List all of your medications. Even the non psychotropic meds

List all of the psychotropic meds first. Then, the non psychotropic meds. And, state what each medication is indicated for. I’ll go first:

Psychotropic meds:

Risperdal Consta injection- Schizoaffective
Geodon- Schizoaffective
Seroquel- Schizoaffective
Celexa- Depression
Klonipin- as needed- Anxiety
Inderal- as needed- Performance anxiety
Cogentin- Movement disorder due to psych meds
Melatonin- sleep aid

Non Psychotropic meds:

Cetirizine- Allergies
Synthroid- Hypothyroidism
Naproxen- Arthritis pain
Pantoprazole- stomach ulcer prevention
Imitrex-as needed- migraine headaches
Topomax- migraine prevention

I take eleven meds total on a regular, everyday basis. One of these is an injection that I take every two weeks.

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Geodon for AP
Wellbutrin for depression
Sarcosine for awesomeness
Multivitamin because my wife said so

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@SkinnyMe wow you take more than me…I take five meds…

Psychotropic meds…fluphenazine - paranoid schizophrenic…totally stable too.
trazadone - sleep aid

non psychotropic meds…

levothyroxine - needed for my thyroid…my body doesn’t make enough.
Lisinopril - high blood pressure
lovastatin - high cholesterol

over the counter supplements

low dose aspirin as preventative for my heart
Niacin for high triglycerides in my blood.

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Seroquel. 151515

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Invega 3mg pill AP

Panadol if I have a rare bad headache.

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I take sweet ■■■■■■■ !!

Yep im gonna mentally a bull.

Psychotropic meds
Haldol. 0.5mg/day. 2-3mg when horror takes over. Psychosis, anxiety.

Non psychotropic meds
Not much, except for a rare bit of paracetamol when headache makes sleeping or working impossible.

Supplements
Calcium. One pill (dose?), whenever I think of it, once every 2 days or so. PMS.
Magnesium. One pill (dose?), whenever I think of it, once every 2 days or so. PMS.
Zinc. One pill (dose?), whenever I think of it, once every 2 days or so. PMS.

Herbs
Saffron with b vitamins. 30mg/day prn. Mostly during PMS. PMS, anxiety, depression, OCD.

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Clozapine 500mg and Buspar 30mg are my main meds. :fish::fish::fish:

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Wow you’re on a really low dose! Was your pdoc reluctant to let you on that dose? Also how long have you been on that dose? And how many psychotic episodes have you had, and how severe were they?

sorry for bombarding you with questions but my pdoc refuses to let me onto a low dose, so I am intrigued by your dose

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Psychotropic meds

paliperidone 100mg reduced to 75mg, but I refused the 75mg as I wanted 50mg or 1mg tablets of risperidone.

currently not on any medication as I missed my depot intentionally on the 18th

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Haldol 30 mg - antipsychotic
Lexapro 10 mg - antidepressant
Lamictal 100 mg - mood stabilizer
Klonopin 0.5 mg - for panic

Melatonin 3 mg - for sleep
Aleve - 1 tablet for spinal arthritis due to collapsed disc in lower spine
One a Day Women’s 50+ Multivitamin
B12 Sublingual once a week to treat deficiency

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Vraylar: schizoaffective disorder
Lamictal: schizoaffective disorder
Breo inhaler: asthma
Albuterol inhaler: asthma
NovoLog: type 1 diabetes
Lantus: type 1 diabetes
NAC: schizoaffective disorder
Sarcosine: schizoaffective disorder
Niacinamide: acne
Alpha lipoic acid: gastroparesis and peripheral neuropathy
Fish oil: schizoaffective disorder
Aloe vera: gastroparesis
Zyrtec: allergies

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No problem for asking. I changed the info a bit to be more complete.

  • The last 1.5 years I used first 1mg then slowly down to 0.5mg as a maintenance dose. A few times a year the horror kicks in and I up the dose immediately to 2-3mg.
  • I had several very severe psychotic episodes. Haldol kicks in right away with me, so they mostly last only days in that intensity. On this dose I got mild positive symptoms.
  • My pdoc knows. I do not think she fully agrees, but she prescribes and I decide on the doses I use. She does trust that I raise the dose when things turn weird.
  • My body doesnt quite respond to meds like other peoples. Give me 2mg haldol and I’m knock out for 24hours. Dont expect the same effect as me with my dosages.

At the moment I have no clue what to do. I don’t quite oversee the risks. My life would be more stable and less risky with a little bit more meds. On the other hand, using meds only for crisis would be great, because I’m just more alive on lower doses. I don’t know what is right. I really dont.

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I’ve only had 2 psychotic episodes and my pdoc won’t even consider going below 75mg per month. Then again I did bring out a knife during my 2nd episode. Were you ever violent or a danger to yourself or others when you went psychotic?

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I was a danger to myself several times, but the last billion times my symptoms flared up i could either ignore them and go to sleep or curb them right away with meds without acting out.

I was not a danger to others, not beyond upsetting them for acting weird. Im always very frightened of hurting others in psychosis, to the point of feeling horribly guilty for “hurting and killing” (picking) a flower. :slight_smile:

I must say i DO feel scared of hurting someone in psychosis. It would be my main reason for taking more meds.

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Psychopharmaceuticals

  • Ziprasidone (Geodon) 80 mg twice daily (total of 160 mg daily) for schizophrenia
  • Clozapine (Clozaril) 200 mg daily for schizophrenia
  • Venlafaxine (Effexor) 225 mg daily for major depression
  • Diazepam (Xanex) 5 - 10 mg as required for agitation or anxiety

Non-prescribed mediation

  • Fish oil 1 daily for general wellbeing
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81mg Aspirin for heart
Lisinopril for blood pressure
Prilosec for heartburn
Flomax for prostate
Lipitor for cholesterol

Risperdal 5mg for schizophrenia.

Calcium
Multivitamin
Iron

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Also

Glipizide for diabetes.

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Haldol decanoate -schizophrenia
Perphenazine -schizophrenia
Klonopin -PTSD
Ativan -insomnia and anxiety
Prazosin -nightmares
Duloxetine -depression

Omeprazole -GERD
Sodium chloride - neurocardiogenic syncope
Etodolac -rheumatoid arthritis
Magnesium -restless leg syndrome
Aspirin -erythromelalgia
Naproxen sodium -chronic pain
Zomig -migraines
Gabapentin -fibromyalgia
Phenergan -nausea/migraines

Vitamin D
B complex
L theanine
CBD oil

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Psychotropic:

Paliperidone 12 mg for voices
Abilify 2 mg for thought broadcasting
Niacinamide 1 to 3 grams for voices

Non-psychotropic:

Amyloban 3399 (a potent form of lion’s mane, it is reducing my voices but is not a psychotropic, it works by increasing nerve growth factor in the brain which repairs damage)

Liposomal Vitamin C (it’s a highly bio-available form of Vitamin C, gets past the 200 mg bodily limit that standard Vitamin C supplements have, I take it for my low-CSF headaches to repair a spot in the dura mater that is leaking)

Liposomal Colostrum (I take it to repair my leaky gut, I’m still sensitive to various foods though so I wonder if it works, other people have reported that it turned their life around though.)

Vitamin B-50 Complex (if I feel depressed ever it’s usually because I’m low on B-vitamins, since studies have tied a lack of them to depression.)

Aleve, Tynelol for arthritis

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