How Safe are Antipsychotic Drugs?
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2022
- Hey everyone, in this video, I discuss the safety of antipsychotic drugs and the potential risks associated with their use. I highlight the fact that these drugs come with a long list of side effects, many of which can be severe and have long-lasting consequences. I also talk about the questionable ethics of pharmaceutical companies that produce these drugs and the instances where they have hidden information about their products.
While I acknowledge that some patients have had positive experiences with antipsychotics, I argue that these drugs are overused and that alternative approaches to treating mental illness should be explored.
If you're interested in learning more about the potential risks of antipsychotics and the ethical issues surrounding their production and marketing, then this video is for you. Join me in this discussion about the safety of antipsychotic drugs and the importance of exploring alternative treatments for mental illness.
Thank you for your honesty! I was forced onto these drugs at 13 years old following trauma. I became disabled, severely depressed, sleeping 14+ hours daily, and chronically suicidal. I lost 11 years of my life. Thankfully, I got off the poison in my mid-twenties, but still have physical health issues and complex trauma from the experience. We need more truth-tellers in psychiatry like you
Irresponsible video. Medication takes people out of psychotic episodes, that's priceless.
@@AnaTubeEu wrong the medication are worse then the actuall cause.
@@AnaTubeEumost people who get prescrived Zyprexa for example are not even schizophrenic
I'm on arapiprizol how to wean off this drug. I feel it killing me. Really slow. I'm diabetic. And have eight stent. When will I be dead I'm 50 years old
My doctor prescribed me very small dose of Olanzepine along with antidepressants,it did help with to calm my mind down, and my sweating had stopped in public places, my hypochondria disappeared.
I developed all of this after I experienced an traumatic event while in the gym doing bench press of 120kg my last rep I held my breath pushing it hard and suddenly something burst in my right temple,I got up in enormous fear and shock and left.
Was experiencing headaches, blurry vision and I begun sweating profusely every where I went including in winter with - 10 in Poland.
I was 19 years old at that time played Basketball and attending college.
I couldn't focus on anything, couldn't stop thinking about this incident,I was taking Driving licence, and failed,as I was not able to focus on anything.
Within a year of all that I gave up on all my passions which was Basketball and was going to go to University studying Sports Science and Coaching,and wanted to become Basketball coach.
I was paranoid that I have certain diseases etc, like Aids, schizophrenia, Depression, then my skin went really bad because of stress from all of that.
Be humble and respect life and others you don't know what can happen.
What do you make of this?
Comments appreciated.
Thanks
Sebastian
Damn, ur so brave coming out to warn people. Psychiatrists hate being criticised.
I've asked Psychiatrists - "What are you effectively doing to people and their potential?" They would reply with some Freudian rationale - if that didn't work, they implore how they're 'helping people,' via blazing indignation!
Don't forget quetiapine...it's the sneaky antipsychotic that doctors dish out like candy for insomnia/ anxiety/ depression and its every bit as bad for side-effects ( Don't even mention withdrawals- they are HELL!)
Horrible, got addicted, horrible side effect I can't sleep normally but they don't want to prescribe sleeping pills, they did not work for my anxiety made it worse
It is sneaky, but when it is urgent and Save person to kill them self, you take it! For ocd is the Best medicine, i am also against the pill, but to try everything, and be stable with this litlle pill, it is miracle, side affect are horible yes, i Have sign of narcolepsy, but they do their job
They give it to women that were placed in the mental hospital under the wrong last name experiment on humans
I was on that and abilify and omg I never realized how bad it was
@@VariedTalesI stopped taking them cold turkey, not because I wanted to, but because my psychiatrist literally hasn’t given me another prescription, I’ve been dealing with memory loss, confusing, agitation, nausea, loss of appetite, emotional numbness, restlessness, insomnia, it’s fucking hell
Thank you. I am a social work student. I am older, and have seen how systems fail people. Keep putting the word out on Robert Whitaker. I also like Peter Breggin. The number of children being drugged is the next travesty.
Absolutely nailed it by the 0:12 mark man. That long list you run through of medication‘s sounds like the entire scroll of treatments that the doctors had prescribed me in the past. Thanks for putting up this video, I hope it reaches the masses and gets people to question what they are taking and read into it before they swallow a pill
Remmember. They are killing us with these drugs.
That is their aim, but it's alot of suffering not instant.
I live in the uk and was diagnosed with psychosis about 4 years ago which was when i was sectioned after a mental breakdown whilst in extended police custody after a case of mistaken identity. I spent about 8 months in hospital where i was given medication such as a clopixol depot of 1000mg every 4 weeks as well as various benzos, zopiclone as well as sodium valporate throughout my stay. I was about 63kg at the time of my section and now its been about 18 months since being completely off any medication, but prior to weaning off and stopping, it left me at about 40kg heavier with a complete apathy to life, as well as diminished cognitive ability, and some parkinson adjacent side effects. I honestly dont know what to do and I feel betrayed as even when I raised these issues in the early stages, i was dismissed as being "paranoid". I just wish medication just was not the first port off call and advertised as a quick fix for these kind of issues.
I'm on clopixol too
@@LyricalPlusdegree clopixol is an evil drug talk to you psychiatrist on weaning off it
Love everything you're doing on your channel! Thank you so much for sharing all of your insight. I wish more people knew about these things!
Also, I'm really considering going back to school to become a psych nurse now. I'm almost 30 so going back to school seems a little crazy. But after living with someone with schizoaffective for 6 years, I think I would love to be there for people who need help the most. We need more compassionate empathetic people (like you!!) in the health care field.
@@ChloMikell oh gosh, I am sixty and thinking about going back to school. How old is too old? 30 is just a young PUP! It sounds like you would be of great service with the wisdom you have from age and experience and your innate compassion.
@@ChloMikell Health Care is curing infection, disease, broken bones, good nutrition + exercise. Mental Health is taking up a loving dedication and thus developing a cathexis. Thus, the 2 fields are quite separate!
I was placed on risperidone after having a Manic psychosis episode. I've been diagnosed with having an eating disorder in the past and the doctors knew that, as I was under weight...and yet, they still prescribed me risperidone in the hospital. I gained 50 pounds in 5 months. Long story short, I feel a while lot better and a whole lot worse cause three years later I'm 70 pounds heavier and don't have the psychiatrist to help me ween off of it. Thank you for sharing this information. I wish I had the wherewithall during my mental health episode years ago.
50 pounds, very slow brain, inability to concentrate,
try some cbd sis it help with my damages big time 😊
I'm grateful that I'm prescribed an antipsychotic that makes me eat a lot more and gain weight. I was anorexic and very underweight as well, but now my body feels so much more comfortable. It also has soothed my ED voice so much. I'm going to need to watch what I eat soon, as I've gained 30+ pounds this year already, but it's worth it for me
@@xxbeccabrutalityxx7873 very low energy the uncontrollable eye face muscle movement seizures extreme weigh gain in the area of the knees and stomach elevated stress levels child taken away stolen motherhood
@@xxbeccabrutalityxx7873 some people got rid of anorexia without pills although there is a discrimination against fat people not that all fat people are super nasty thin people are horrible too
You’re right about the trauma upon trauma.
Thank you. I value this video so much. It reaffirms what I know. Since, it reaffirms what I already know, it in turn, grants me the confidence, strength and the faith I need to make better decisions in my future. I have had such a hard day, and my anxiety is getting the better of me. Yet I have been sitting quietly, practicing mindfulness, and researching into the facts I need to hear from another, to help instill the bravery I deserve to reclaim my life. I'm sure the racing heart, will slow to a normal place, when I can find the serenity to forgive these corrupt companies that manufacture such trash to countless innocent people.
