I'd like a straight answer about AP's . Brain damage

Medications
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I eat too much nutella, 6 fried eggs, pita bread, fries nearly everyday and sometimes fried bacon.
I used to eat 8 large fried eggs with lots of pita bread for dinner everyday while on Zyprexa, I developped fatty liver disease, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

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Omg, I’m so sorry to hear that! I’ve gained about 130-150 from meds. Idk I don’t kept track lol, sometimes I care sometimes I don’t. But when the rec center opens back up at my Alma Mater, I would like to get an alumnus membership to try and lose weight. I had lost 15 lbs when I got off of meds but I also had gotten really depressed and tried to kill myself. So I need meds, I just have to work extra hard to the lose weight and keep it off.

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See what I mean about the conflicting opinions?

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I am also suicidal without meds. I have no motivation at all, its been years I stay in bed all day everyday, only get up to eat. In bed I either sleep or on this forum or 2x a week playing video games. My parents bring me my meds and they used to go with me to my psychiatrist.

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Yeah heard that they shrink the brain and increase heart rate and blood pressure.

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Yeah. Every study says different things. The truth is, nobody knows for sure.

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Yeah, I need something to do consistently or I am not okay. I need either work or school to keep me busy. I get bored, especially in the summer time and start drinking a lot when I’m depressed. I should probably tell my psychiatrist because that’s a clear sign of depression.

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Yeah, idk lol I was watching a doctor on YouTube lmao. And he had said that :joy:

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Maybe you need antidepressants.
They didn’t work for me though.

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My doctor was concerned about my BP and HR last time I went tho so I think that the APs do effect that.

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Yeah idk, maybe a stronger one than trazodone…

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I don’t have depression my psychiatrist said, I don’t feel sad, I only have no motivation or emotion. He said there is no medications yet for my severe negative symptoms :slightly_frowning_face:

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Bored sounds like negative symptoms.
Do you feel sad or suicidal? If not you don’t have depression. Tell your psychiatrist how you feel.

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My suicidal thoughts come and go. Mainly when I feel discouraged and feel like I’m not gonna get anywhere in life because of my illness. I feel at times it has been hard for me to make relationships because of my illness. That’s why I have to keep myself busy…

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I also have occasional suicidal thoughts like killing myself to go to heaven faster, no sz, etc My parents help me with those. I think everyone is going to heaven so why waste time living life.
Idk if thats depression or sz.

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I’ve been confused by that too. Because I had those same thoughts when I was first diagnosed.

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Sometime if the ap dose gets too high it can cause that

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I get a lot of my info from research projects I did in university. In my social work research practicum class, my group and I did a research project on suicidality and schizophrenia and how individuals are effected by schizophrenia. We had to interview people with the illness. I hope to get my Master’s and be a trained mental health professional someday in the near future.

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I was able to study and had good grades while on Abilify but my grades were in the 90+% avg GPA 4/4.3 before sz. I wanted to transfer to medschool right before sz hit me and my grades. I finished my physiotherapy major degree with 3.1 GPA. But I can’t even volunteer now on Risperdal 4mg. I have heart pain and feel I will have a heart attack soon. I can’t breath when this chest pain comes, feels like someone is stabing my heart.

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Omgosh!! :cry: That really sucks! Risperdal was the very first medication I was on. I was in high school at the time and I think it was making me really drowsy so the took me off of it. Risperdal is really terrible I think it’s the one that made me gain the most weight tbh! The only thing that works for me is Saphris. I tried Vraylar but it was making me to sick. So, I had to switch back to my Saphris and I’ve noticed my low mood and suicidal thoughts pretty much disappearing. I’m taking my driver’s exam on August 4th, hopefully I pass and then I think I’m gonna apply for grad school in October (Ohio State). If I don’t get into there, I’ll go back to my Alma Mater or maybe somewhere in Michigan.

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