Medication Used to Treat Schizophrenia and Their Side Effects | with Pharmacist Matthew Elswood
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- Опубликовано: 14 фев 2023
- We got to sit down with Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist Matthew Elswood to learn about medications used to treat schizophrenia and their side effects. Thank you so much Matthew for chatting with us!
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hey lauren, im a 42 yr old guy with unmedicated severe depression since i was 17yrs old, i have tried anti depressents a few times but i cant take the side effects even on a very low does, NAUSEA, HEART PALPITATIONS, FEELING VERY WEAK where i cant stand up for longer than a minute, its terrible if there was none of these side effects i would try more anti depressants but i just cant, the side effects are worse than the depression
I started taking medication over 10 years ago, a lot of different types of cocktails….I’ve noticed Medication has messed me up more than I already was. Now I’m taking more medication because of how messed up medication made me. I hate medication. I hate that I have to keep taking these medications to be able to function. It’s a terrible cycle for me… best of luck to everyone living with a mental illness.
Yea. Drs need to watch their dosages. Victim of this myself. Im still recovering from 8 years of being overdosed on what was the new drug back then, Seraquel. Horrible shit shut off my imagination completely. I couldn't even dream in that time. So drugged, I'd see apparitions. It made me paranoid and gave me severe anxiety. It weakened my heart and fear krept in.
Imagine the mind coming back suddenly? I had admissions to the hospital like I'd not had before. Sent me haywire. Longer story, but Drs had told me i was well enough to come off of meds a year before their notion to me: "hey, take this and we can set you free" . They knew that I knew more about my condition than they did. My illness as they saw it was due to their higher order. Eight years later, all i got was an apology from them. "You should have not ever been on such a high dosage."
I should have sued them for everything they own. I barely take my meds now. 2 mg of risperdol 3 to 4 times a month just to slow my returning thinking process. Its fun to be able to think about the world again? It's hard to slow down. Pressure headaches ensue.....
I dont like them much tbh. I dont see them anymore. I was always smarter than them. They didn't like it, and they took just cause.
Wicked.
Read, 'Psychiatric Drugs: Hazards to the Brain,' by Peter Breggin MD. A Harvard trained psychiatrist.
@@barneyronnie yeah. its so disgusting. they cannot heal a single severe mental health syndrome. still the some shit stuff like 1950's antipsychotics. perfect.
As always, great info! Thanks for the content 💖😊
Great interview. I learned a lot. Thank you.
Thanks for the video. This was right on time.
that was a interesting and diverse bunch of views / topics, thanks Lauren and Matthew.
Really good and informative. Thank you!
I definitely learned quite a bit with this video. Thank You
Very good video, with clear an simple explanations. Thanks!
This was excellent thank you so much it’s hard for me to retain this information so sometimes I’ve gone back and listened. Thank you for helping many many people including the families.
thank you for another great video!
I have just come across your channel. Firstly, you are amazing and I thank you so much for sharing . I have a son . He is 42 now and was born with global developmental delay. He started with psychotic episodes at age 27. I have learned more watching only 2 of your episodes than in the last 10 years. I wish you a safe, happy and healthy 2024. Once again thank you
I was diagnosed schz then schizaffective now bipolar 1 or similar w psychotic features it's thanks to the dedication of wonderful research and development that these drugs improve and get easier on us. I joined a schz support group forum and it's given me purpose to help people and console each other I fondly await the day when we all are capable of living full lives without this constant fatigue and for those with voices to feel peace and a inner calm.
You are the best 😊. Thank you
Thanks Lauren
You're looking SO well! You've got some more facial expression back! This was a really informative video - I wish more healthcare practitioners would take on a more shared decision making process - the public sector in South Africa is still very much stuck in the biomedical model of healthcare where to doctor makes all the decisions without much care taken for how that will affect the patient.
A great doctor
Thank you for your informative videos. I do not have schizophrenia,but l have few lovely friends who have it and these videos will give them great guidence.
Thanks!
Very informative video well done 👍
Because of use of antipsychotics in treatment of bipolar disorder I tried many. Quetiapine made me gain 25 kg in quite short time. Abilify stopped working after a year. Risperidone made me so anxious, I was also constantly sleepy. Chlorprothixen stopped being available in my country. Then it came back, there were troubles with supply chains, now it's technically available again. Levomepromazine resulted in heavy hallucinations. Then I got the idea to try flupentixol. And it's the first one with minimal side effects for me. But my doctor was hopeless, she didn't have more ideas what I could take, I was the one doing research at home and reading about every single available option. I think patients should be listened more, they sometimes know what can be better for them. The worst part of taking antipsychotics in my country is that mostly the older ones are partially paid by insurance. For me it's okay, but I think that's kinda messed up, because they won't work for everybody.
