Meds are making me stupid

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I feel demented on them. If I reduce the dosage I become more angry and yell for small reasons. Stupid vs insane?

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The dopamine blockade is too much on 5-6mg Risperidone.

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Why not wait until your temper goes away and then try and reduce the dosage. Do you have issues you are angry over?

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It never went away since having sz unless I take high potency high dose APs. Off meds I get too angry and get in trouble sometimes with cops.

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@Om_Sadasiva How it was on 16mg risperidone? How can you survive 16mg!

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I couldn’t speak properly.
Lol

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It is destabilizing you because your used to a certain dose.

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I always had anger issues since having sz even off meds, off meds its much worse the anger.

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Yeah so at a certain dose it quels your anger a bit and at a lower it re surfaces. Makes sense

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Lamictal is making me dumb as a rock!
Depakote another mood stabilizer also makes me stupid but it’s worse on Lamictal.
I’m having a hard time recollecting certain words.
Also I am having difficulty with communication.

It’s really bad on doses over 25mg but I’m now noticing it on my current dose of 25mg.

I don’t know what to do.

Lamictal keeps me from getting severely depressed.

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If I go too low 3mg or under I feel like psychosis is coming and I feel weird, my vision changing, I start freezing like catatonia etc

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I mean bad cognition, have a hard time thinking, etc

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I haven’t taken a mood stabilizer in a month and have been free of mania.

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What do you mean by Risperdal making you stupid @Aziz?

What’s happening with you?

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I upped my dose back up to 5mg and I feel slower mentally, memory problems, I have much less thoughts flowing, concentration sucks more, feel more tired and stay more in bed etc

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I think meds are killing my memory. 3 years ago i took a first aid course and basically answered every question in class, now three years later i took the same course and the same questions i was like wtf is that

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Yeah this is how I feel mentally also.
But my negatives are not nearly as bad

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My 75y.o. father is sharper and much more active than me. I am 32y.o.

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When i drank coffee on depakote it made me feel relaxed.

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I am ashamed that my 75y.o. father is taking care of me, driving to bring me to Drs, shop for us, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, etc I should be the one taking care of him as he’s retired.

I am going to sleep now, I pass most of my life sleeping since being on risperidone and having sz.