I am looking to know how many of you feel disconnected as a result of the medicine. I am on Rexulti 2MG. The first day I took it I took .5MG and literally felt numb. I am now on 2 mg and I just feel kinda like disconnected. This doesn’t happen as much as on 1mg. I went through a psychosis which wasn’t permanent but has created a compartmentalized reality which I can be immersed into if I ■■■■ up.
I just feel warm and numb all over and my concentration has gone to ■■■■. I tried to watch joe dirt last night and was zoning out 5-10 seconds after starting to zone in.
I ran a Red Light on abilify, again zoned and this drug is it’s sister.
For any of you is the medicine just as bad or worse than the disease?
It is subjective. Surprisingly some people have more energy and focus on meds, others feel like you described even if they are not on APs.
Furthermore some APs are considered less sedative (Abilify, Latuda, Geodon, invega…).
A part of the brain fights back against the voices and any other forms of torment. The drug they gave me when I was in the hospital, shut down this part of the brain and gave the opposition full go ahead. It was pure hell.
Then they gave me a different drug which turned me into a zombie.
Once back at home, the drug was soooo powerful that it shut me down and I ended up tumbling down a staircase yet I felt no pain at all due to being completely numbed by the drug.
By the way, while I was in the hospital, I saw this girl waking back and forth. She seemed soooo worried and in pure panic. I thought that perhaps a friend of hers was in the hospital and that she was oh so worried about that person. But then a doctor came up to her and said, " Are you hearing voices, and if so how long have you been hearing voices.". I felt so sad. I wished I could wrap my arms around that girl to show her that she was not alone.
I feel bad that today’s accepted behavioral reality protocol did not allow me to do so.