An honest doctor who will follow up your information has been the best way to negotiate any medical problem, l have found. Also if you come armed with your own research quite often it gives them leads on things that you haven’t yet though of. It’s a blessing to be able to find information easily these days not a curse.
I've been watching this channel for a couple of years now, so it's cool to see an expert from the organisation that helps me manage my own health. Matthew does a fantastic job of providing detailed information in an easily understandable way. Thank you both for this.
Do you know Matthew's last name? Thanks.
@@ashleyriblet2326 It's Elswood.
Thank you so much!
I have depression, ptsd, and psychosis. I am blessed that I respond well to my current med regimen. I was put on these meds while inpatient. I am worried about long term effects of these medications though. But for now I am in a healthy place.
thanks for the video im actually thinking of changing my injection from clopixol to aripriprazole so it opened my mind to the thinking of my own health
keep doing the videos ive seen loads of them
nice one
I was prescribed 20mg of Zyprexa. I went down to 5mg because it makes me less tired than the high dose. Don't give up on meds. They work you just might have to adjust it
Thank you for producing this video. The idea of shared decision making is one that I feel should be promoted in all aspects of modern medicine. Physicians should be able to educate their patients and help them make the best decisions about their health care options.
That's true. I've found that overall pharmacists know a lot more about medications than doctors do, so I ask both. Pharmacists are often much more willing to talk too. Drs often want to get rid of you as fast as they can.
Thank you for sharing this video 😢 I’ve been going through this and my family 😢for 20 years 😢
May God help you!!! We have been going thru for 14 years! I hope they come up with new treatments.
Sorry mate. Have been through this less than a year and I'm now off all meds. Those psychiatrists don't know it all.
Thankyou so much doctor
It will help my sister and mum
good video lauren!
Is it your experience that most people who have had success treatment had to first come to the realization that they needed treatment and understanding of their mental illness???
Also this channel is so informative! I’m subscribing to the podcast now. I’m a mental health therapist and I also have a family member that has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia
My beautiful son was sectioned on the eve of his 21st bday ,,7 years ago . he is deemed medication resistant, he went on clozapine,,but it caused myocarditis of his heart ,it also had no affect on his voices . He is going through hell ,and we are with him ,today he smashed the cooker top ,he as badly cut his hand .his voices just got the better of him .there is no help for him here in England 😢 I just do not know who or where to go .he is a beautiful young man with a evil illness.
Despite being told by interference medicine that diet and vitamins don’t work to control psychosis in fact, In fact they do by changing the basic body chemistry which of course effects brain chemistry. I have used mega-vitamins and a sugar-free diet for over 30 years now to deal with a very intense schizophrenia. It works. I can even cheat and have sugar and alcohol occasionally now. But I always take my vitamins and keep the basic very healthy protein and greens rich diet.
Look for Dr. Abrahm Hoffer’s work in Schizophrenia. You can Google his work. For some reason Lauren refuses to deal with Hoffer and it is too bad because he’s the real deal who actually saw right through the entire chemistry of psychosis. But there is prejudice in the industry and especially from right wing establishment Alberta and Saskatchewan dealing with Dr.Hoffer . Sadly he has passed but his clinic is still open in Victoria. BC
His basic book “How To Love With Schizophrenia” really changed the direction of living with schizophrenia rather than being set up for an institution for the rest of your life.
Basic mega vitamins:
C : 1000 mg 3x a day
B6: 500 3 x/day
B3: 1000 3x/day
Folic Acid. 1x/day
Selenium 1x /day
Cal-Mag. 1x before bed
It works. I have schizophrenia my family and though my brother sadly and horribly dies from a toxic “overdose” of his medication right on the time line of 45 (usual for designer drugs), I have been able to continue to a healthy life and raise kids etc because of Orthomolecular therapy and having been a patient of Dr.Hoffer’s.
This is for real.
Was he on anything to combat the myocarditis? How fast did he titrate up? My son took a year to get to therapeutic on Clozapine. All I can say is talk to your son’s doctors about trying again. It’s the support of family, friends, community and finding a purpose or passion for our loved ones. I hope you try again
I feel for you...