Agree. They can be very dangerous and life altering
@@kathleengivant-taylor2277
My doctor prescribed 3mg of Risperidone for the mania phase, he asked me to take it at night, I took it yesterday, but I'm feeling very dizzy, empty head, sedation, stuffy nose, I can't even stand up straight, it was the worst medication I've ever used , antipsychotic is not enough for me, before using it I could have researched more and talked to him to start with a smaller dose or not use this one, he had said anything I could have warned him, I don't know why he told me He gave me this medication which is strong, if I had known I wouldn't have taken it and I would have told the doctor about it. I'm thinking he started on too high a dose, which is why I'm so bad with the side effects.
@@babynaysc wow ,those side effects don’t sound fun. I think I’d be wanting too talk to dr about the side effects and see about changing mds or some other type of therapy to help if possible.
You know... There is such a thing as "Over Medicating". You are right. Antipsychotics are definitely overused. I think the same holds try for antidepressants and antianxiety drugs. ( I have first hand experience with all 3)
Same here with antipsychotics and benzos and when they left me feeling complete apathy they started prescribing me antidepressants to counter-blance the issues it created
@@Elevennineight Freudian disease-like labeling and neurotoxic drugs - have no limits!
thank you for such an informative and educated explanation, i always questioned the hidden long term effects of mental health meds, would love a video on SSRI’s too
I'm glad to see another person that can actually understand what's going on in the mental health industy. We need more people like you to help people understand how terrible these drugs are. I am one that has been coming off the these terrible drugs that i had been prescibed for over 20 years. I feel so much better off these and now my brain can heal.
I know what's going off not mental health industry but ne tal illness in general been there got teeshirt I've had mental health issues from being 14 years old been on neds for it most of my life had a breakdown aged 14 due yo my dad dieing suddenly whenni was 9 and it caught up with me at 14 . 2017 diagnosed eith bpd after a bad sucide attrempt and GAD my executive functioning area of brain is hopeless memory very bad there's not enough services for very sever mentally ill ,there's cutbacks in care, no long stay places ,very few homes specifically for mentally ill working age adults. My care teams fantastic but not everyone's so lucky mentally ill clog up A+E as where do they go sucide rates are high as people cant cope with no help
Thank you so much for speaking up about what goes on.
I felt like this a long time, thanks for the nuances of the medication!
Antipsychotics are not a long term solution. I dont think professionals understand this. Scary stuff. There needs to be better solutions for these mental disorders.
So good to hear that I'm not the only one that hates these meds your video helped me feel less alone and you hit the nail on the hammer everything you described is 100% true
You are not alone 😊 Take care of yourself ok
@@MichelleJones-ky8gx Thank you! You too
Irresponsible video. Medication takes people out of psychotic episodes, that's priceless.
@@AnaTubeEu Zombies and preferably dullards - which is why neurotoxic drugs are used in prisons!
Good video. Please do a video on how safe mood stabilizers are. Depakote etc.
Thank you for making this video, people need to know these things
Thanks for this video! It feels really nice to hear you describe so many things that happen to me and I had to go through especially during involuntary medication
Hello! Thank you for making this video. It has given me hope.
My story began this year in March: I went into a temporary psychosis/mania from smoking weed. And was put into a mental health clinic where i was told i had bipolar. I was told i need medication and later injected with abilify and told i need to be on it for years.
May, I noticed i no longer had feelings/emotions, and i knew something was wrong.
June, i was told to take another shot and i decided to take the oral route instead.
July, i did research and i decided on my own to get a new psychiatrist, told him my story and he allowed me to taper off the abilify.
August, I've been a week and a half drug free.
I am still concerned about my emotions/feelings/thinking.
Do you have any advice on the healing journey?
As of now i am eating healthy/exercising/vitamins.
I'd love to hear from you! Thank you again for making all of your videos
I'm glad you're going better!
Hi Jessie, my son had a very similar episode about a year ago. He started smoking weed and went into psychosis, then he was given antipsychotics, which helped him come back to reality but now, he's been taking medicine for a little under a year.
Has your doctor advice you to taper off your medication? Our doctor told us that my son would be taking these medications indefinitelly. My son is tired of the medicine already and wants to stop taking them. I wish he can stop taking them but I am afraid of him going into another episode of psychosis.
@@CRVGinc I suggest you get another opinion. If this was his only episode of psychosis and it was induced by street drugs, he may not have another episode.
Best wishes to you and your family.
I think something that's often overlooked is how the medication interacts with others, like SSRIs. I'm on quetiapine and wasn't experiencing anything major that I didn't think I couldn't power through. Was put on an SSRI later on and my body immediatly hated it, and started getting the bad symptoms from the quetiapine even aftet stopping the SSRI. I'm fully on board going off of it but because of my constant hessitation with medication my dosage method was changed so I couldn't taper off (instead of two 25mg pills I was changed to one 50mg pill. This meant I couldn't cut my dosage in half for a little bit).
Thank you for sharing this. The problem is that the vast majority of people seeking mental health care are trauma survivors. Most of those people are sexual trauma survivors, and much of the trauma began in their childhood. But "mental health care" staff more often than not, gas light trauma survivors and call the recounting of their abuse and assaults as "delusional". They then dope people who are already obviously vulnerable to predators and abusers, on these drugs. This makes them even more vulnerable when they cannot run, cannot defend themselves, cannot (and should not) drive a car, and cannot even recognize danger enough to run from it. No one drugs or locks the predators up in the hospital or discusses their "behavior". They just drug and lock up their victims, even subjecting them to human rights violations that a killer on death row would not be subjected to.
Then if the survivor can work at a job at all, they are apathetic and extremely accident prone, and that does not make for a productive nor safe employee. But you surely can tolerate abuse on those drugs. Is that a good thing to make people more obedient to abusers?
But in my case they nearly ended my life. They destroyed everything I ever got out of bed for or worked for. They destroyed my excellent physical health, my small business, my appearance, my trust in humanity (particularly the medical practitioners) and my standing in my community. I had to go on disability and that would not have happened if I had never been poisoned by the quacks. I worked for 45 years in a hi tech and dangerous union job to earn the money to have an operational small farm business in my retirement. Someone that skilled and productive does not need "antipsychotics for delusions".
Statistics show that 20% of children are sexually assaulted by adulthood and beyond the inherent dangers of childhood, 20% of female college students are sexually assaulted before they graduate. The danger lasts from cradle to grave for women. It is an epidemic and should be treated with the urgency that we treated covid.
The #metoo movement has proven how much sexual aggression and harassment is part of the American reality, and yet these privileged quacks are violating the human rights of trauma survivors, when recent estimates show that 80% of suicide attempts are by sexual assault survivors...who do not survive if they are successful. Then they are simply victims or both the sexual predators and often the "mental health care" abusers, as well. I recommend that people watch youtube therapists and find online support. Seeking "mental health care" will lead to further abuse, and possibly the destruction of all that you have struggled against all odds to build, and could possibly end your life. It nearly killed me and I am so lucky to be alive today.
I would like to start a coalition of sexual assault survivors, male and female, who would like to make sure that psychiatric abuse and gas lighting sexual trauma survivors never happens to anyone else ever again.
