It seems lately that a bunch of people have been quitting and/or experimenting with antipsychotics. (you know who you are!). Whether it be on and off, or jumping from med to med without really giving it a shot.
I seem to recall from NAMI, or some other credible source but I can’t find the papers, that this type of behavior - the quitting or not be adherent to a regimen - will cause brain damage. More so than the meds themselves. Is this true? I could not find credible resources or research to confirm. Maybe @firemonkey knows of how to find this or if it is accurate.
And also after trying a drug out once then at a later time revisiting it, the odds that you will have success with that med is reduced. Then you are ■■■■ out of luck and have fewer options to try.
It was difficult to find anything with a normal google search. What made a search difficult was the number of links of a “antipsychotics are evil” type .
There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence that people who stop treatment early on and relapse then go on not to do as well when they get back on meds. Did they not do as well because they stopped, or did they stop because they were sicker in the first place? Maybe a little of both?
There’s also evidence that earlier use of clozapine in TRS results in better outcomes, but later use of clozapine is not as effective, which suggests that the medication is providing some neuroprotective benefit.
There are also studies that switching from one 2nd gen AP to another isn’t substantially better or worse in terms of psychosis, but it does not address switching for reasons of side effects. Edit: some people have different levels of response to different drugs, but the studies are averaging everyone together. So I’m not saying that for you, risperidone is the same as olanzapine, only that statistically, for everyone, they’re pretty similar, psychosis wise.
In all seriousness though I’m doing fine and haven’t noticed any worsening in my condition despite all my shenanigans. Not that I’d recommend repeating my behavior.
Sorry, but I find that hard to believe. Low dopamine maybe. One Invega shot will not do the amount of bad things you’re claiming it has . In fact your repeated posts about it suggest being on it ,or another depot, would be a good thing for you.
Varies in person how the drugs effects your brain, its more of blocking receptors then damaging the brain. However if one has a adverse reaction or side effects then its a different thing all together.