Hi. My son is on clozopine also..since 2019 and still hears voices. His dose got upped and now he has had 2 seizures. His blood levels are really (to hi) drooling really not controlled. Low blood pressure. Is your son trying any new meds? I am caught between keep trying (lower dose) of clozepine or moving on to a new med.
How is he today.
Learned something from your video perhaps more videos like this should be made for people. I've had schizophrenia since I was 36. I'm now 60. With the right medication you can manage reasonably well. I have been put on one of the new medications now. The massive difference it's made to my thinking is much appreciated.
what medications is it?
Paliperidone palmate in the UK.
God surviving that long without hurting yourself or some else badly is impressive
@@SpiritualShamann the spiritual wounds are the deepest. You have to learn from your experience. I do believe that aggressive spirituality exists. Be careful what you give power to. I've walked through the hardest times of my life without one punch being drawn. The enemy has all the odds stacked in his favour. You shouldn't engage in any type of violence. As much as possible live a quiet life and stay away from the unfruitful works of darkness.
Part of the frustration is that sometimes the medication with the least side effects have less efficacy than possibly a medication with worst side effects. And it varies from person to person, there was a medication I was on that had very few side effects and I was grateful but they only lasted for about three months and I had to switch to a different antipsychotic, that Combination im on now is working wonderfully for me as far as alleviating some of my symptoms, but the side effects are far worse than the previous drug. I suppose you win some and you lose some.
My adult daughter has schizo affective disorder. She can slip in to psychosis mid sentence. It can last days weeks even months. It’s heartbreaking to know ppl are stuck inside their sick brains with no one to support or advocate for them. Sadly they end up in DOC, a system they don’t belong. Changes need to happen.#mental health awareness
The problem I have with SGA is that it treats the end state of the patient and not the cause, I know they are needed in the initial episode but the fact that you have to take them lifelong shows how much they are horrible. Side effects caused me to lose all interest in every aspect of my life except dopamine inducing activities such as smoking tobacco, video games, youtube videos and caffeine. Working with a psychiatrist is needed to get off medication in the long term, but I found a holistic doctor that doses them better than conventional western doctors. The holistic doctor also has a prognosis of full recovery and life without medication and their side effects. Anyone willing to share their experience of actually healing from their diagnosis with or without meds?
My own prognosis is 2-3 years of work on myself for full recovery.
Interesting...
Nijika fans gonna need this video
I've tried 5 different APs. The one I'm on now is a first gen and has many side effects including the akathisia and td. However, it's the only one that works for me. Because of this I take a whole other medicine in order to reduce the side effects. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the medication I'm on, but it took years to get to a good place with this. Anybody who is struggling to find a med that works, just stay strong!
I have akathisia right now and it sucks so bad!
Informative video, Lauren! My cousin is a psychiatrist and was recently working with childhood mental health in the U.K.
He owns a mint, basically.
It's good to know that progress is trying to made in the world of antipsychotics.
It can't be easy for Drs with symptoms being so varied from person to person.
Most psychiatrists are in their job due to a lack of their own internal knowledge of the mind. Basically, they falter when they attempt to understand even themselves. Drawn to the job.
Food for logical thinking.
Owns a mint? What are you saying? I am a PhD mathematician and consider psychiatry to be a necessary evil, that largely is based on pseudoscientific notions. I don't own a 'mint,' but love my profession. It appears that you may have an obsession with money and may need treatment😅
when you say "owns a mint" what does that mean exactly?
You need to interview Peter Breggin, MD.
Exactly, they still DON"T KNOW!!!!!
Personally I’m on ability and had a problem with my arms feeling weak and hurting and now I get some other medication alongside that I take for that and it works great. Writing this before watching the video so I don’t know if any of this is mentioned. Also had problems with constipation.
I also want to say thank you for your videos. Followed you years before I even knew I suffered from schizophrenia myself even though a lot of the videos were relatable.
I also have issues with weak muscles but on olanzapine. What medicine did you take in addition to help the muscle weakness?
I took olanzapine and abilify being the best
I found Abilify and Olanzapine very helpful
in what way
I am taking Clopixol and Chlorpromazine 25mg. This is my first time taking these meds as I'm recently diagnosed.
The side effects are scary, swollen nose, dry mouth, slowness, dizzy at times, lumps within my body, feeling of something stuck within my throat, swollen lymph nodes, I feel so out of my element with all these side effects.
Find nonmedical alternatives. Akathisia is awful.
What does akathisia have to do with symptoms she was describing ?