You can't take a drug to heal a broken spirit any more than you can take a drug to heal a broken bone. It all takes time, radically good nutrition, a healthy lifestyle, exercise, a supportive community, and LOVING good care. The withdrawals from the antidepressants, benzos, adhd drugs and other mind altering "meds" are exactly what are causing so many people to end up in the hospital when the withdrawal syndrome mimics mental illness symptoms that the person never had prior to being poisoned with mind altering drugs, all for the crime of being sexually assaulted or abused. That's when they bring in the antipsychotics to dope you into complete submission. These drugs are increasing mental illness in this country as can be readily seen with the stats of increasingly hospitalizations since the invention of these "miracle cures". Avoid the compensatory chemical changes in your beautiful brain by simply not taking any psyche meds at all ever...no antidepressants, no antianxiety benzos, no adhd drugs, no mood stabilizers and especially no antipsychotics. I wish I had never taken that first antidepressant. I wish I had never sought "mental health care" after being traumatized as a child. It was the biggest mistake of my life. You are just handing over the power, control, agency, happiness, creativity, compassion and joy in your life, to people who don't really care about you and are most probably idiots. Don't do it!
THIS. THIS. THIS. Thank you Janet for this incredible and insightful comment. It's EXACTLY how I feel about so much of mental illness.
thank you Janet. ive also been thru some heavy abuse and been gaslit by psychiatrists that im apparently "delusional".
@@clare2439 I am in a very large support group of survivors of Catholic church and Boy Scouts abuse, and the consensus is that most people who have suffered an extreme level of trauma are not able to focus for long periods of studies particularly if threats of continued abuse are present...such as the 20% female rape statistic in college.
So it is a very significant problem that people who work in mental health care with any authority, have lived a naive and privileged existence that prevents them from understanding that abuse not only happens, but that it can be diabolical, severe, and committed by the least likely appearing people with the best credentials. There is a dangerous cognitive dissonance in the entire field that is unlikely to change soon.
There are also a significant amount of psychopaths and control freaks who enter the profession because they have an even more dangerous mental illness than any of their patients, and there are psychopaths who enter the profession for the unquestioned power that it gives them over vulnerable people. There is a tremendous amount of bigotry and misogyny, based on both ignborance and malice.
I recommend that if you find a group of survivors on any platform online that you can...or in a group IRL setting. If you have psych meds that you would like to get out of your life, please be very careful about tapering slowly. There are many social media support groups for drugs classes as well as individual drugs. I wish you the best.
@@janetnash8588 thanks for sharing. I've found the same thing actually, that many psychiatrists and even therapists are malicious. They pretend to be good by "helping others". Its the dark side of the mental health industry.
Janet thanks again for the response. I made another video where I posted your first comment and summarized it for people. Should you want to see it, here's the vid link + time stamp. ruclips.net/video/Zy8yzJADKQY/видео.html. Time stamp = 22:35 Janet Nash The State of Mental Health
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO STRONG!
I am so so scared that I am damaged for life due to antipsychotics. I have been prescribed different types of antipsychotics on and off for serveral years and also given injections with zyprexa at times. I feel every bit of these horrible side effects and that is also why I always seem to stop taking them. It scares me and I dont feel like it is accurately prescribed to someone like me, just like youre talking about.
Is it possible for the brain to recover completely from these types if lobotomy-like effects once you stop taking them or ammI damaged for life?…
I've been on rispolux for almost a fake diagnosis of schizophrenia. My decision making, conversation skills, planning, problems in memory, loss of pleasure, weight gain drastically happened. My problems are completely rejected by my psychiatrist (Azizul Islam in Dhaka, Bangladesh) and my parents are manipulated by them and I'm bound to carry on this sufferings 😭
Thank you for telling truth. Yes it is used too much. To manage people in the ward.
My son was forced onto clozapine the deterioration in his illness is horrific.
but they insist he has been properly diagnosed and the medication is a theroputic dose of medication for his condition,
everybody but the professionals can recognise the terrible change in his condition. The professionals are in total denial.
Defending the medication is more important than the patients mental health. The attitudes within the system is shocking.
I wish we can someone like you in NZ, to talk to the local pharmacies and health professionals to talk about more awareness of the medications. I am also coming forward to talk about Mental Health, and the silent stigmatisation of Mental Health in our country. The silent stigmas of Mental Health has to stop. No body should have to suffer issues alone in this life. We all need to give an account about what changes need to be made and what works or what doe not work for people in the community, and I believe Mental Health, the silent stigma has to stop.
Matt
Well said!❤
The thing is we still do not know the fine details of how the brain works and what exactly causes psychosis or what we collectively call psychosis even is. We have some very plausible ideas but the brain is so complex with things compounding off each other that when we try to address these issues something else breaks quite often. Its VERY IMPORTANT that your psychiatrist is a great one since poor choice of drug influencing the brain can destroy a life extremely quick. Might not kill the patient but can make their life not worth living.
to quote Lisa Simpson: " the whole damn system is wrong!"
Thanks for this info!!
I was on Latuda for 2 years, I gained around 50 pounds. I stopped taking it last year (2023) around Thanksgiving. I was tired of having to eat 350 calories just to take the med and would fall asleep about an hour later whether I wanted to or not. I was feeling so down because I felt like my personality just wasn't there anymore. I've lost 30 pounds since being off and so happy! My brain isn't completely back to normal, but I'm so happy to be off Latuda and will never go back unless I absolutely have to.
Same with antidepressants. Withdrawals from psych meds are a pure nightmare even if tappered down very slowly, I can't believe that doctors are still denying withdrawals and the severity of it. To all the psychiatrists I talked so far about it they just laughed it off, this problem does not exist for them which is just shocking to me.
ruclips.net/video/Zy8yzJADKQY/видео.html. Time stamp = 20:12 Afura33 Antidepressant Withdrawals
Everything is relative. You should try self-medicating with strong opiates. Then quitting. THAT, is WITHDRAWAL. I have tried and for various reasons, quit taking almost all common antidepressants. They are nothing to quit. UNLESS...they REALLY HELP,! Then it isn't withdrawal that comes on from quitting them! It is the Hell of having the DEPRESSION COME BACK!
@@jeffjones3040 then be happy that you are one of the lucky people that don't get withdrawals from antidepressants.
this UK
want to kill men off
@@jeffjones3040I'm a recovering opiate addict and I'll tell you straight up antidepressant screwed me up worse they probably had me go to opiates to give myself that Rush of dopamine that I was lacking from being on antidepressants my whole life all different kinds and antipsychotics, it's just that the SSRI and antipsychotic after effects or withdrawal issues are not stated straight to our face from the prescribing psychiatrists, so you then think that it's just you, but when you really think about it your brain has changed you know you better than anybody else so
One thing that psychiatrists do which frustrates me is that they do not want to prescribe benzodiazepines, which can relieve depression and anxiety and gave very few bad side effects. Instead they like to give you too large doses of antipsychotics with a heck of a lot of bad side effects.
I suggest researching more into benzodiazepines. This class of medication can be harmful if taken long-term. It's a great medication to stabilize someone's anxiety over the short-term, but it almost always needs to be withdrawn once the person has developed other coping mechanisms. Long-term benzodiazepine use can cause addiction where the body and brain gets physically dependent on it and more dosage is needed to achieve the same result. Withdrawal from long-term use can be deadly.
I no longer mess with them.
@@PC1989 what about an overdose damage like what i am forced to suffer due to forceddrugging
I second this. My understanding is that w/ benzos you "could" use them for psychosis (which they are sometimes, and indicated in catatonia), but that they don't often use them not so much b/c of the side effects--surely they don't have worse side effects than antipsychotics (AP)--but b/c of the tolerance issue. It sounds like you have to eventually keep upping the dose, and then one day, no matter how much you up the dose, it doesn't help, then you want off of them and sometimes the withdrawal can be a living hell, and tapering can be very difficult.
then again, i wonder about APs too as it seems like the above would apply to them as well . .I would imagine the neurotransmitter receptors die off/atrophy and something similar occurs, and they can have withdrawal issues too.
would be curious what the research has to say on this. I'll ask the prescriber I work with about this. I think there's more prescribing stigma around benzos and i think there's prescribers who don't want to draw unnecessary attention from the DEA since it's a scheduled substance as well.
