weight gain, diabetes and tics or other movement disorders.

check this out:
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clearly an antipsychotic is better than walking into a fire, jumping off a bridge or dancing naked in the parking lot of the local big food store (all the same client) because you think someone is going to kill you. if its this bad, then you could consider it. if not, consider something else that can reduce your dopamine levels.

and yuck - since i wanted to get my facts straight i did a little research and found an antipsychotic used to treat Aspergers. WTF.
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2008, 09:24:30 PM »
Yes, I have read some stuff about that as well, even giving them to little kids.  :thumbdn:
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2008, 01:11:37 AM »
i definitely don't want weight gain. :( it's right up there with dancing naked in a parking lot. :zombiefuck:

didn't know they can cause diabetes. that's horrible.

yeah they apparently give aps for all kinds of crap, just to shut kids up. i dunno why i can't get some valium but a 5 year old is forced to take antipsychotics and that's supposed to be somehow in sync with the laws of the universe. just fucked up.

i'm tired of this medical battle. doctors don't give a fuck as long as they're not sued. cowards can't give anyone anything that works.
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2008, 03:59:08 AM »
Quote from: SovaNu on December 09, 2008, 06:53:52 PM
Quote from: wherewolf on December 09, 2008, 06:48:58 PM
they are all correct. i have worked with dozens of clients on anti-psychotics and they should only be taken as a last resort, not even in low doses for sleep.

having said that i admit to taking compazine which is an insanely low dose of an antipsychotic - its used for nausea. i don't know what effect it has had on me. if anything i am depressed and anxious and don't understand why, so maybe it has affected me. i was never like this before and while i was in the hospital i took compazine almost daily.

but why are antipsychs bad? i just want to stop the fucked upness. antipsychs lower dopamine and if i have too much then why not?

They fuck with your brain. I'd gladly take some of that upness, if it could be transfused as easily as blood.  :-\
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2008, 03:59:56 AM »
Quote from: SovaNu on December 10, 2008, 01:11:37 AM
i'm tired of this medical battle. doctors don't give a fuck as long as they're not sued. cowards can't give anyone anything that works.

 :agreed: Death to the cowards!  :arrr:
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2008, 07:57:02 AM »
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2008, 08:09:32 AM »
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Re: antipsychotics
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2008, 08:19:05 AM »
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