News of Anti-Psychotics

5 years antidepressant and antipsychotic. The antipsychotic was olanzapine 15mg.

Currently experiencing a total fallout with the mental healthcare system. It seems like I have no options left. Been off meds almost 3 weeks.

My biggest problem is probably anxiety. I've been eating better, exercising smarter and avoiding alcohol or any other drugs, legal or non.

At first I had to use melatonin for sleep and got 4-8 hours, now past 2 nights there was ...

I think I am going to inquire about Clozaril the next appointment I have with my psychiatrist. It just seems like a logical thing to do. Maybe if I go on Clozaril it will work wonders for me. Maybe I would actually get my life back. I do have a desire to have some kind of a normal life. It just seems impossible or so far out of reach that I see no point in ...

I have developed neuroleptic-induced cervical torticollis. From what I have researched, benztropine (Cogentin) can treat cervical torticollis. Has anyone here taken medication particularly for neuroleptic-induced cervical torticollis? If so, what medication did you take and how has it affected you? I took benztropine a few years ago and had a really bad side-effect, which is why I am wondering if anyone has taken medications besides this one; and if they have had a positive experience ...

It's been five months since I last made any med changes. I think it's time to increment one of my meds. I am just not sure which one to raise the dosage of. I am currently on 30mg Olanzapine (Zyprexa) and 20mg Escitalopram (Lexapro). When I was on a higher dose of Lexapro, I felt overmedicated. But when I reduced it, I became symptomatic and still am. It doesn't make sense that I would have ...

The last time I was hospitalized, the on-staff psychiatrist was hinting at the idea of putting me on this drug. I then countered that one of its possible side-effects is seizures. He then countered that it's a potential side-effect for many different drugs, including aspirin. Then I realized that maybe Clozaril is not such a dangerous drug in the grand scheme of things. But after that we never spoke of it again, oddly. I was ...

I've been on Olanzapine for maintenace ever since I had a Psychotic episode in 2017 which worked.
I haven't had another episode and only hear voices occasionally.
But it made me gain 34kg (americans that's 74.9 lbs) so I had a talk to my doctor who initally offered me an expensive diabeties drug I can't afford. I suggested changing antipsychotics to one with lower weight gain potential. So I'm switching to Aripiprazole

I'm a bit ...

Hello
I am on psychiatric meds for 16 years now.
I was given antipsychotics before, during and after hospitalization, but i would eventually stopped taking it.
I was on antidepressants for 10years with no psychosis, but they completely killed my libido.
I never had erectile problems.

2019 i was hospitalized and given Abilify for rhe first time, and i was taking it...since the erections started to get weaker, my junk shrunk, i ejaculate almost nothing, ...

When I look up OCD and antipsychotics I do obtain hits.

I have been getting extremely irritating intrusive thoughts. Ive been taking abilify for 3 years now, so its hard to tell if its the meds or not, however, i havent had this before my epiphany that most people in my family would call a manic epsiode. Since being sent to the hospital for 4 months and then sent to a day program my mania ...

Hi all I have a question about Olanzapine. Ive been on it now for about 4 months, only at night and only 10-20mg as required. But since I've started it my sleep duration seems to be improving however I seem to be having very vivid dreams, and even more strangely when I wake up I can sometimes put myself back to sleep into the same dream. This can happen for hours with multiple times of ...

My doctor just added Latuda to my drug regimen to augment the Zoloft I have been taking since August. Have any board members had success in improved Depression symptoms having Latuda added to their primary antidepressant?

thanks.