Yup . Doesn’t make sense at all. .
Move to Vermont where they are so in the back pocket of big pharma that they pass out any psyche meds like Halloween candy. I don't even really have any anxiety that was not based on real life stressors. I have depression and PTSD for 4 decades after childhood sexual assault. In other states doctors told me NOT to take any psyche drugs because I don't need them and they mess with your brain chemistry. In Vermont they gas lit my sexual violence and harassment history, and forced me onto benzos, APs, ADs, mood stabilizers and more. But the benzos for me were as bad as the AP's in a different way. The benzos made me more anxious when I wasn't high on them, than I ever was in my life....terrified in fact....and they gave me severe akethesia, and caused me to have suic1dal thoughts. They also caused "benzo rage", although some APs like risperidone also caused rage. But what is odd is that I am by nature a very peaceful person, so how they thinks that these drugs given out with zero conclusive diagnostic testing and based on a "doctor's" hunch, is "health care" or even care at all. It is pure insanity and proves to me just how closely related to chimps we humans are.
At one of my lowest points, I tried several "downer"s. It was horrible. Did nothing to make annoyance easier to stand and could not wake up in morning. That was Seroquel. Somebody mentioned some call it jail house heroin. Tapered off and done with all of them. I went back to taking cat naps. I am retired now, wth do I care? Flat mood. Yuck. I'll never forget Richard Gere's line in Mr. Jones: Walking on the peaked roof he said. "The highs are the only thing that gets me thru the lows". So true. Tee in N.M.
I've been on different types of antipsychotic med for over a year and I've noticed many different types of motor decline, cognitive ability is deeply flawed and the apathy is almost unbearable. I got my Dr to discontinue the invega sustenna injection but will still be taking Xyprexa daily along with Venlafaxine…. It may take a few months for the invega to clear out of my system but thankfully, I know I won't have to put that in my body again. Antipsychotics have deeply diminished my quality of life
I couldn't smell the champoo in my shower, feel the breeze in my face, feel the hair of my dog whenever I pet him, taste the food I was eating, or feel the movement of my limbs.
My physical health, mind and life went from good to nightmerish and hellish.
From what?
@@timcepin3386 Whatcha mean?
Same with SSRI SNRI antidepressants, they can cause permanent side effects like PSSD (post ssri sexual dysfunction)
My weight gain from quetiapine and other antipsychotics was so fast that I thought some of my clothes had shrunk in the wash. I now have hypothyroidism and high cholesterol. I went from normal weight to having my mom making me some clothes because I can’t find clothes in the store that fit me very easily. I’m scared.
Sorry to hear Amy, thank you for sharing this comment. What kind of physical activity are you getting on a daily basis?
@@A_Psych_Nurse not much at all. Some house work. But that’s all. I get out of breath very quickly. I now have a space cleared out where I can start doing some basic exercise. Thinking of asking for metformin as well.
I got put on quetiapine years ago and I too have developed under active thyroid, went from a size 8 to a 22. Not a happy bunny, now told my shrink I refuse to take it any longer
The loss of joy is the hardest
OH I KNOW my dopamine centres are fried.
@@JCRastafari how are you now? Are your dopamine levels back to normal?
Med induced anhedonia could be permanent
@@granvilleisaac5689 no. i have countless health issues now including seizures. looking into acetylcholine repairing nutrients lately..
@Bitcoinfreedom - that is NO way to live. whats the point of living without joy?
Excelente video, súper bien explicado muy honesto e inteligente . Muchas gracias 😊
de nada :)
it sucks. I have nowhere to turn. This explains my experience entirely, but i am so numb all I can do is wait. I have job training coming up im waiting for so i can afford to move without being homeless, all while being coerced through court-ordered medication. I'm looking into moving somewhere far away from hospitals and institutions, without living in a tent, but I'm afraid with the drowsiness I wont do well in a lot of high-demand jobs that demand some form of mental rigor. When I'm off the drugs though, I was off them for 9 months, I was supremely paranoid, which could be the side effects from insomnia/symmptoms of coming off cold-turkey of the meds. It's literally tiring to be alive, at this point.
I have OCD and my psychiatrist gave me benzodiazapine(klonopin) along with risperidone telling me that it helps you sleep better. I didn't take it because i heard about those side effects. Is that unusual that they gave me an antipsychotic just to treat insomnia?
Great channel. Very important info.
Great video. I have a mild form of tardive dyskinesia. It's pretty bad.
My mom had a stroke and they put her on seroquel in the rehab place and it ruined her. She was just this tired, lifeless zombie. 😔 It got better when she got off it, but I thought she was gone forever.
I hope you or someone on here can help me!
Cut the long story short I was sectioned last year after being medication free for 3 months. I was living a really healthy meaningful life for those 3 months. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder about 11 years ago and in that time I’ve been on and off antipsychotics.
When my mental health team found out I stopped taking medication and my family reported that I was “becoming more spiritual” due to me completing a Reiki Master course, they came out to my house and deemed me to be manic and psychotic. On admission to the hospital I was seen by a consultant and they said I fit the criteria for manic because I was irritable (well hey you just locked me up for no reason!) and had grandiose beliefs because I thought I could heal people through Reiki (they said they didn’t believe in Reiki).
After 3 weeks of me refusing medication because I was totally normal ( I have proof of this because I kept a vlog on Facebook of my time in there), they restrained me and injected me with a first generation antipsychotic called Depixol (also breaking 2 of my ribs in the process!). They put me on 2 weekly depot injections and I quickly declined into a depressive state. I went from being social with other inpatients to a total recluse on the ward just wanting to sleep all the time and cut myself off from the world.
They released me on a community treatment order (UK) meaning I am forced to have my depot injections of the antipsychotic in the community and if I don’t they will forcefully return me to hospital and administer it there. I wake up most days feeling suicidally depressed just wanting to curl up and die but feeling restless at the same time. I also suffer from TD side effects but I’m just told to take procyladine (anticholagenic) as and when I experience any attacks.
My consultant and mental health team refuse to accept it’s the antipsychotic causing the depression when I know 100% it is as I’ve experienced the same before when on the Abilify depot (as soon as I came off it within 2 months all suicidal thoughts stopped). They won’t change my meds and have just renewed my CTO for another year. I have low dopamine anyway due to me having severe ADHD too so the further reduction in it is causing chaos in my brain.
I really can’t see a light at the end of the tunnel and battle with these horrible thoughts every hour of every day. I’ve had enough I really have so this is my last resort reaching out on here….if anyone can help me I would really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.
In my experience antipsychotics are killing me 😢
I’m praying for you in Jesus name , - Christian music has been proven - it heals
Sounds like my story- I feel ya through and through! ❤️
Praying for you brother ! I hope things get better for you, we are not meant to suffer! We should be enjoying life !
See if you can get on quietipine if uou meet them half wsy it's best then if you take uour meds you will be taken off a community section bearing in mindxwhile your on thst police can come to your home any time they like, and take you back into hospital same in public you wouldn't be covered by insurance to fly anywhere on uour own an airline can turn you away even at gate your gps will jump on any rudeness at doctors go get you back in hospital and you need your gps, friends, care team
my psychiatrist, knowing i’m epileptic, had me on quetiapine followed by abilify. i had seizures nearly daily and often multiple times a day. i gained about 10-15 lbs and haven’t stopped experiencing some of the side effects even after a few months off of them. worst time ever, i’ll never recommend anti psychs.
