Took antipsychotics, they helped with hallucination but destroyed my creativity and imagination. No longer able to daydream, fantasize or visualize or recall images from memory and my thought process has slowed down. I have consulted psychiatrist and psychologist regarding this and they said i have to live with it. Are they right, there is no way out? Am i screwed? Or is there anything that can help?
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I know they say caffeine negates the good effects of our meds,
but I drink a lot of coffee in the morning, medium roast,
and I write just about every morning, and do other art projects too.
I hit the wall though later on, and rarely do anything at night.
And I take my meds with breakfast and coffee, usually after I write.
Don’t give up!
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i thought this too…until i wrote a whole book while on anti-psychotics…
i don’t know what to say
i was real creative before anti-psychotics…then i went 12 months with little creativity…then i wrote a whole book
just my experiences though
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All those things got better for me on Zyprexa but when I added Risperdal they were stunted.
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you are a fine writer, pob, I hope you are still producing.
Have you tried zyprexa? It has it’s minuses but it was a creatvity enhancer for me.
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A enjoy anti psychotic meds…
I find ALCOHOL helps with creativity- it basically cancels out the meds, literally, ask a doctor, it does. Caffeine really helps me, but I have always had a naturally creative personality.
I think the better my antipsychotic works the more creative I am.
And I also am more calm and not overwhelmed by my creativity.
Boy… no surprise to me. Risperdal was just waaaaay too much for me. I do fine of Seroquel. Can work and write and solve problems just fine.
I have found that the older “typical” antipsychotics just about killed my imagination. The newer “atypical” med’s allow me to think and create. I can write on the atypical AP’s.
I had the same experience on Risperdal, it just about knocked me on my backside. Very limiting in not just creativity and imagination but nearly all drive or doing things. I’m doing a bit better now on Orap, but it’s still quite a lot down on what it used to be.
What do you write?
These drugs suppress brain function, especially the higher faculties. That’s just the facts of it. You can argue/debate the necessity/efficacy of these drugs - especially in relation to alternative approaches.
I’d like to find out if adult ADD has something to do with the meds.