The worst side effect of ap meds?

Hey guys, as above thoughts?

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I’d say weight gain

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Anhedonia or emotional blunting.

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Parkinson’s syndrome, and restless legs are the worst.

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I’ll second that, while calling it avolition. What is to profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul? What is to profit a man if part of him cares about trying to do a little good in this world, but he can’t motivate himself to get out of bed and make a buck to contribute to charity?

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akathisia 151515

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That it makes me vulnerable and have to take insults,abuse and can’t defend myself cause the medication makes me vegetable. I can’t even go to a pub. I am exposed to aholes. I had a good friend and invited me to the nightlife. He said i do the fighting and you eat popcorn.:joy:

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Will go with some of the community responses.

  • Depression.
  • Akathisia.

Two of my most preeminent are:

  • Suicidal ideations.
  • Depersonalisation.
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Diskinesia is the worst.

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Weight gain, followed closely by akathesia AKA “The Devil’s Legs”

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Weight gain. It changes how people judge you when you meet them as well as knocking confidence and causing other health problems.

Sedation is also really bad on some drugs. I found Quitapine (Seoquel) made me feel like a zombie. Slower to react to things, sleeping all the time etc. Not fun.

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I’d have to say Zyprexa elevating my blood sugar.

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I agree with @Greenmind. Tardive diskinesia is the worst because it’s permanent

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weight gain followed by tasrtiditve dyskenisia. Still better than psychosis

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Fainting, going unconscious.

its not permanent, you just go on a drug holiday to alleviate symptoms

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Some doctor’s formerly believed that it was permanent in some cases. Has the current medical consensus changed on that? I understand that you are a student of medicine, so I thought you might know something about that.

I thought that extrapyrimidal symptoms were stopped when the AP was stopped, but that TD was permanent

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Gyno and weight gain.

Negative symptoms.

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