What about for a schizophrenic? Do you still say get off the antipsychotics?
My experience: I was forcefully fed with anti-psychotics by Indian daacatars without any diagnosis or tests and them vaguely claiming it to be delusions and paranoia. I had C-PTSD caused by bullying, abuse and sexually harassment by Indian schoolmates and ex Indian friends cuz insecure and envious and my narc. Indian parents along with them spreading rumors, sexual innuendoes and so on. I went through these bitter experiences for five years, it was long term, and it actually never stopped even till today. They used coercion tactics to feed me with high doses of antipsychotics prescribed by low-skilled Indian daacatars, cuz I confronted them (my parents) about the abuse which inturn had adverse effects on my self esteem, and later was gaslighted by the abusers (that includes my family), to make me seem like delusional or crazy. I was always sedated while going to college, barely was aware of my surroundings, having allergies, jaw twitching frequently. Even tho nothing changed I learnt to cope the abusers, tried to act like I never noticed their abuse for a year, using gray rock method, reverse gaslighting strategies to cope with their harassment and ultimately the medications were stopped by them.
Great video. I'm now trying to come off of the medications for schizoaffective disorder. The blunted affect is the worst side effect for me. I've been off the injection for nearly 2 weeks and I feel my mental faculties coming back very slowly
Hi, thanks for sharing your story. My son, 16 now, was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 15 and is now with 2 types of medication. He doesn't want to take his medicine anymore but we are told it is dangerous. Are you being guided by someone to help you remove the medication? Are you replacing it with something else? Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.
@@CRVGinc No worries. 16 is very early for schizophrenia so it may be a bit different for him. Im in my late 20’s. Unfortunately, no. I’m not being helped to come off them whatsoever. My Dr thinks otherwise and doesn’t listen to my pleas when I tell her the side effects are worse. I am coming off them altogether and I’m trying to go medication free. I dont want it in my life any more. Medication did reduce some of the symptoms for me and although I am trying to come off them, I would say at his young age, staying on the medication would be his best bet at living a normal life and not allowing the illness to exacerbate. Maybe when he’s a bit more mature, he can decide. My honest opinion is that at such a young age, the medication is probably keeping his illness at bay. All the best
@@franktherabbit42 Thank you for your advise, I really appreciate it.
@@CRVGinc Yeah thats not a problem. All the best 👍
@@franktherabbit42how are you feeling now ?
Stay away from psychiatrists im begging you guys.
Is 5 years considered long terms use that could cause effects similar to a lobotomy as you explained? I have been taking zyprexa a little over 5 years now and just came to realize the dangers recently and began tapering off around 6 months ago. I'm trying to research to find out what damage has really or could be done in 5 years.
I can't say specifically a time frame for the lobotomizing effects, but I would say 3+ years of consistently taking a high dose might be a good guestimate (we'd have to look at the research to be surer). I also think there's a profound ability for the body/neurons to heal.
you can actually have noticeable permanent brain anatomy and or functional changes occur after one single neuroleptic dose. i am also living proof but many pub med papers investigate these facts.
@@JCRastafari yes I came across a paper (can't find it anymore) where healthy subjects took 1 dose of 5mg zyprexa and their blood work was thrown all out of wack (increase lipids/triglicyerides and other stuff i'm forgetting).
@@A_Psych_Nurse wonder which specific systems get damaged (methylation is something i would like to understand more in how it affects daily life) and the degrees at which repair and healing are not as possible... 🤔
Yr spot on. I’ve developed permanent vocal and body ticks that if I don’t have enough abilify meds I literally can not function. My tongue wants to stick ou, eye roll up, I grimace weirdly and make odd noises that have people looking away awkwardly when I’m around and I can’t work because it’s so not socially excepted to be grunting and contorting so I’m on that crap on going no choice or I’m tormented by my movement disorder. They said I’ve damaged the movement part of my brain from staying on it for 8 yrs without switching it to another type. My dr not once mentioned that I should have a blood test to check the toxicity in my system and that I should change medications on occasion to prevent what’s happened. He was a jerk and not once asked me abt why I felt the way I did. The pills or nothing and that will cost u an arm and a leg 🦵 to pay to get them and no way to ever get off them .. good one medical mafia.
What about taking abilify for tics and intrusive thoughts? A doctor prescribed me aripiprzole or abilify 5 mg. I been taking half of a pill at night . Im on my third day and already had side effects hands shaking neck twitching lightly , I feel sleepy and I feel a pressure on my chest when I'm breathing. This medication helped me with my intrusive thoughts, I have less now but I'm afraid If something bad happens. They don't know for sure if I have OCD .
There's a number of studies that come up if you google Abilify and tics, and it looks like it's been studied to decrease symptoms of Tourette's. At the same time, we know Abilify can cause involuntary movements with long-term use, so I'd be curious what your prescriber would say about that. And yes, Abilify is commonly prescribed for intrusive thoughts. Also curious what a neurologist would advise. Do you see a neurologist?
Could you make an episode about post partum depression and psychosis? Can an untreated (treatment like therapy) ppd lead to psychosis? Can a "normal" depression, where you still function, become worse after childbirth?
I'm not a nurse, but there is a separate condition called 'post partum psychosis'. Whether it stems from untreated post partum depression or it's an entirely separate entity I couldn't say.
I was on Quetiapine or as it's known Seroquel along with Lorazepam which I still believe Benzodiazepines are the most dangerous of any drug. Now I don't know which one did it, but when I was coming off the Seroquel I developed more visual and perceptions issues that I didn't know was possible. From seeing visual snow, aggressive after images, seeing flashing aggressive patterns when my eyes are closed, nightmares, hair loss, sensitive eyes to everything, light sensitivity, seeing yellow and blue spots in my vision, this over whelming restlessness sensation through my body almost like Akathisia, inability to gain an erections, I'm just now starting to feel my left arm again... And I keep having these brain sensations I could explain if I tried. It's like my brain is splitting from reality it's the scariest thing I've gone through to date well that and my vision issues
Scary! thanks for sharing snake. I've heard the benzos are VERY difficult to come off of, esp. once you've reached a point where you don't feel like they are helping much and are on a very high dose.
Supposedly titrating from say 10mg of Lorazepam a day to 5mg a day (over months and months of time of course) is easier than once you make it down to 2mg/day and trying to titrate to 1mg/day.
wishing you the best of luck and i firmly the believe the body and brain have an immense capability to heal and recover!
@@A_Psych_Nurse Being on 30+ different psych meds ovr a 40+ yr period (starting w/Ritalin @ age 4 in 1971; I'm 55 now), I can attest 2 the damage caused by psych meds (became psych med-free on 1/1/2017 after witnessing a 4mer neighbor/friend being addicted 2 Ativan; I've been since psych med-free since then). All psych meds r "chemical pacifiers" (designed 2 silence u when standing up 2 & defending myself against abusers, antagonists, bullies, harassers, instig8rs, & perpetr8rs). Sorry but psych meds (especially ANTIPSYCHOTICS) r very unnecessary.
i was od'd with zyprexa aka olanzapine which is a thienobenzodiazapine they injected my front hips with 30mg and other drugs as well. i have serious damage tremors seizure etc and if i dont get the proper dosage of cbd now along with proper diet and thc it feels like i begin dying. horrible feeling. cant wait to go to heaven.
