i have schizoaffective disorder and i rarely hallucinate but i have in previous psychotic episodes. I believe my thoughts control everything around me. And that everything around me is controlling me… i also believe my ex boyfriend can read my mind and that some other people can too at certain times. I can barely process anything i can hear a sentence and in my mind its just…
If antipsychotics don’t work the best bet is polypharmacy and adjunct medications. Especially if you’re sza you may need a mood drug.
1 Like
im currently on vraylar, remeron, lithium, valium and gabapentin. ive tried so many meds of so many times. my mind is always loud
(to continue my post) I have extreme paranoia about the police and government being after me, no antpsychotics are helping me. ive been on geodon, risperdal, abilify, latuda, loxapine, rexulti, seroquel and saphris (in the course of 2 years). right now im on vraylar. I was on some for just a short period of time because of side effects and what not. some of them i tried for months but my thinking still feels all messed up. i think im cursed and a demon is my head is haunting me. he makes bad things happen to me but maybe he is showing me the world.
But you haven’t tried clozaril ! The last resort ap. It is a pain in the arse but it’s the most effective antipsychotic . Also if your doctors well educated on the subject, two antipsychotics could be of help.
2 Likes
@turningthepage she mentioned it once as a lastt resort but i dont think im like “psychotic enough” plus its expensive plus i ususally pass out when i get y m blood drawn which i know you have to do on clozaril. i think im going to be put on invega next because my current med is making me twitch and she said we would try invega…ugh. meds.
i dont even think im sick. i want to stop my meds because what are they even doing? nothing? this is just a curse from a demon.
1 Like
U have’t tried Zyprexa…i am on it too…
never been on zyprexa. i dont want all the weight gain from it either…
1 Like
what if it can control ur symptoms and make u stable…
every ap has its own side-effect…i am 10kg overweight on it but i am stable…what do u think…!!!
@arrgghh Are you currently on Vraylar?
How is it working for you?
Any side effects?
I had to get off of it, it was way too stimulating for me.
@Wave its giving me random twitches all over my body thoughout the day . my pdoc gave me benzotropine to stop it but i dont want to be on more meds so im going to ask to be taken off of it… ive been on it for like almost 3 weeks. it didnt help me sleep like the saphris did
Yeah it gave me intense Insomnia - I slept for like 2 to 3 hours a night.
@Wave that sucks. it wasnt that activating for me…prozac made me sleep the little-est out of all my meds and geodon made me the sleepiest. all the time.
I would talk to your pdoc about your med issues.
If you are having serious symptoms then the right meds can help.
Don’t give up and best of luck to you.
Hi @arrgghh. I’m on invega. It has helped me a great deal. If I am stressed I still get break through symptoms of psychosis. And it still hasn’t diminished my “delusions” but I think they are tougher to get rid of than “hallucinations.” So I will give it more time.
When I first started it, I was put up to a high dose really quickly and I couldn’t tolerate the agitation that caused. So I was put back down for a long time, to 9mg. Now I’m back up to 12mg and tolerate it just fine.
Good luck.
@anon84763962 does it actually help? like “avant garde” thinking and what not
I’m a bit slow on the uptake this morning so I’m not quite sure what you mean by avant garde thinking? Do you mean grandious delusions?
So far Invega hasn’t really halted my “delusions” fully, but they have reduced greatly. They no longer make me panic as much as they used to. Now they are sort of just like background noise that I am aware of but it isn’t upsetting me.
I never had grandious delusions, more paranoid type delusions.
My “hallucinations” have left me. That’s not altogether a good thing, there were “hallucinations” I had that were very comforting to me and without them I feel a bit lonely.
I don’t want to sound like a drug rep when I talk about it, but of all the antipsychotics I have tried (which is only five), Invega has been the best for me.
i dont know how to describe it. my dr just calls it thought disorder. chaotic thinking. i dont have grandious delusions only paranoid type.
1 Like
It think if your doctor wants to try invega, give it a shot. You will know within a couple of months whether or not it is helping you. It does take a long time to start working and you really must relieve yourself of any stresses in your life for it to have a decent chance of working.
I find if I get stressed, I get breakthrough symptoms on invega. But overall it has been a good drug for me.