I’m on a plethora of antipsychotics and I think I need them, however I want to work, and my energy level isn’t terrible but do you guys know of anything that helped your energy levels while still treating yourself with sz? I get good rest but feel zapped the next day. I work out 6 days a week and don’t eat sugar or other starches.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
I drink either coffee or Coke Zero Sugar for energy but that’s probably not the best idea.
Going to bump this, anyone have any more suggestions?
I drink coffee too @LilyoftheValley but it doesn’t seem like enough? I don’t want amphetamines or anything like that. Does l-theanine help for energy?
I’ve been drinking energy drinks twice a week, but it’s only for that hour I feel some energy…
I drink much coffee, like 2 pots a day.
What meds are you on?
invega, abilify, and haldol. Just AP’s at the moment.
A multivitamin and extra vitamin d. Some magnesium and calcium carbo maybe.
Maybe mix a protein shake or take a protein bar with you to snack on when you feel tired.
Idk tho, i always feel tired too but manic at the same time, its weird.
If you aren’t eating carbs, you may need some salt. You’ll know pretty quickly if that is the problem when you have some. It won’t take much.
Lots of exercise and eating healthily are normally the only answer.
I have very low energy. I haven’t found a solution…
B6 boosts my energy.
About low energy…in my case i always ask myself if the “avolition” is really a symptom or it is a side effect caused by AP!
If Korean ginseng doesn’t react to your medications I used to take that for energy. Works for a couple hours. I don’t like it with risperidone though so I don’t know how you would do. My doctor suggested exercise for fatigue but I haven’t started yet. I would take 3 ginseng pills and gave me lots of energy.
These Four Things:
Eat nutritiously.
Exercise daily.
Get enough sleep every night.
Meditate daily.
are you doing keto? i would say to make sure you stay on AP’s. i made the mistake of stopping treatments because i couldnt work while on them and damaged my health because of it. Its better to stay on them
I’m not on keto as of now, I’m just doing OMAD at the moment. I asked my doctor for Wellbutrin, seems to help . Thank you for the all the suggestions .
oh true thats great i looked at omad before but was too difficult for me 
@MindJam found a solution to low energy yet cause i’m Draining every morning still
@Longhorn21 I asked my pdoc for Wellbutrin. Supposedly it increases dopamine and is a ndri.
My doctor doesn’t help me I tell him everything i’m Feeling and he just says that there’s nothing else he can do for me,
When I worked FT doing data entry, I drank 5 bags of tea per day. Then I just collapsed on the weekends and spent 2 days in bed, then started over. It eventually got too much for me, I had no time for anything besides work. I had to quit.