@@JCRastafari Actually; Zyprexa/Olanzapine r neuroleptics but bc Olanzapine ends in "zapine", I completely agree w/u RE: the term "thienobenzodiazapine". That's bc neuroleptics function in a similar manner 2 benzos. There4; I thank u 4 that "new" term.
Ahhh. I thought I had heard the Quetiapine before. Haha.
I have a granddaughter that was suffering with depression and anxiety. The psychiatrist gave her one after another antidepressants which did not help much. Then she moved onto antipsychotic medication olanzapine changing her previous diagnosis to bipolar. I’ve seen the difference in my granddaughter as of the last six months. She has gained weight, she lacks emotion or interest in most things. I can’t imagine what it’s doing to her on the inside. Having seen your video I can understand what’s happening to her. I want her off these toxic drugs How do I approach her parents about this since she lives with them although she’s not a minor? She’s convinced she needs these drugs. What are the alternatives?
ruclips.net/video/Zy8yzJADKQY/видео.html. Time stamps = 17:28 Jim Granddaughter Depression + Bipolar. Hope this helps Jim :)
Get her to a Chinese acupuncture doctor + with herbs. He has to prescribe herbs. And go to a homeopath. Your daughter will be completely free you will see a new girl. Look up how many people got off their medication with acupuncture. Its unreal. Go for it. I promise you will not be disappointed. I promise you ❤️
@@ciancoyle9913 Thank you for the advice. I will see if she will try that.
@@jimmcconnell7328 no worries I hope it goes very well 💖 in the meantime Google acupuncture + homeopathy for anxiety it should give you both hope
@@RelentlessTriumph My granddaughter is easing into a keto diet and uses the keto gummies to help her along. She is starting to lose weight but these medications have really messed with her metabolism. It will be an uphill battle for her in the coming months but her mood has improved and she has her grandparents support which has helped.
I went from a straight A Student to being a highschool dropout at 16 on this poison. Eventually I got wise and stopped taking it around age 19.
The way I was treated prevented me from seeking treatment for more than a decade.
And I needed treatment. Im bipolar. I take lithium now and it works wonderfully for me.
But every new psych I see tries to put me on this garbage and I have to lay down the law (politely as not to bruise their ego).
@Gnomezonbacon
I admit my mania manifests more often as aggression than it used to.
It's still preferable a chemical lobotomy
I respect your opinion and mostly agree. However, I take Invega sustenna injections for schizoaffective disorder bi-polar type. Without it, I couldn’t speak coherently (much like he described in the video), I didn’t know what was going on around me, I’d be awake for a week at a time, wasn’t eating, and would spend all day taking to the voices in my head. I couldn’t even remember how old my daughter was. This DX came out of nowhere, I am 36 years old. Thank you for speaking out I do appreciate others knowing what those with mental health conditions have to deal with. I HAVE to take this medication and I HAVE to live with the side effects. I’ve gained 100lbs in a year, I no longer get my period, I have been lactating for almost 3 years now cz of it, and I have severe muscle cramps around the week of the month that I get my shot. It all becomes worth it though because I am able to be a mother to my daughter again, able to go back to work and school. Antipsychotics are definitely a double edged sword!
thanks for this perspective :). I'm GLAD that Invega is working for you despite you experiencing some of the side effects--and yes, if Invega is giving you your life back, then more power to you!
You don’t have to live with this. Look into ketogenic diet. It’s not pseudoscience-there’s plenty of scientific research readily available online to prove it’s an effective treatment for severe mental illness. It has worked for me. Please just look into it. You don’t have to live like this.
Thank you for your perspective. I was reading the comments and feelling guilty for takeing the meds I take.
I’m also a mother of 3 kids, so I have to function properly not a good time tom make experience a on taking off some meds…
My son is currently being tapered from Clozapine and has been experiencing physical pain (burning, stabbing, chopping like feelings). He feels hopeless sometimes. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I believe I am suffering from ptsd from an incident where a neghbour of mine was going nuts. When I was in the hospital for a week on no anti psychotics 3 months ago, I felt way better than I have since
What about Abilify (aripiprazole)? I've been on 10mg for a year i think. I was on zyprexa before that and the weight gain was horrible
I get 400mg Aripiprazole a month and I have been on it for several years. I just hope that it doesn’t make me feel worse, because I don’t think my psychiatrist would take me off it, because I always seem to have a problem with my mental health if I miss an appointment for the medication. I have been on various antipsychotics for 40 years since I was a teenager. I hardly know what life is without being ill all the time. I am really worried that these medications are making me physically ill as I now have diabetes as well.
@@wee-subwilson1897 I've been on it for a year or 2 but I read somewhere that a severe side effect of abilify is diabetes. Then again I'm no medical professional
Excellent video, they are very dangerous. I'm glad you have the courage to speak out and tell the blunt truth. Peter's book is excellent, I showed it to my psychaitrist when I got detained, needless to say he avoided me lol. These products have no place in healthcare, the benefits can never outweigh the risks. Invega has me in a prolonged chemical straight jacket. They tested invega on rats and they all died from cancerous tumours. Awful stuff.
Hello, how long were you on invega? If you are off it, how long have you been off it? Are you improving? Any withdrawals? I was on it for just under four months and been off for a month and my life is a living nightmare
@@MAC-xe8pk my sleep is messed up, I pretty much go without. This in turn effects my memory. Impossible to lose weight.
My sleep was already messed up I was already messed up then one day things got better then worse then some idiot left these on
The benefits absolutely outweigh the risks for myself and many others with similar psychiatric history as me
Like WTH did they approve this poison for use
Thank you so much for this information. My son is taking antipsychotic medication and he doesn't want to take it anymore, but what is the alternative. We are told he can't stop it right away and if we take it out slowly, will that not put him in psychosis again? Is there a more natural way to heal? My son is 16 and is dianozed with schizophrenia less than a year ago and is taking 2 medications. Haloperidol 5mg and Valproate semisodium 500mg. What better options are there?
While on these dopamine BLOCKING drug's, preventing the brain's regulation of this dopamine to go where it wants &needs to go, your brain, now signaling no dopamine getting where it expects it to be, starts producing MASSIVE amounts of dopamine in effort to compensate. So, when coming off of these drug's your brain is NOW with this over Abundance of dopamine that, prior to taking these drug's, was already thought responsible for symptoms being experienced, the massive excess of dopamine your brain produced in damage control mode- is WHY drugged patient's on these meds will then experience more extreme & even worse episode of psychosis. Results following might be hospitalization, increasing dosages or adding new drug's ontop of existing. THIS is what happens and THIS is why or How they make arguments for WHY one needs to remain w drug's as (bullshit) proof that they were working.
ALTERNATIVE'S:
Get Help dealing w the trauma's unresolved that are likely causing your child's mental health issue's. Brain injuries can also do this. But drugging your child's still developing brain w these Black Boxed warning drug's( I'll bet your doctor never even warned or informed) is impho, extremely problematic. CONNECT w National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). This is an excellent resource to help get you connected with the right ppl to support you with what your struggling.
I have severe bipolar disorder and so far I've tried everything, Latuda, a newer antipsychotic seems to do the trick with minimal side effects. It's really the only thing that allows me to live a normal life. I'm 23 and was diagnosed at 18 with frequent hospital stays, all of them the result of going off medication. It does really frustrate me though that it appears I am going to need to stay on medication for the forseeable future. Is there any hope? Any alternatives?
Jasmine you mention "going off medication" resulting in frequent hospitalizations. What does "going off medication" look like for you? Are you titrating or quitting cold turkey?
