I’m not taking them anymore. I’m done being a zombie because it makes everyone else happy.
Buckle up, it could be a Bumpy Ride.
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good luck with that you should speak to ur psychiatrist maybe u will find a med that doesn’t make u feel like a zombie, i don’t know what your symptoms are like but in my case hallucinating 24/7 and being delusional and in fear all the time is not managable
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please talk to your psychiatrist, maybe they can prescribe something else don’t give up. every time you have a psychotic episode you lose gray matter in your brain.
I gave up plenty of times and every time I did I regretted it I have learned my lesson please don’t make the same mistake especially over and over again.
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Seriously, talk with your psychiatrist.
The newer Antipsychotics are not as Harsh or Sedating as the older APs.
Please don’t give up @catchme.
Experiencing a Psychotic Break can be dangerous and yes, even deadly.
It’s not worth it.
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Some people can go without them, they are on and off. Or they go years without symptoms. I am on all day all year. Even though I take high doses of aps twice a day there is almost always an hour or so period everyday where the drugs are depleted in my system and I suffer, then I have to take my prn.
Psychiatrists usually advise against it.
After I was tormented by voices and felt tortured and psychotic second time around I managed to get off my medication.
I was probably on five different types or more.
This was in Sweden.
My psychiatrist told me I had to continue but I did not agree and went against her opinion and quit.
When I did I felt better and stopped hearing the voices,screams,gunshots and moans etc
I was off medication for eight years.
I had some paranoia and delusions but was not full blown psychotic and did not hear voices anymore.
Then I had cancer removed and lost my ovaries and couple years after that ended up in hospital again and was put on olanzapine.
I tried coming off olanzapine by myself and was with out it for a month or so before I went psychotic and packed my bags ready to take myself to psychiatric hospital .
I did not want to drive at night time so I took a crumble of olanzapine and sleeping tablet and woke up feeling way better and could now cope again.
I stayed on olanzapine till last year when I swapped to latuda which makes my jaw clench , but no huge drama but probably too activating for me n experienced hysteria, anxiety etc
I have not taken latuda for a week or so now.
I had one day I felt horrid n was not coping as well at all but today I feel way better but it might take a month to feel medication gone.
I have been prescribed geodon and get it Monday but having read side effects I’m not sure if I want any medication.
Olanzapine worked well for me besides darn twenty kg weight gain.
I want to be with out medication but am afraid of psychosis and hospitalisation.
I am also afraid of severe side effects that medication can give.
Good wishes to you.
ikr. I hate taking my meds. It seems like every other day I’m saying the exact thing you just said. But I do want to consider my family, and they are way happier when I take my meds. I guess I can be pretty unbearable when I’m manic or psychotic. Please talk to you doctor before you stop!
I’m in better spirits today, and I’ve taken my meds.
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hi, good luck staying on them, personally i am just off mine again but all the best to stucking to them !
I used to be a zombie too but overtime I adjusted to the meds and I don’t feel like a zombie anymore
I was a total zombie when I first started on meds. But, over time, my brain and body got used to the meds and I’m no longer a zombie. You will get used to the meds too, if you stay on them.
I am so bland on meds.Im switching cause I hate them.
I lose all my creativity. I can hardly strum a guitar. I hate them.
What is worse though is thinking my family is part of Satan’s tribe.
Meds it is
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I’ll take the drugs over a relapse anytime. I survived my zombie and akathesia phase. I’ve been on reperidone about ten year now. I don’t even hardly notice side effects anymore.
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good in you @77nick77 for being able to stay on your meds…
not easy…
I would strongly suggest trying a different med that is less sedating than going off meds. The last time I went off meds I hurt myself and I hurt others. Not worth it.
PLEASE make sure you have a strong support network in place and some sort of medical supervision. Also, at least titrate off and don’t go cold turkey.
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