I’m terrified now! I wanted to try it cause other medication dont work
Schizophrenia causes brain shrinkage. The meds protect against this.
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Check this out: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25829144/
That study is 5 years old. I don’t have the energy to link it, but a 2017 study by Yale showed more evidence that psychosis causes the gray matter loss and medication is protective against this effect.
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It says
It is possible that this gray matter loss reflects a progressive disease process irrespective of medication use or that it is contributed to by switching to clozapine treatment. The clinical improvement of most patients indicates that antipsychotic-related gray matter volume loss may not necessarily be harmful or reflect neurotoxicity.
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Also, patients who have gray matter loss do not appear to have lost and cognitive function.
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My pdoc says sza/sz causes brain damage.
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I definitely believe that. I’ve been in psychosis for almost a year trying to find the right med. None work and make me suicidal
Nice. Thanks for the info. I just hear punmbmed is legit.
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I’ve read from different sources both reputable that psychosis shrinks brain matter and so does antipsychotics but psychosis shrinks it faster I think, so cos antpiysochotics prevent psychosis, they are protective of brain shrinkage In people who get psychosis
Meant pubmed 1515
Pubmed is a generally reliable source, but that doesn’t mean all the information on it is up to date. Some studies are flawed, and some are later disproven by more recent studies.
I do know it’s an anticholinergic which puts you at risk for dementia
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