My mind feels like it’s under 6 feet of water. Thoughts are too quiet and muffled. Some quiet is good but this is too much.
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Too much silence is a bad thing, however some proves to be beneficial to one’s sanity.
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i like the silence 
gives me time to think, things become clearer, its better than thinking about things too much,
there is a lot to say about clarity 
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Me too. My mind is dead.
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My mind feels blank. I used to be aware of my thoughts (apparently a symptom). So I don’t know if having a blank mind is “normal” or not. But it feels strange even after all this time.
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This exactly how I felt last week. I couldn’t handle it. I would rather be a little crazy so I stopped taking my oral haldol yesterday and today.
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I wouldn’t mind so much but last night (before the depixol) was so good. I had thoughts and emotions. Today nothing.
I’m with you @LED
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Typical APs are too much.
When I told my pdoc that my mind is blank she told me that’s good, it’s like the peace after the storm.
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I think it’s a good thing actually. I’ve pretty much gotten used to it. I hope it actually is normal though !
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Depakote empties my mind.
Beats a super busy manic mind I guess.
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Suppose it’s like blood pressure. High blood pressure is bad but no blood pressure means you are dead.
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The empty mind wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t also prevent all emotion and enjoyment and ability to read or watch tv or follow any sort of story.
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That resonates with me. If only I could read or get engrossed in a movie. Both those activities mean so much to me.
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Ask your pdoc about atypical antipsychotics. Geodon has been a real life saver for me. Haldol is like a chemical lobotomy to some people. All the typicals are like that to some of us, but Haldol is the worst.
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I can’t take atypicals. I gain weight crazy fast on all of them. I’ve tried about 10.
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Oh. I’m sorry to hear that. Have you tried Abilify?
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I actually really like haldol. I just recently added the shot to try and get a high enough dose to get rid of all my symptoms, but it ended up causing too many side effects.
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Yep. Gained 9 lbs in one week.
About the last two or three years I was on the Haldol shot the first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was take forty minithins (ephedrine) and drink five cups of coffee. The Haldol still made me brain dead, but life wasn’t so miserable. The years I was on Haldol were the worst years of my life.
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