That's what I am thinking like what the heck do u do
Go to acupuncture + herbs and find a homeopath. Exercise. Strenuous exercise. Exhaust yourself fuck it. Win hof method ice baths. Meditate. Breathing exercises. But predominantly acupuncture herbs + homeopath. You will save your life.
Try high doses of Niacin and high doses of Vitamin C. It seems to help people come off meds
I’m not bipolar but i am autistic and have severe adhd and lots of comorbities like anxiety atacks sensory issues (mostly auditory) and i feel overstmilulated and overwhelmed frequently…
It makes me sad to know that some of my medications are this bad as it is presented on this video and its comments…
On top of that Im a mother of 3 kids… I cannot risk not taking the medication and being disfunctional or going through the withdrawals of the 2 antipsychotic I take at night and taking care of the kids and the House and everything…
I have tried to take off those two in different ocasions and it was terrible. One got me suicidal and severely depressed and the other gave me nausea, dizzyness and anxiety…
So I feel I have no choice now…
The good thing that is bettering my life is meditation ❤
I am curious to know your thoughts on alternative methods
You're so right!
I have been on antipsychotics since my first hospitalization for anorexia nervosa when I was 13, I am 19 now, and still on antipsychotics. I was told I would not be discharged unless I began medications. I was coerced into taking them against my own will. I was started on risperidone , my period stopped for about two years and my body stopped producing estrogen, but that also had to do with being severely underweight, but then there was the lactation. I was switched to olanzapine on my 5th hospital admission , terrified of the weight gain, but thankfully I did not experience that side effect, and it was still a struggle to get me to a healthy weight. Though It zombified me making me so exhausted and lethargic, I would fall asleep on the school bus and in class and my teachers were really concerned. But then the dose was increased when I was around 16-17 and it caused fluid retention especially in my face and I looked so bloated, it was awful. With the dose lowered to 5 mg which I’m currently on the swelling no longer happens but I have been having troubles with movement, I already have movement problems because of my FND but gradually I have been getting new involuntary movements such as grimacing and chewing movements and my fingers moving like I’m playing piano and toes curling in and out, and waving my arms without meaning to and even neck twisting and head nodding. I’m always restless and can rarely sit still. I want to tell my doctor but I’m afraid she’ll say it’s just my FND and keep me on these meds. I want to get off, for years I begged my psychiatrist to take me off these meds telling him that I feel like something is off and they’re not helping and never have. these medications were supposed to help my thoughts be less ridged , that never happened, it only made me lethargic and easy to control. My psychiatrist never took me off these meds. I have also been on antidepressants since 2020 and those probably are affecting me negatively too.
Oh wow...I have a similar story. The damage is sadly big....
I was given quetiapine for anxiety and insomnia
I gained a kilo in a month and my cholesterol shot up to 7. That's only some of the horrible side-effects I got. I was told to eat less ( try that when you're in a zombie state and you're eating everything in sight in the middle of the night) the carb craving is insane, its just uncontrolable.
I'm tapering off them and getting withdrawals such as increased anxiety and insomnia, constant overheating and sweats, formication and crazy moodswings.. I told my psychiatrist of this and she denied that withdrawals happen, basically telling me its all in my head.
Yikes! I'll be doing a video covering metabolic stuff here in a while--but yeah the antipsychotics mess w/ all of that stuff--including hormones regulating appetite, and then it's a vicious cycle (just gets worse and worse).
@@A_Psych_Nurse I look forward to that video. There's so little new/recent videos on mental health and medication difficulties.. I think people suffering really need to talk to eachother and compare notes.. I find I just can't get any honest information from any psychiatrists I deal with. I used to not understand what gaslighting meant but now I have firsthand experience of it from my psychiatrist!
@@A_Psych_Nurse i am so glad to have found your channel since it is very hard for me to find info relating to my circumstance .. would you mind also if you come across anything related to big time type damages that remains post discontinuation of zyprexa? everything i can find talks about peoples bodies regaining normalcy after discontinuing the pharma... 😥 maybe brains and hearts just dont heal up if damaged to a certain degree. just sitting here feeling like death again today. oh well.
I was also given quetiapine for my anxiety after I was in hospital for a couple of months. It actually made me feel better while I was on it but I'm really happy I stopped taking them .
You left this drug use ????what should I do???I take quetiapine 50 mg
Medicating children is basically punishing them for the deficits in their family, and not being born with instincts the way animals are and having to be nurtured and taught properly. That’s not even human. Medicating a child is a sorry excuse for love and proper Medical care in some cases, such as pandas -or physical deformities that affect blood flow to the brain. Or allergies..
Ok...agreed. So what are the alternatives. Help please.
Famous folk singer Woody Guthrie had a genetic disorder that caused mental imbalance. A doctor told his wife over the phone that her husband had delusions of grandeur he thinks he is a famous singer and author. His wife rushed to make the two hour drive to show the doctor Woody's records and published books.
Does vraylar count in this category? What are your thoughts on this medication?
yes, and my thoughts on Vryalar are the same for all the antipsychotics (same general side effects)
The akathesia from risperidone and amisulpride was unbearable. Once I stopped it went away, now I lay in bed feeling so much joy that I don't have the urge to constantly have to walk around.
What about those of us that are constantly over stimulated? I don’t know what’s worse, the medicine or the disease symptoms.
I have the same doubts… but since Im a mother of 3, I cannot “pay to see “ what would it be without medications…
I have severe adhd and autism level 1 of suport…
It scares me that I take two antipsychotics before sleeping… take off those two it’s also dangerous and very unpleasant…
One got me very depressed and suicidal when I tried to quit… the other gave me lots of nausea and dizzyness really hard to bare… but at least I got to reduce both to really short doses❤
But watching videos like this makes me feel bad for needing them…
As I said… with 3 kids I cannot risk not being functional or going through the withdrawals and not being able to deal with all my mom and life dutties… they need me…
I also have sensorial disorders and anxiety…😢
I forgot to tell, the overstimulation is a big deal for me. I cannot deal with everyday noises with out my loop earplugs…
I gained on average 90 lbs.
I've lost 75 + lbs. 8 times and once 100 lbs. in my life. I've done this 3 times in the past 10 years alone. I'm currently 90 lbs. over weight again. I really don't care to live. It's take the meds or be completely insane. I've been on clozaril with a ton of complications. I'm currently on zyprexa and I hate it. Mornings are very tough.
Do these drugs always give side effects or do you have to get unlucky to get it? Also i just read it loeers life expectancy? I just started invega sustenna and been on it for 2 weeks, doctor appointment in another 2 weeks, should I just tell them i want to quit?
Yes plz don't take them quit them by tapering
I've been on zyprexa for 2 months and I quit cold turkey. I know this is wrong but the anxiety I was getting when trying to taper off from the fact I was still taking this poison was driving me insane. Now I just don't feel normal...I don't have physical withdrawals but I just feel incredibly off as if I'm inprisoned in my own mind. Does this thing ever go away?
yeah i think you should recover b/c 2 months ain't that long--fortunately!
i'd say make sure you're doing the right stuff right--drinking water, getting moderate exercise, prioritizing sleep/sleep schedule, healthy relationships & diet, etc :). Your brain/neurotransmitters/receptors just need some time to heal most likely.
How do u feel now? Going through the same phase. Any advice will be helpful.
It’s disgusting. I can’t get into my story right now but please don’t forget about neuroplasticity. I’m withdrawing from a few drugs right now and have been doing a lot of research the last few months. I have hope after being polydrugged for so long, and at crazy high doses for my diagnosis. I’m down to 6mg Abilify from 20. And down to 200mg Effexor XR give or take from 300.
