Then having this disease would not be so bad.
Who here thinks that we will ever see the day when an antipsychotic without these side effects comes to the market?
We’re guinea pigs not for Sz, but for side effects that benefit others.
Did you know the hair growing stuff Minoxidil was transformed from an antihypertensive to hair-loss drug because of the ‘hairy’ side effect?
Honestly, I don’t think we will develop such an AP any time soon. The thing is that APs effect are too strong on the brain, they literally butcher the brain in order to keep the illness under control. I don’t say it’s impossible to create such med, but it’s very unlikely. And as you said, with it the disease wouldn’t be that bad.
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@MeghillaGorilla1 @Darth I am happy that you are most bothered by positive symptoms,
which respond well to treatment.
Unfortunately, many people are plagued by cognitive and negative symptoms,
for which the current treatments don’t work well.
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The drugs have barely changed in 50 years. Other than the hope I have in the advances in gene editing, I see little hope myself.
Got to keep to a continual strict diet forever on these meds…
It’s a matter of trial and error I’ve noticed
Within the next few years.
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Erez I think I have cognitive symptoms too but not negatives. Maybe a little bit of avolition but it could be depression. I don’t know what negative symptoms do but I think they are developing cognitive meds.
You are not as cognitively impaired as you might think. You seem to write well and make perfect sense to me.
The non-dopaminergic antipsychotic Nuplazid, used to treat psychosis associated with Parkinson’s disease, without impacting motor function, may be a step in the right direction.
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That I write is an indicator of some cognitive function, I do have some function, for example I can write sensible things
in a forum and hold conversations but, for example, I can’t read, I can’t solve tough chess puzzles, I can’t study
for a degree(I could do all these in the past)and I can’t work.
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I hope so. Although I asked my doctor for it about 8 months ago and she said that it would not work.
Yes, I don’t have neither cognitive nor negative symptoms. I never felt I couldn’t read or do stuff, in fact I did while delusional and I was very scared when I started taking the meds and found myself unable to do anything. It took my a while to realize that the meds were what stopped me from being high functioning. Now I’m much better, and I guess that in some months I’ll be recovered.
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As soon as they make an AP that doesn’t give serious side effects or those things you mentioned I will hop right back on it. I hate managing my psychotic symptoms on my own but I don’t really have a choice because I don’t want to be fat and having panic attacks every day. I STILL haven’t lost the 30 lbs I gained off risperidone! Jeez!!
I’m glad to be back on Zoloft. It’s such a wonder med for me. No side effects whatsoever. I really wish I could find an AP that was the same way.
I hear ya. My shrink told me that I could come off the AP in September. I’m a little frightened to do that considering the severity of the episodes that I’ve had.
I guess untreated bipolar depression can be pretty serious. Anyway I’m sick of taking these APs. I’m about 20 lbs overweight and stiff and restless and generally uncomfortable in my own skin all day long.
It’s like wearing a tweed jacket in the summertime is the best way I can describe it.
Oh yea and if they finally do make a side effect free atypical it would be nice if it really worked too. Not like the ones we have now that tranquilizers our brains into submission.
I think a lot of people could benefit from being on some type of anti psychotic. Anxiety, OCD, paranoia all are more common then we think. If you can manage yours then more power too you. I wouldn’t take one either.
The marketing hasn’t reached her yet because it’s still in trials. Once they start marketing it I bet your doc changes her mind.
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It hasn’t been approved for us yet either. As far as I know it’s only in stage two. I don’t think that many psychiatrists are willing to take the chance of putting their patients on it until it’s been approved.