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 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:18 pm
What psychiatric medications have you taken, and for what? Did they help? Have you ever had to discontinue the drugs due to side-effects? What sorts of side-effects have you experienced?
I tend to get severe side-effects with anti-psychotics. Some of the ones I've tried have been: Haldol, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Geodon and Abilify. My doctors ended up taking me off all of those drugs because I was developing tardive dyskinesia, which is involuntary muscle movements. Now I'm only on a couple of them PRN (as needed). Even though I was having a lot of other horrible side-effects (like blackouts, vomiting, extreme lethargy and other bad stuff) the doctors were the most conserned about TD because it can become permanent. I'm still on the lookout for any new drugs that come out, and since I have dual citizenship with Canada, I would be interested if anyone could share information about any atypical anti-psychotics that are available there but not here.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:36 am
I have literally run out of medications. Here's what I've taken, and the effects.
Wellbutrin- I went psychotic.
Prozac - I went psychotic.
Tegetrol - I think it messed with my liver. I was really young.
Depakote - It made me crash every time I had a good time.
Lithium - Didn't work, dose upped until overdose, wiped a good part of my memory.
Zyprexa - I was dazed all day, not good for someone who drives everywhere.
Geodon - Used once as a trank, same as Zyprexa.
Concerta - Worked slightly, insomnia, but the foam grossed me out.
Ritalin - Works very nicely.
Abilify - Gets me a stoned effect, but works slightly.
I guess I still have antiseizure drugs to take, but I don't have seizures. neutral
I can no longer take antipsychotics. I've been phobic of them since my ex told me to kill myself by taking 35 mg of Zyprexa.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:25 pm
h3rsh3y Wellbutrin- I went psychotic. Oh my goodness! My psychosis got worse on Wellbutrin too! They warned me that it might, because the same thing happened when I tried Celexa. Now I know to watch out for Prozac! h3rsh3y Zyprexa - I was dazed all day, not good for someone who drives everywhere. Geodon - Used once as a trank, same as Zyprexa. Abilify - Gets me a stoned effect, but works slightly. Urgh, yeah those all made me dazed and weird too, among other things. No fun. All the side-effects from the anti-psychotics made me so depressed that the doctors made me go on anti-depressants! *lol* h3rsh3y I can no longer take antipsychotics. I've been phobic of them since my ex told me to kill myself by taking 35 mg of Zyprexa. Wow, what a scary ex! If it helps at all, 35 mg of Zyprexa probably wouldn't kill you. Anti-psychotics and anti-depressants are notoriously useless for suicide attempts! Taking too much Wellbutrin would give you a seizure though.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:15 pm
If I do remember right, it was Risperdal for the black-and-white thinking. I don't think it really work as much, but it did a little bit. And I started sleeping in class.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:53 pm
HolyOrders If I do remember right, it was Risperdal for the black-and-white thinking. I don't think it really work as much, but it did a little bit. And I started sleeping in class. Oh yeah, when I was on Risperdal I slept 16 hours a day! razz
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:25 pm
O.o... Eh. Dosage was about 5mg or something. Way smaller than my pinky nail. You probably got something huge or something. 16hrs?
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:19 pm
Quote: If I do remember right, it was Risperdal for the black-and-white thinking. I don't think it really work as much, but it did a little bit. How does medication help "black-and-white" thinking go away...?
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:04 pm
HolyOrders O.o... Eh. Dosage was about 5mg or something. Way smaller than my pinky nail. You probably got something huge or something. 16hrs? Yeah, I got the highest recommended dose. It was too much. Also, part of the time I was on Haldol in addition, so that didn't help any because Haldol knocked me out too!
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:48 am
I take Adderall....45 mg sweatdrop Thanks to that, I never want to eat or get hungry...my lunch is basically non-existent, though I eat like a horse otherwise (common side-effect, there). It has supressed my hyperactivity pretty well, and my focusing is a teeny bit better, though I'm still sort of a wreck.
(One of the high schools I applied to denied me because of ADHD. stare )
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:41 am
Let's see...
Navane...navene? Umm, lithium. Given supposedly for both depression and psychosis (honestly, just 'cause you hear voices every once in awhile). Didn't do anything as far as I could tell.
Next was...Celexa. A very powerful substance, addictive, dissociating, with lots of side effects. I became alarmed one night when I kept counting myself as two people. Discontinued use shortly after attempting to overdose on them. Next!
Effexor...no effect on my depression whatsoever as far as I could tell. Next!
Paxil...no effect.
So I tell the doctor, "No more SSRIs. Too many side effects and they don't work." So they gave me:
Wellbutrin...did nothing for my depression, but the sex was great!
I haven't been back for years. I'm not interested in taking their poisons.
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:32 pm
Civet Moon Quote: If I do remember right, it was Risperdal for the black-and-white thinking. I don't think it really work as much, but it did a little bit. How does medication help "black-and-white" thinking go away...? Bad wordage. I was thinking too harshly/extremes, and... I dunno. I think it blurs the borders between extremes a bit. I swear it did nothing but take money.
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:18 pm
HolyOrders If I do remember right, it was Risperdal for the black-and-white thinking. I don't think it really work as much. Um, isn't that the sort of thing you deal with in therapy? Well that's how we work in Britain anyway. Therapy to sort you out and then drugs if it doesn't work. I have taken in order of consumption: Prozac: Didn't do much Efexor XL: Barely ate or slept for the first week. Worked well overall, some flattening of emotions and irritability. Had to stop taking it because of changes in the law governing prescription to under 18s and my refusal to see a psychiatrist for a long time Lofepramine: I slept all the time while on this. Less effective than efexor but no flattening of emotion. Gave me very vivid nightmares and low blood pressure on standing. Sleep paralysis and even more vivid nightmares while withdrawing Prozac again: second time around a bit more effective, flattening of emotions and vivid nightmares, think I went psychotic once but I don't remember much of that. My doctor took me off it too soon. Sleep paralysis, creepy lucid dreams and vivid nightmares during withdrawl. Celexa: did nothing Lofepramine again: Didn't sleep as much, it sorted out my sleeping patterns but it gave me vivid nightmares, low blood pressure on standing, chest pains, palpitations and an all round fast heartbeat. I think I tapered off too quickly, withdrawl effects were sleep paralysis, muddled thinking and what I suppose you would call brain shivers. It's a noise like you're sinking to the bottom of a swimming pool and your head goes kind of tense, sometimes with pins and needles, almost like a moment of absense. its hard to describe. Well, two months later I'm still getting the "brain shivers" and I can't think properly. Well I'm off to see the psychiatrist now.
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:41 pm
People are so overmedicated. It's coming to the point where you are taking too many pills. You're taking pills to help with the side effects of the pills, and then taking pills for those side effects, and pills for those side effects, which are often worse than the disease itself.
When a 13 year old is taking seven different medications to help her "anxiety," it's gone too far. No one knows exactly how those things will affect her in the future. But I guess that's not their problem, eh?
We were talking about this in my debate class today, and just cracking jokes about it, because it's honestly really funny. Have a fear of taking pills? We have a pill for that. Can't feel your legs from your other pills? We have a pill for that too!
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:31 pm
Ares Can't feel your legs from your other pills? We have a pill for that too! Totally. At one point, I was taking a pill that made my vision blurry, so they gave me a pill for that.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 4:58 pm
Smart Alex Ares Can't feel your legs from your other pills? We have a pill for that too! Totally. At one point, I was taking a pill that made my vision blurry, so they gave me a pill for that. All in teh name of teh cash. And there's more than one type of pill to take too! If A doesn't work, take B, with enhanced side effects!
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