Oh boy I am in a bad place… Am I going to die from taking this medication? Is it worth it? Am I going to get brain damage? What do I do? Something is dreadfully wrong. I don’t know.
No you won’t die…
I don’t know what your taking or what dose it is and I’m no doctor…but what is dreadfully wrong exactly?
I’d say just try to calm down…keep cool…give it a try…how long have you been on the meds?
dear samples can you elaborate about something dreadfully wrong right now? what’s wrong?
I don’t know what is wrong. I know I am being irrational. The medication is so that I don’t die. It won’t kill me. No one is trying to off me. It’s okay.
It’s only been three days. No time to work yet.
Just a bad day. I am calming I think.
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Nothing is wrong. Everything is fine.
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Sorry everyone. I’m okay. Just a panic attack.
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if you have any doubts maybe you could phone your doctor
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okay.
I’ll just say that I was once prescribed enough anti-depressant to “blow my mind” I’ve been told…and I don’t have brain damage. I shouldn’t have been on that crazy high a dose in the first place but I am here to be able to say that I am better off today than I’ve ever been in my adult life and that I do not have brain damage…no worse for the wear.
A doctor once said to me when he was pleading with me to try an anti-psychotic that I’d in my past more than willingly ingested stuff made in illicit labs who knows where but when it came to anti-psychotics I thought of them as poison that was going to permanently damage me in some way…I couldn’t but see his point 
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The doctor I am seeing is good. He started me on a titration pack doing just 1mg for 4 days, 2mg for 5 days and then 3mg, I know it’s fine. I argued with my father and since then turned irrational… I don’t even take antibiotics, let alone antipsychotics! I just needed to type that and step back.
I can get anxios/paranoid when starting new meds too - If you don’t mind me asking - which medication is it?
Fanapt. Wasn’t it you that had the bad experience with it?
Me no - never tried Fanapt before. Just remember just because some people have had negative experiences with it, others do well with it - the name of the game is try it, if it does not work out for you, move on to the next med till you find something that works for you - but you need to give the medication sometime to work
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You won’t die or get brain damage, but do report any side effects to your doctor. Medication will make it stop. I have taken my morning meds and am sitting here sane and stable.
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I’ve been on medication for about 30 years. I live on my own, I take online college classes, drive a car and work part-time. All the scary stuff about medication has certainly not been true for me. A shrinking brain? Maybe, but I got a B+ in my last class.
Degenerating? Possibly. But I’m great at reading recipes, magazines, homework assignments and filling out multiple forms from Medicaid, from my apartment manager, paying bills, and taking care of just about any business that comes up from living independently. Buck up. other people certainly do as much as me and more.
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don’t panic I have had a few med panicks before. they are not ideal medications but having schizophreni isn’t ideal either. all in the samw boat so sending hugs . it confuses me too.
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@samples32 I’m glad you were able to see that it was just a set back and that you feel better now.
The meds have given my mind some relative peace and in this year of mostly peace I’ve not had a psychotic break.
Due to not having a psychotic break… my concentration is getting a bit better… my memory retention is getting a bit better, my understanding of what I’ve read is getting better. Things that use to just knock me down completely even a year ago are now just annoying.
Not having a break has helped my mind stabilize. With that stabilization… I feel my mind is trying to heal and fix it’s self. It still comes across delusions and false memories and sneaky brained thinking… but it doesn’t throw me like it used to.
I hope things work out of everyone and that peace of mind comes to us all.
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