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Mental Health Any1 recovered from antipsychotic injections?
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Antipsychiatrist
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Do you have energy morivation?
I barely got motivation to get a shower
I barely got motivation to get a shower
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
My experience:
After becoming psychotic/delusional from too much amphetamines and too little sleep I was wrongly diagnosed with schizophrenia. This was 20 years ago and multiple psychiatrists, including the prick who had made such an error, overruled the diagnos (and even told me that according to psychological testing and evaluation I don't even have personality that is prone to psychotic breaks). But I have an experience...
So I was forcefully injected by various first generation and second generation antipsychotics. That was going on for over 2 months in "hospital" and when I was released I continued to get injections of fluphenazine depot (every 4 weeks for another 4 or five months) wit olanzapin sublingual. So I was recievieng injectons every day for 2 months and then depot injections for another 4 months, which means that I was injected by antipsychotics for at least half a year. I will not go into my story in detail, I just wanted to paint a picture of how it was for me so that you can relate. After stopping with injection I was forced, under the threath that I will be locked down again, to take 2 types of antipsychotics daily for another 6 months, and then just olanzapine for another year.
The point, that is very hopeful for you or anyone in similar situation, is that I recovered. I will never know have I recovered fully as this was happening while my brain was still growing (ages 19-21). Especially my prefrontal cortex has not been developed as PFC is developing till approximately age 25. But I have recovered and was able to regaine my cognitive functins, motivation, ability to feel pleasure and all those things that look like thing of the past while one is taking high doses of antipsychotics.
Now I have family, was working for 8 years (am looking for another job) and my biggest problem is dependency on benzodiazepines. I have met my wife several years after that amphetamine induced psychotic episode and she didn't believe me that I was institutionalised. Nobody on my work suspected anything and I was named as "most talented person they hired in very long time". When I now tell people who don't know me that I was locked in the mental institution and had to take all of those drugs - they too don't believe me.
I am telling you all this not to show how special I am, but to encourage you with the truth. I recovered and so can anybody who truly doesn't need thise drugs. Some people really need them and I don't want to make a blanket statement how antipsychotics are bad drugs.
You can recover and time is your ally. Look after your health by eating well and exercising as that will make your recovery go faster. Brain is incredibly plastic and exercising is a major contributor for recovery.
I wish you all the luck! This to shall pass.
Take care and don't give up!
After becoming psychotic/delusional from too much amphetamines and too little sleep I was wrongly diagnosed with schizophrenia. This was 20 years ago and multiple psychiatrists, including the prick who had made such an error, overruled the diagnos (and even told me that according to psychological testing and evaluation I don't even have personality that is prone to psychotic breaks). But I have an experience...
So I was forcefully injected by various first generation and second generation antipsychotics. That was going on for over 2 months in "hospital" and when I was released I continued to get injections of fluphenazine depot (every 4 weeks for another 4 or five months) wit olanzapin sublingual. So I was recievieng injectons every day for 2 months and then depot injections for another 4 months, which means that I was injected by antipsychotics for at least half a year. I will not go into my story in detail, I just wanted to paint a picture of how it was for me so that you can relate. After stopping with injection I was forced, under the threath that I will be locked down again, to take 2 types of antipsychotics daily for another 6 months, and then just olanzapine for another year.
The point, that is very hopeful for you or anyone in similar situation, is that I recovered. I will never know have I recovered fully as this was happening while my brain was still growing (ages 19-21). Especially my prefrontal cortex has not been developed as PFC is developing till approximately age 25. But I have recovered and was able to regaine my cognitive functins, motivation, ability to feel pleasure and all those things that look like thing of the past while one is taking high doses of antipsychotics.
Now I have family, was working for 8 years (am looking for another job) and my biggest problem is dependency on benzodiazepines. I have met my wife several years after that amphetamine induced psychotic episode and she didn't believe me that I was institutionalised. Nobody on my work suspected anything and I was named as "most talented person they hired in very long time". When I now tell people who don't know me that I was locked in the mental institution and had to take all of those drugs - they too don't believe me.
I am telling you all this not to show how special I am, but to encourage you with the truth. I recovered and so can anybody who truly doesn't need thise drugs. Some people really need them and I don't want to make a blanket statement how antipsychotics are bad drugs.
You can recover and time is your ally. Look after your health by eating well and exercising as that will make your recovery go faster. Brain is incredibly plastic and exercising is a major contributor for recovery.
I wish you all the luck! This to shall pass.
Take care and don't give up!
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Antipsychiatrist
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My experience:
After becoming psychotic/delusional from too much amphetamines and too little sleep I was wrongly diagnosed with schizophrenia. This was 20 years ago and multiple psychiatrists, including the prick who had made such an error, overruled the diagnos (and even told me that according to psychological testing and evaluation I don't even have personality that is prone to psychotic breaks). But I have an experience...
So I was forcefully injected by various first generation and second generation antipsychotics. That was going on for over 2 months in "hospital" and when I was released I continued to get injections of fluphenazine depot (every 4 weeks for another 4 or five months) wit olanzapin sublingual. So I was recievieng injectons every day for 2 months and then depot injections for another 4 months, which means that I was injected by antipsychotics for at least half a year. I will not go into my story in detail, I just wanted to paint a picture of how it was for me so that you can relate. After stopping with injection I was forced, under the threath that I will be locked down again, to take 2 types of antipsychotics daily for another 6 months, and then just olanzapine for another year.
The point, that is very hopeful for you or anyone in similar situation, is that I recovered. I will never know have I recovered fully as this was happening while my brain was still growing (ages 19-21). Especially my prefrontal cortex has not been developed as PFC is developing till approximately age 25. But I have recovered and was able to regaine my cognitive functins, motivation, ability to feel pleasure and all those things that look like thing of the past while one is taking high doses of antipsychotics.
Now I have family, was working for 8 years and am looking for another job and my biggest problem is dependency on benzodiazepines. I have met my wife after that amphetamine induced psychotic episode and she didn't believe me that I was institutionalised and was forcefully drugged. Nobody on my work suspected anything and I was named as "most talented person they jired in very long time". When I now tell people who don't knoe me that I was locked in the mental institution and had to take all of those drugs , they too don't believe me.
I am telling you all this not to show how special I am, but to encourage you with the truth. I recovered and so can anybody who truly doesn't need thise drugs. Some people really need them and I don't want to make a blanket statement how antipsychotics are bad drugs.
You can recover and time is your ally. Look after your health by eating well and exercising as that will make yor recovery go faster.
I wish you all the luck! This to shall pass.
Take care and don't give up!
Antipsychiatrist
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This gives me alot of hope
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
I know that you are very depressed as I have experienced that. But just try to push on and it gets better - I promise! I believe that it is better to recieve IV/IM antipsychotics for 2 months than IV/IM benzodiazepines for 2 months. Unfortunately I was injected by midazolam (Versed/Dormicum) and diazepam (Valium) almost whole time that I was locked up. I had no chance not to become dependent on benzodiazepines and it is torturing me 20 years later.
You can do this! Sky will be bluer and sunnier with each passing week...and one day in the near future you will just feel "wow this is how I am really feeling!". I will never forget those days when i noticed that I am really recovering.
Take care!❤
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
Ouch!
...and yes I was able to quit 6 years of daily opioid use, with last 3 on buprenorphine - but benzodiazepines still hold me tight. Last time I was trying to taper I had few mini siezures with one that would be a big one if i didn't take mudazolam sublingualy.
Sorry OP for going off topic.