I’ve been suffering from heart palpitations and anxiety and have been told that they wanna put me on anti psychotics next week because antidepressants numbed me are these worse? I need answers
way worse, esp. as far the as the numbing goes!
@@A_Psych_Nurse glad I seen this video tbh gonna avoid them I’ve got adhd so I’m gonna try adhd meds and see if it helps the anxiety don’t wanna be a zombie again 🤣
Akathesia is horrible. I will no longer take these drugs. My roommate, however, needs them to survive.
I’ve been off of abilify for 3 months now and I’m still having massive anxiety and panic attacks, is there hope for me. Is it going to get better? Anyone else have this issue?
Get a small dog and walk every day or bicycle plus eat organic food no alcohol.
I had psychotic depression from bipolar disorder and it did help me to go on and antipsychotic caplyta to help pull me out of that depression but I do try to use natural vitamins and diet and exercise to treat the bipolar disorder I've had eight years inb between major psychotic episodes.
Refreshing to hear your views in this particular video.
Recently Doctor prescribed me zyprexa 5 and told me to take half for three days and after that full. it has been two days I am taking it and feeling little bit wierd. I like to do exercise but because of this kind of feelings I am thinkimg not to go. can you help me to know that how can I deal with this medicines?
Well then what must I do to get rid of manic psychosis? I need to prevent episodes but I don’t want an antipsychotic.
Speaking from experience, tardive dyskinesia is indeed painful after a while. I've had it in my left ankle since 2020 and the muscles are sometimes in a lot of pain from not being able to rest.
I've been on the maximum dose of Invega Sustenna since mid 2017. The doctors never even tried a lower dose. I'm experiencing about two dozen different side effects and people keep on dismissing most of them. The doctors and my parents just keep on making up problems that they claim occurred off the medication and making up improvements that they claim are occurring on the medication.
I've suggested ativan, prozac, and even prolixin as alternatives, as I've been on each of these medications before and they didn't affect me anywhere near as badly as the invega has, but they want it to be this specific medication.
The psych wards I was in didn't even offer talk therapy...It simply wasn't an option. There was art therapy and game therapy, but neither of those work on me. A lot of the staff denied that I had ever been evaluated for or diagnosed with autism and refused to conduct any evaluations of their own...
Evil life destroying drugs
Zyprexa caused me TD as a teen and it ruined me. When I complained to the doctor for it I was basically told boo hoo and that it didn't caused it. Total lobotomy in a pill.
I took two doses of Rexulti. Do you think I could stop taking it without any problems?
All of them is a poison!
Best way is sobriety.
Hi @A Psych Nurse. If these medications shouldn't be used long term, then what do you consider is the best alternative?
Some countries rely less heavily on antipsychotics than the US does and supposedly have better outcomes. I think there may be some people who need to take them long-term; then again, if it were me who was diagnosed w/ schizophrenia and I had the wherewithal/insight to slowly taper off my medications, I would try to periodically do so, ensuring that either I wouldn't need them at all, or that I was on the lowest and effective dose possible (this isn't possible for all diagnosis w/ schizophrenia and it really depends on severity of the disease).
It seems there are some who need them on a short-term basis, and there are others who do okay taking them on a long-term basis, and may even need them long-term.
The best alternative may be nothing. It's a VERY complex situation. (For some people, given their circumstance, drug use, lack of resources, etc., antipsychotics seem to have a place in their life).
I think healthy overall life (diet, exercise, social life, abstaining from environmental and drug-induced triggers, etc.) + some sort of productive activity is best. This is sometimes a pie-in-the-sky idea though.
Hopefully I answered your question.
@@A_Psych_Nurse thanks so much for your reply! I lead a productive life but my episodic illness has meant I always end up relapsing and back on long term antipsychotics. I'm starting more exercise and will look at diet
@@libotoole8489 you may want to look into Kelly Brogan, Libby. I've listened to her on a Joe Rogan podcast and she has some interesting ideas on diet (haven't researched them myself yet, so cannot confirm, but may be worth the review).
thanks Libby :)
@@A_Psych_Nurse you can sign up for her email list too. Gut health is extremely important, I have found and studies have also shown. Glyphosates in commercial consumer foods are killing the shikimate pathways in our gut microbiome. That is why I eat 100% organic foods much of which I grow myself. Exercise in nature is so good for mental health too. And gardening is a good starting place to getting exercise, nature, fresh organic foods, and lovely flowers too. As well, joining gardening and food foraging groups that take walks in the forest looking for wild foods, is great for mental health. You can find these groups if you search facebook, and also those "meetup" groups. I personally think that gardening and radically healthy foods saved my life. I have been drug free for 2 years now after being drugged extensively and for a long period. Nothing is better than being drug free for me.
As far as risks, what about risks to reproductive health? What about fibroids, cysts, tumors, cancers, precancer, hyperplasia, menstrual irregularity, infertility…all pertaining to the reproductive system? 🤔
Hello I am lebanese and been on all of the antipsycotic medications now I am on minner dose of manicarb and venlax I experienced severe delututions and hallucinations can I be in touch with you to tell u what I experienced?
I don't know if you've ever been in psychosis, it's a lot easier being numb than having a TV talk to you
this is fair, thx for sharing Vincent--I think it's very situational for patience and yes, depending on the hallucinations, sometimes numb IS better
@@A_Psych_Nursebut if you also think about it there are microbiological changes that can happen from things we still don't even know about to this day that could attribute to a lot of the reasonings for psychosis, and those are things that have yet to be discovered and may never be discovered so that's why I look at things from a third person's perspective❤
Sir I believe this also can be said for antidepressants which isn’t being spoken about I suffer a lot
Hey man, I am also an RN. Came across your channel and really appreciate you posting this information. Is there a way you can be reached to chat if someone has questions for you? - Ian RN from Iowa
psychnursecoaching@gmail.com
is where I can be reached :)
are you at uihc??
I'm a 40 year old male 5' 10" with good health and healthy body weight (185 lbs) and was just prescribed quitipine for sleep a few weeks ago and went to another place and was prescribed clonidine.
I'm pretty sure I can quit taking quitipine but not sure what my new psychiatrist will say about that.
I think i don't mind staying on small dose clonidine for blood pressure.
Curious to hear feedback here
What dose are you on for those meds? (I'm guessing 50mg Quetiapine at night for sleep, and 0.1mg clonidine once or twice daily for blood pressure).
What kind of lifestyle changes have you made to address the insomnia and blood pressure?
Would also wonder if Quetiapine is something you could take as needed and perhaps not more than once a week, and would 25mg or 12.5mg be more appropriate? (i.e., assuming you're taking 50mg Quetiapine, how do we know that is the lowest effective dose for you?)
@A_Psych_Nurse
What lead me to the situation I'm in is a long story.
I got some advice somewhere else today. I don't want to write too much.
Thanks anyway for the video and willingness to help.
Update..... one "doc" I'm seeing is recommending I stay on at least 25mg daily (quetiapine) to prevent mania.
I'm not sure how I feel about that recommendation
Curious to here feedback on this
@@A_Psych_Nurse that made me hallucinate and I saw these little cartoon on the bottom of my visionary field it ws little africans eating gold then they started building the great pyramids so I stopped taking them, like what's the point anti ps that make you hallucinate?
@@adaptercrash sounds like you had some sort of paradoxical reaction. . .scary!
One major side effect I experience with quetiapine is aen awful lot of problems with my digestive system. But quetiapine is the only type of drug that works for me in other ways, so I'm stuck with it.
One thing that helped me with panic attacks is fish oil capsules.