I’ve definitely been over medicated for the convenience of the phych staff. But short term and only while I was in there. But traumatic definitely. Fact is there is no alternative to us taking AP’s unless we want to burden our love ones and hope they will Greatly sacrifice to care for someone out of touch and out of control. No thanks I’ve watched My illness bring my wife to the point of vomiting ,and Total helplessness. What kind of life would that torment be for us without AP’s… homelessness is also the other alternative. In the early days before AP’s we were treated much worse and none of us had the ability to be independent most all were locked away. Hitler’s solution was to kill us off or use us as guinea pigs. I think the use of AP’s is way better than the other alternatives .
Think i posted on the be wrong thread
This study says that the second generation long acting injectable AP’s are associated with lower risk of mortality. Good news!!
Except I take haldol, not on a big dosage so I don’t know how much that matters I only take 4 mg
I take first generation meds. I have done so for almost 50 years.
I suppose that long acting injections reduce much of the over and under dosing associated with oral meds.
I like to point out to my siblings that the life expectancy for a schizophrenic born where and when I was born is 51 years of age. I’m now 68. My sibling are rude to me when I point it out.
Jayster
@Jayster do you mind sharing if your on a large or small dosage., Also have you taken haldol for any length of time. You are very incouraging.
Well yeah, I went (without choice) to some mental hospital and came out on Haldol. When I got back to my support system, I told my doctor it felt like I had lead in my thighs, and he said, “I get it,” and he took me off of Haldol.
What’s that Dystonia? Anyway, I had a side effect profile I didn’t like while on Haldol.
I wouldn’t call my support system fragmented, but I note the members rarely talk to each other about me. On the other hand, one day the psychiatrist told me he phoned my counselor to talk about me. I was pleased. Week later? The counselor says, “Your doctor phoned me up last week. He wanted to know if I thought you were dealing drugs.”
Bummer!
Jayster
I started on a low dosage of Trilafon (Perphenazine). I threw it away a few times and got sicker. My illness progressed when I had spotty treatment.
I take a fairly large dosage of Trilafon now, but a fairly low dose of Trazadone, Wellbutrin, Seroquel, and several PRNs.
Jayster
It’s easy for me to start to see my med’s as punishment and not as therapy. One thing they didn’t mention in this study is the effect on mortality of patients going on and off their med’s. I guess that was outside the scope of their endeavor.