My quality of life improved drastically when they took me off Haldol and put me on Geodon and Seroquel, even if they did have side effects. You’re right, though. It would be so much better if we could get rid of these side effects.
Geodon is a good med, I can’t speak much about seroquel because I’ve never tried it. I’m glad you’re doing better on those two though. Haldol was rough for me, they had me on it in the hospital last year. I feel for people who take that med on a daily basis but whatever works right. I’m really looking forward to this lumateperone. If we could just not have some of the side effects we have now that would be a tremendous improvement.
I sure hope not although they do tend to make reproducing difficult. sometimes I think they should give antipsychotics to sex offenders and they would lose interest in sex like we do. As for being a good parent I think some of us sz’s could be great parents.
Or one that could improve cognitive abilities like memory and critical thinking skills. Or one that does something about that alogia. I have always been terrible with women so the lack of sex drive is a little bit of a boon for me. Would like to get a relationship with a woman but I see that as likely as earning a nobel prize sometimes.
People with schizophrenia can have neurotypical children, the chances of having neurotypical children are actually higher than having a child with mental illness.
Just like there are millions of people losing their shirts on lottery tickets, but hey everyone should go all in since there’s a winner every now and then, right?