I took quetiapine for a couple of years and I had really bad memory problems like I didn’t know what happened yesterday and ya it was bad and I’ve gain so much weight and ur right about abilify it didn’t work after a few months later
Thank you for this video today itself my mom is hospitalised coz she is having schizophrenia
I have medication induced Parkinson's by a second generation antipsychotic. I don't have too many other options. It's affected my work and my self esteem. BUT it keeps me stable. We're going to try another one this year and see how we go.
Research clozapine and DIP
You need Peter Breggin, MD.
What about Dr Mackler's non-drug treatment?
I need new medication
i take a super small dosage of antipsychotics and antidepressants and i still struggle with waking up 😢 but for me i need them to be stable i guess
How are you feeling?
I used to get up at 4am after a 16 hour shift, start at 6am. 4 days in a row. Sometimes i wouldnt even get sleep and it was a driving job. The AA as its called in America. A roadside assist service.
9 years to a service that started over 100 years ago in my home town.
900mgs of Seraquel each night in one go.
What i wanted to say is a normal worklife is possible(mine was extreme).
But more importantly, sleep is the hard reset all of us need. Lots of sleep for sufferers is extremely important.
My diagnosis has been: Schizoeffective, schizophrenia, bi-polar, depression, c-ptsd and ptsd.
Labels in the end.
Same ! I always feel lethargic ! Hate the feeling of feeling incapable of getting things done lol
i forgot to add I dont take my meds right at bedtime. If i know im nesstled in for the evening, it's right after dinner. Ask your Dr if that'd be right for you. Medications are different.
Have you looked into Natural treatment options? I came upon a few yesterday that really surprised me.
There are new medications coming out in 2025 that work well controlling the positive and negative effects with fewer side effects Karxt hopefully will help a lot of people
Since "antipsychotic" medication tipically don't work, disrupts normal brain functioning, and induce things like cognitive impaiement, sexual numbness, movement disorders, suicidality or even death, and are instrinsically dangerous, anything is better, from street drugs, to art therapy, social interventions, changes in diet ir even non action. These drugs fail most patients, and are harmful ubicuosly for the majority. Is the natural consecuence of breaking the brain
I read that KarXT will be out in the State's in the third quarter of 2024. Very keen to try it when it reaches my location. The side effects sound so much easier to manage!
Will there be less weight gain? That’s the most negative point for me.
So far studies have shown no signs of weight gain ,fatigue or sudden body movements.
Any resources on the new meds in development? Thank you for this name!
I’m shizoaffective and in the psych ward they tried to put me on lithium. I told them no because I haven’t had children yet and it’s toxic. They told me I was wrong and got onto me for being trouble. A newly dx bipolar girl came in while I was there and she said they asked her if she was done having babies before they put her on it. Kind of off topic but idk why they tried to give me a lithium, a first gen medication. I was so offended that my reproductive concerns were shot down so nonchalantly. They also got upset bc I said I did not want Benzos. I’m on meds now that don’t include lithium and Benzos. Idk why they were so hellbent on the lithium since there were plenty of other options and I found anxiety meds that aren’t Benzos. They didn’t want to hear it
I'm very sorry you went through that. I've had heath issues nonstop for 40 years and I've learned that in every medical profession or job there both good and bad people, competent ones and incompetent ones.
We have to really work hard at educating ourselves, and being well organized for appointments, whenever possible. If possible, always take a friend with you to help you advocate for yourself, and as a witness. It would be best if it can always be the same person, but that's not always possible.
It would also be good if you can tape every visit to listen to again later, because we so often come out 9f the office and realize we don't know what they said. It also keeps the doctors and others honest.
I've had three different doctors lie to me. I've also had Drs that didn't like me, so treated me unfairly. Only a few, but the damage was immense. It does keep them more professional when they know you are taping them.
I find these conditions even with antidepressants
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I heard that ziprasidone doesn’t cause weight gain. Is this true?
but we can't get some of the medications that they use in the UK here in the US
We have meds here that they don't, but I wish doctors here could prescribe heroin like in the UK.
What about the negative symptoms they are horrible for me
Sometimes I believe that my meds are placebos and I don't know how to get past that.
we know that placebo’s work to some degree, even though they’re not actual medicine. So I guess it’s good to take them anyway then? That’s how I’d personally rationalize it lol
I notice even though I take zyprexa at night I am still tired and hungry throughout the day. I recently had a week where I didn't take any and I notice my energy go up and appetite decreased.
