Antipsychotics are not just for us sz folks

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I have re-occuring tics (head jerking/twitching) that I find particularly annoying. Never been treated for it and I have had it since I was very little. It doesn’t really interfere my daily life so I just let it be.

But I’ve learned that antipsychotics can be used for tics. And it can also be used for intellectual disability, autism, dementia, mood disorders, and PTSD.

So if you ever felt ashamed because you are taking an AP, please think otherwise because APs can help a variety of people affected with a variety of conditions. Medicine is there to help us, not to shame us. This is what I’m trying to focus on.

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I had a friend who long before I got SZ used to be on chlorpromazine for blinking uncontrollably since he was a kid. I didn’t see him complain or tell anyone about it.

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Sometimes the tics don’t really bother people- my neck twitching happens about three times a day, but I haven’t told my mom about it until recently. I’m surprised on how she failed to notice it. Maybe it’s because it doesn’t really bother me anymore as much as it used to.

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Most tics are stress related and sometimes go away on it’s own.

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Yeah. I don’t know why I have a tic but I guess it could happen?

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My wife was on Stemetil (an antipsychotic) , when we left hospital together , for menopause related symptoms .

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It’s interesting how aps can help a lot of people. I don’t understand why people would shame others for taking an ap.

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I think it was harder to treat a tic when onset is childhood.

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Yeah, but it doesn’t bother me as much because it happens less frequently.

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Clozapine I heard on the news is used by many nfl players

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What for? 5151551

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I was put on seroquel long before my sza diagnosis for OCD. Just a low dose. It helped some, enough that I stayed on it for years

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I didn’t catch that part of the show but I assume that it was for symptoms of concussion. They mentioned aripiprazole as well. It was a BBC radio interview. The singer Lady Gaga has said on an interview with Oprah that she is on antipyschotic, antidepressant and modafinil. I can link that cause its still on YouTube.
Oprah Lady Gaga 2020

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I think the worst is people who go on aps for something else n then they become psychotic!

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Kind of happened to me. I had depression wpl psychosis before though so idk

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I have bipolar tendencies with sz so technically having an antidepressant and antipsychotic works for me.

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Are you diagnosed w schizoaffective then?

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Sorry to hear that
But yea as u say maybe it was going to happen who knows

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No, just sz. I am thinking that I may have been misdiagnosed.

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