So far, I have been put on olanzapine, amisulpiride, sulpiride, aripiprazole and pipotiazine. I am still in hope of the perfect cure since I still imagine voices which I can’t help doing. They come to me like intuitions. Have you found anything to completely cure you? I’m driving everyone crazy!
(I’m not a medical professional and I don’t give medical advice. What follows is just my personal experience)
Invega was the first medication I was put on and it got rid of my psychosis within weeks. I had bad delusions, but not voices. In my opinion, it worked for me at low doses, such as 3 mg daily. I was on 6 mg for a long time though, for various reasons, such as the opinions of my psychiatrist and family, and later, I think it was because the drug was being broken down enzymatically. I never seemed to have any delusions, except when I weaned myself off of it totally under the direction of my psychiatrist.
Delusional thinking came back, and I got back on it quickly. It worked again. That was the last time I had trouble with psychosis.
I desired to switch to a cheaper antipsychotic over a year ago, so my psychiatrist switched me to 1 mg of generic Haldol daily. I’ve been without symptoms for all of that time, with the exception of a slight, occasional, situational tremor, and also the fact that 2 times, I started thinking paranoid thoughts that I didn’t believe for a few hours at night, at which time I went up to 2 mg’s daily for a brief time, and then back down to 1 mg.
So, both of the antipsychotics I’ve tried have worked; but, they don’t seem to be in your list, and they seem to be among the antipsychotics that have an unofficial reputation of being ‘stronger,’ more ‘risky,’ or having more side effects. They work for me though, and I’ve generally stuck with what worked in this regard.
Thanks! Sounds like you only suffer delusion though. I’m entirely messed up by hearing intuitions. Am wondering about clozapin or an antidepressant medication…
Again, I’m not a medical professional; but, I am unaware of any theories which would class medication differently in terms of whether auditory hallucinations, such as voices, or delusions are being treated. As far as I know, they are both considered to be ‘psychosis,’ and are treated by ‘antipsychotics.’
If someone credible posts on here and says something like ‘This medication worked for delusions, but not voices. This other medication worked for voices, but not delusions,’ I believe I will be surprised and educated by that.
Sure, both are serious problems…
The truth is, that every human system reacts differently to any medication. For example, one medication may work fine for me and vanish my positive symptoms and some of my negative ones, but another medication may not work for me at all. The same from person to person. One might work for someone, whereas it will not work for another. That’s why I am willing to tell my doctor to switch my medicines to ones havinf quetiapine, or clozaril, because I still haven’ t tried those. By now, all I 've tried caused me problems, either they weren’t effective, or by the side effects.
When they put me on Haldol decoate it took care of my delusions, but it was a very bland existence. The years I was on Haldol were the worsrt years of my life. I’ve been on Geodon and Seroquel for over ten years, and they are working great for me.
The only medicine that’s ever worked for me was booze and weed
I’m not cured by any means but I’m doing well. It’s hard to say which meds work and which ones don’t work for me because for decades I was non-compliant and didn’t take them as prescribed. Now that I’m taking medication religiously, I’ve found my current medications Abilify, Trilafon, and Luvox work well with little side effects.
I meant to say that I’ve been without positive symptoms for all of that time, except, blah blah blah.
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I tried Seroquel, olanzapine, clozapine, risperidone, haloperidol, sulpiride and amisulpride. The ones which worked were risperidone and amisulpride, the others just gave me side effects. But recently I was put on a low dose of olanzapine again with my amisulpride that I am taking presently, and it seems to be working for lifting my depression a bit. But this is just my meds story - everyone’s is different! 