I was on Zyprexa low dose 7.5mg for about a month.
It raised my blood glucose levels but honestly so does Risperdal.
Maybe I could give it another chance?
7.5mg of Zyprexa did not control my mania so well.
Its up to your Dr. The only downside with Risperdal for me is low libido but I don’t need it since I can’t have a gf anyways.
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Yeah it would be nice to get hard ons again.
I’m sick of the sexual side effects from Risperdal.
But then again it keeps me away from the psych wards.
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I am waiting eagerly for Vraylar. I have high hopes for it bcz Abilify worked for my positive and negative symptoms other than the addiction and hypersexuality problems.
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Do you have any cognitive symptoms on Vraylar?
I think it can work good for my positive and negative symptoms but idk about cognitive symptoms. I know Abilify worked well for negatives and positives, not so well for cognitives. Gosh sz has so much symptoms, it sucks.
Quality from risperidone. It would go down too quickly and it was almost impossible to get hard while standing
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When on Abilify I was repeating the same stories to my friends, they kept telling me that I already told them that. Its bad memory, its bad on all meds so far, I think its from sz and maybe permanent idk.
Not really. I still have permanent loss but I have regained in some areas. I figured the less sedation and the less neurotransmitters hit and messed with, the less cognitive issues. I noticed the same with Latuda and a couple others. Latuda and Vrayalr were the best. Unfortunately, Latuda didn’t work at all for me and made me worse. Like another poster posted here years ago, for a severe paranoid schizophrenic, Latuda is like water or placebo. It didn’t do ■■■■. In fact, I was convinced I was being bombarded with microwave energy, scalar waves, and stuff. I had headaches, nausea, and didn’t eat food like I was supposed to all the time.
I don’t like meds that make you eat before you take the pills, otherwise they are A LOT less effective. Same thing goes with geodon. I guess geodon works better for some women and higher functioning people.
Really, I didn’t give clozaril a chance because the doctor screwed my life up. He put me on a ton of meds and I almost died from NMS. I’m nervous about trying Clozaril again, it’s a pain, doctor doesn’t really want to go there again, and my parents are against it. I think I had side effects like peeing my pants. These meds can suck balls sometimes, like I even had a permanent erection on some meds. It’s quite disappointing and disabiling and even traumatic how useless and complicated getting on the right meds can be. It took 5+ years with good insurance and constant treatment to find the right med for me. Vraylar. I don’t do well with anti-depressents either. My first one was Cymbalta and it worked well…still does.
I wanted to try effexor but never got the chance. I could probably beg for it, but I rather not. I think the stronger they are, the worse my moods and psychosis gets. Cymbalta is pretty week. I notice some ED and when I get off of it, I get brain zaps, which suck big time.
I really wanted to try adderall but couldn’t do the test because of energy drink addiction. It would interfere with the test. It was a huge pain and took years to even get a doctor who would consider it if I had ADHD.
I tried Strattera with good results. I’m not afraid of psychosis unless it’s severe. I’ve had bat-■■■■ insane schizophrenia for years. I’m finally doing well and happy. I just want to get better. Unfortunately, I don’t think adderall would help me at all. It could make me have new symptoms and even permanent psychotic symptoms.
I had severe negs and severe cognitive decline bordering mild dementia. I mean I felt like I lost double digit IQ points over the course of the illness, but got some back.
I still am not the old me. I still have issues. The old me is stuck inside this poor little body that wants to get better, return to school, and get a job some day.
Just because I am dumber, doesn’t mean the old Anthony doesn’t want to achieve those things prior.
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APs can cause ED too, especially at higher doses. Vraylar causes some (I’m at 9mg lol) but it’s not as bad as abilify or risperdal. When I went on Caplyta, I was doing much better ED wise.
Yea I wasn’t stable on Latuda even with 120mg, I read its one of the weakest ap, weaker than Abilify. Made me nauseous and gave me akathisia especially at night and insomnia.
Which meds caused that?
I got brain zaps from stopping Risperdal on my own. Clozapine gave you incontinence? In your place, I would retry Clozapine.
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Can you retry Clozapine? Did it reduce your positive symptoms while you were on it?
I prefer Risperdal to Zyprexa. Zyprexa causes massive weight gain. Risperdal Consta doesn’t.
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What is a TI? 151515
I think he means:
terrestrial intelligent life
@Vertigo Did you switch to Zyprexa?
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I talk to my doctor next week I’ll see what she says but I’m changing my mind a bit.
I’ve tried most of the atypical APs and Risperdal is honestly the most effective AP for me.
I’m near normal on Risperdal and my positives are almost non existent on Risperdal.
I guess I’m going to have to live with the sexual dysfunction.
There’s no such thing as the perfect AP @Aziz
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I am thinking about the sexual dysfunction too, I don’t even have privacy to do it, my brother is working all day next to my room and my father is always at home. We’re 5 in the house, used to be 6.
Its better for me to have no libido.
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I need my own house but can’t.
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