I had the same thing, I switched to abilify
@@Lovedforeverbyjesus same here
Zyprexa was horrific for me. It gave me Severe Restless Leg Syndrome which never went away. Now I hàve it in my full body. Zyprexa can be devastating. I hope you can use it well
Did your symptoms go back. I plan of reducing medicine . I have to get things done and feel my medication alters my energy levels .
@@Prancenmoon my symptoms did go back!! I feel like I’m back to myself! Which was not perfect but a big difference than when I was on zyprexa
I used to take 20 mg zyprexa every night at nine o'clock and would become sleepy the next day at one p.m.
What do you take now . Thanks
Basically choose the least terrible medication out of these terrible side effects
The other solution is to work with your illness through either spiritual intervention, or just embrace it as part of your life journey and have fun with it, within reason of course. This might be harder if you have mainly negative symptoms.
@@pvh1387 I don't think it's that easy when you suffer from paranoid schizophrenia like me. I have severe hallucinations, which are incredibly dangerous and traumatizing. This sickness is the devil itself in my opinion. I am doing better thanks to medication, but even medication does not take everything away. If I'm too stressed I can potentially relapse again any time. I don't really listen about increasing my dosage because I really DON'T want to suffer from more side effects than I already do. I really want to change my antipsychotics because the side effects of risperidone are becoming unbearable for me. I have absolustely zero sex drive and my memory is so incredibly bad it's not funny anymore.
@@chisuku, okay well sorry to hear that. Sometimes I wonder if I have negative symptoms. Things just kind of feel less real to me all the time and it is really strange. I also change my political views all the time and I am also considered to be kind of a conspiracy theorist about things. I see how it isn’t so easy for some people though.
@@chisuku Try xanax or ativan to keep mellow.
I suffered with schizophrenia on the hallucinatory level for 6 years until Jesus healed at 15. Nothing is impossible for God. For me schizophrenia progressively become worst started with hallucinations then developing to paranoid.
I prayed for many years with no results it wasn’t until I accepted Jesus in my heart that everything was changed.
Elevated prolactin= breast growth. Schizophrenia perk (for me) 👍
Im 39 and was diagnosed with schizophrenia a few years ago. You've influenced my attitude towards managing my condition Lauren. My awareness and proactivity to living my best life. My Dr says I'm the type of schizophrenia patient they want (I think she meant that as praise haha). Im note able to contribute regularly as I'm unable to work at this stage, but happy to donate to gofundme to keep the channel open, when I can. Please consider having a link for donations .
@@libbyhyett6625 It's Nice to see this channel has that positive impact
My beautiful son has schizophrenia bipolar, he is a big young man currently suffering form the illness & side effects which are worse than the illness! Blocking the good, refusing individual care, unacceptable the vulnerable people with these illnesses deserve our priority not to be stigmatized we need to be tolerant of mental illness, like cancer it victimized good people . Pray Jesus answer our prayers!
My daughter is in a state hospital in Pennsylvania She’s schizophrenic and 19 she is on 800 mil of seroquil through the day and Thorazine as needed , 1 mil of Adivan 3 x a day and depacote 500 2 x and clozaril 700 mil total divided by 3 times a day! I’m so worried about it because it seems excessive and she is over medicated and can’t barely talk and she is always sleeping and still didn’t move up a level at all in over a year 😢
Whomever is giving her that much medication should be arrested. That is criminal!
So very Sorry about your daughter. It sounds like she is heavily medicated. If your gut tells you something is no right, listen to your intuition. I have found many Hospitals like to keep patients dummyd
Down. Best to your daughter and you. Hang in there❤️🩹
@@deniselebeau9874 I agree and she is so out of it I actually have no idea what I can do because being 19 years old I really have no control over anything
I suggest that you question her drs. It looks like a little bit to much med, but sometimes some patients are so resillient that they require more meds. Hang in there!!! We all going thru this! It is a very hard disease, but from one mom to another, it gets better with the right meds, quality sleep, exercise.
One more thing, go to your state medical center and ask about genetic testing for the right meds for your daughter.
Medication today is still is so limited and damaging by stopping Dopamine release and flooding the body with serotonin
Is it possible to caption this video? I really want to hear what Matthew has to say but the audio is hurting my ears so I can't listen to it very well. 😕
Close captions are enabled
My clinic does not subscribe 2nd generation antipsychotics often because they require you go for monthly blood testing because these medications depress your white count and affect your immune system.
