To not do meds is the wavelength of the contraction and expansion of the heart muscle, and I think there are coefficients for this that only a doctor understands, but it is resulting in anxiety thinking about it for me. Does anyone have heart problems?
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Like you wouldn’t believe. I still take head meds as directed and my cardiologist keeps on top of things.
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Baloney. I’m more scared of going nuts, losing my insight, and losing a life I enjoy. Pass the head meds.
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If you’re worried about meds damaging your heart, the best strategy is to find the lowest dose of APs you can function on while learning alternate strategies through therapy that maximize your function at lower doses.
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I have no heart problems on meds. I had high bp high cholesterol and sleep apnea when i was obese but they went away with weight loss. My heart rate went down too.
It was scary for me to see my EKG (heart funtions), not a human, i think, can live with hope while he can easily give up the hope.
I have tachycardia and QTc prolongation with the clozapine. I’m being monitored by a cardiologist.
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With your thinking I’d say it’s a dumb policy not to take meds.
Doctors are well and truly versed these days in all the heart things. Way more than your mental health.
Yeah. Psych meds can be brutal but honestly your playing the losing game before it even starts.
Take your meds. Only one antipsychotic I’ve seen affects hearts with qt prolongation and it’s only a small number of punters. You just seem to be looking for things not to take the pills and not to think that they may actually help your thinking in the long run!
Why take meds if you don’t have serious symptoms
Did you stop them on your own?
Your just setting yourself up for failure. Takes like a month to six weeks to get good results if they work and I suspect that is a big problem. Like it’s all about receptor occupancy and half lives so if your skipping doses your back to square one.
Yeah it’s hard but plenty of people here are past that and doing better than most simply taking meds daily and as prescribed.
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Lol sounds like a relapse is coming soon
I have a problem in that I don’t think I have a heart anymore. 
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Hey
Do you know your rate?
Last ECG I did I was like 496 ms
I’m just waiting for results now on my Holter test
I take in the morning Cariprazin by 4,5mg and regularly in Berlin Time 20:30 in the evening I take Olanzapin by 5mg. It’s to the opinion of Doctor that Olanzapin overlaps Carizapin, I do this because I want and need 5mg Olanzapin, otherwise I will go manic. Likewise yesterday evening I spent time on this forum, have had forgot taking Olanzapin, I went manic and did stupid things…on Whatsapp.
That sounds like something to talk to your doctor about
He wants to increase my Abilify in the form of injections. I expect that will just dull my emotions even more.
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In on the Abilify shot and it didn’t dull my emotions but everyone is different
I lowered my dose to 15 mg a day of the pills, this summer, and a lot of my emotions returned. It was nice being able to feel again. But the noise sensitivity was brutal, so I had to go back onto 20 mg after a month on the lower dose. I’ve been on 25 mg of Abilify a day too, and that made me more of a zombie. I cringe at the thought of getting a lot of Abilify in one shot.
Good luck @anon70814080
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