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Misc Controversy of Antipsychotics

delphinen

delphinen

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Some days ago I had a visit with my new psychiatrist; based on the "symptoms" we talked about, she prescribed me Clonazepam (as usual), Neurontin (I was on Lyrica but whatever) and Seroquel; I told her "what!? Seroquel? why?" "because you need to detach from your work, your world, you will sleep well with this".

Ok, I sleep veeery well the first night, but during ALL the following days I was so tired and really "detached" from everything, that I watched TV for some hours, and then slept again. The cycle repeated again and again for 6 or 7 days.
I lost my job because I was unable to work from home (I couldn't even answer mails properly), my kitchen was becoming empty, I was becoming a zombie for real.

Thank god my dad came to see me because I wasn't answering any calls, and throw the Seroquel, then took me to a clinic to make me some medical tests; all went ok, so then he took me to a pharm and bought me a box of Lyrica (thank god) and Vigicer (I missed it so much). Slowly, very slowly believe me, I started to be able to talk ok. Before I was unable, my mouth was filled with saliva all the time and my speech was impossible to understand. I recovered my job after lot of bureaucratic talks.

So, what's the point of this thread? I would like to know if anyone else had similar situations with anti psychotics.
 
u need to reduce ur dose, obviously ur doc miscalculate ur dose or u r sensitive to the pharm. there r many ppl do quetiapine and able to function well
 
^^ well like i said above sum ppl r sensitive to certain drugs. go see ur doc to reduce ur dose but 25 mg is the lowest therapeutic dose of quetiapine and it would be hard to get a positive response lower doses below 25 mg. ask another antipsychotic. also most of the side effects (somnolence etc) will go away after ur body start tolerating the drug.
 
It took almost a month for that "detached and zoned out" feeling to pass when I first started Seroquel. I still get it for a few days when I'm stepping up my dose and I quite like the feeling but I can see how it would be a problem if you weren't prepared for it.

As your body adjusts the zoned out, zombied thing tends to pass and the detachment is more subtle. If you decide to try it again (and for me it's THE wonder drug), I'd strongly suggest organising starting it at a time when you can pretty much do nothing other than sleep and eat for at least a week.
 
Try Risperidone instead, the doses can go as low as .25mg. I started at .5mg and went up to 1mg but the sedation became overwhelming so I dropped to .25mg and I can freely come off of it as I wish. At 1 or .5mg I wouldn't be able to sleep without it.
 
ok, this is something i am extremely opinionated about. im fucking disgusted with how antipsychotics are being thrown at everything from anxiety to fucking ocd to depression to "needing to detach from your work"???? wtf is that about dude? like there is some dsm iv shit about needing to detach. detach my balls and place them in your mouth, bitch. not you, im speaking generally.

the part that fucking kills me is that the drs wont admit that they only reason they are using these drugs is because they are afraid to script something that is abusable. they are fucking garbage drugs that just dull people. unless YOU ARE PSYCHOTIC, taking antipsychotics is not a good idea. i mean there are already drugs available for the conditions they are using this garbage for. risperadal, seroquel, abilify, geodon.....i would rip up the script in 2 seconds if i was written it.

i think that lyrica is the BEST medication that could possibly be used in psychiatry right now. it has soooooooo many potential indications. its off label for fucking everything. the difference is that it WORKS. antipsychotics just block dopamine. why the FUCK would you want to block a chemical that makes you feel good!? unless you are psychotic there is no reason to use this shit.

when i get insurance i dont even go to a dr that has graduated medical school in the last 20 years. why? because they have all been trained to avoid scheduled meds like the fucking plauge. i want a dr that is comfortable writing xanax for panic attacks or klonopin for anxiety if the patient is not an addict. there is a HUGE HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE incentive to script these drugs since the pharm cos will hook you up the more you script. my father is a dr. i know. they have made a law that the pharm cos cannot DIRECTLY compensate a dr or his family anymore, but they just loophole it and put you in their pockets indirectly now.

hell, even the pharm reps that come to the office are HOT as hell, male or female, have a great personality and bring a BOMB ass lunch for the office. drs love these guys. they do gear women for male drs, they are ALWAYS hot ass bitches. and the guys that go to women drs offices and fucking studs.

in the 80s my entire family went to a resort that was a palace converted to a hotel. directly on the beach, tennis courts, swimming pool - 100% paid by ciba geigy (makers of ritalin).

nowadays they cant pay for your vacation but they can provide workshops and conferences tht are in 5 star hotels with anything you could imagine for free. they are not giving you money but you are using the resources they provide.

anyway, anti-psychotics are fucking garbage and i get upset when a dr tries to script them to me. how many more people do we need on depakoate because they got angry at their mom one day, or on risperadal because they saw something in the corner of their eye. sounds like im exaggerating? that is Exactly how it goes down. its horrible.

i would rather take something i may become addicted to that will actually fucking work. just me. god im upset.
 
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