Good video. I think a good video would be you reviewing nintendo ring fit. Its good for people that want to exercise but are to paranoid to do it in the real world.
the key question that was not asked is ;
" how do you deal with patients and the
" ANOSOGNOSIA" ????
If the patient would not have an insight to his or her illness, how can one get the necessary cooperation from him or her to take the treatment ?
What is the drug risperidone used for?
Risperidone is used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or irritability associated with autistic disorder. This medicine should not be used to treat behavioral problems in older adults who have dementia✍️
Lord, let us learn how to sow the good Word of God in our own lives and in the lives of others. May we cease to sow the seeds of sin. May we awaken to the fact that you are not mocked, but we shall reap what we sow in life. Hallelujah Shalom.✍️
Risperidone fucked up my concentration and sort term memory
Schizophrenia isn't always the end.
Sometimes it is the beginning😊
@@barneyronnie
HOW? Please explain
I take 500mg a day clozapine it’s got some serious side effects but if your bloods are ok an monitored regularly those side effects can be controlled then you have the side effects like constipation drooling other than that it’s been a wonder drug for me .
My ex took Clozapine. Accidentally rolling onto her pillow in the morning wasnt fun. Its one of the better ones though.
Atropine drops at night help with drooling. Look up Dr Laitman
I like your blue nails 💅
You're not taking me alive
I think it should about be giving the patient the most tolerable medicines first, and escalate if needed!
This is what my treatment center is doing, thankfully. I’ve only been on my meds for the second day now, because I was just recently diagnosed three days ago.
@@SophiiLuca hold in there! It gets better with time. If its sedating, ask for a less sedating option :)
@@xXlolfailsXx Well, it turned out that it gave me insane akathisia. Now I’m switching to something else instead. I’m switching from Aripiprazole (abilify) to Amisulpride. I hope it’ll work better for me ^^”
“ Can we monkey around with dosage ?”is a statement that doesn’t inspire much confidence in the so called expertise of these health providers .
Im first
Good video, great discussion. I tried many different antipsychotics. Since early 2020 to now, Amisulpride seemed to be doing the good stuff. At the moment Im under review as things are slipping away again. Not many options left as this is my 4th type of antipsychotic and Im at a high dose - Clozapine maybe the only option left. Amisulpride makes me drowsier than normal, some weight gain, increased prolactin is one too - otherwise its not toooo bad. I take a little Vit B6 and it more or less helps regulate prolactin BUT I advise people speak to their Doctor about that before even dreaming of trying that one. I also take my meds later in the afternoon in one go, as it helps with sedation and allows me to function during the daytime when its needed. One thing I feel needs addressing; is that people, young people particularly, often get left on high/maximum doses even when their symptoms have calmed and a maintenance dose would be more appropriate. When I was actively unwell, naturally I needed a very high dose of my meds. But I was left there for 6 months without review, and no concept of reducing the meds - even just to test the water. Its something that needs to change, generally in the UK.
I was taking Quetiapine with Lithium and 2 anti-Depressants and I started doing things in my sleep. I did things like make coffee by pouring water into the coffee jar and eating a family-size packet of cookies while leaving masses of crumbs over the worktop. The last straw came when I took 7 days of my medication in one, I was crunching down on them and I have a vague memory of how awful they tasted. The next memory I had was waking and projectile vomiting, but feeling very very sedated. I was feeling so rough for the next couple of days and I was told by my Doctor that after something like that if they had known then I would have been admitted to the hospital for observation to monitor my electrolytes. Luckily I was OK without the hospitals visit. My Psychiatrist changed me from Quetiapine to Olanzapine after that.
I do silly things in my sleep too ... operating the microwave with nothing in it, cutting up blankets, damaging a library book - it's like I'm on autopilot, I know that I shouldn't be doing this stuff, but I have no control at the time, it's weird. I've spoken with many professionals and all of them have expressed sympathy at my plight, but have given me no answers or solutions.
@nataliejones9408 at least I do fun things like eat cookies! Joking aside it is quite scary because how long will it be before you are doing something that could hurt yourself. When I brought it up with my psychiatrist he had to look it up in his big book of drugs because he'd never heard of it happening before. I don't suppose you're on seroquel are you?
@Jeff Vader yes, I've been on olanzapine, mitazapine and PRN temaze and valium for years. My sleep disturbances mus be from a build up of drugs in my system. That's what I suppose, anyway.
And you still trust these psychiatrists? Why
@@4114715 What? I'm a lot better off under their supervision and with their medication than I am trying to get through it on my own with no meds.