In 1980 I was first diagnosed with sz. They put me on a drug skies Haldol. This drug is a major tranquilizer. I didn’t learn this until much later. Anyway, this drug kind of zombied me out. That is it made me numb and kind of tranquilizer my state of mind. I didn’t change meds until 2003. That’s 23 years a zombie land. What did I learn? To be assertive with your psychiatrist and let them know when you are not feeling right! I just thought in my case that what I was feeling was sz. When actually it was the sz with a layer of tranqualuzation. What a waste of time that could have been used productively.
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Thank you for sharing your story with us. Something similar to that happened to me. I was 15 in 1988 and when I got diagnosed with sz they put me on Mellaril ( thioridazine) This first generation AP was so dangerous that it was eventually taken off the market in 2005. Anyway, it completely turned me into a zombie and my mother did advocate for me. In fact, she even demanded that the doc take me off of it and the doc completely flat out refused. He refused to cooperate with my mom so she moved me to another psychiatrist who was willing to change my meds.
So, I am thankful to this day that my mom was assertive with those docs. I think it kept me from being a zombie for years.
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That makes me happy that your mom was there for you!
Good moms of the world I believe are the driving force of change through out time!
The process of recovery is where it is at and we will thrive! Yes, we can! Don’t let anyone tell you the contrary.
Thank you so much!