Nurse told me a while ago that some things will never go away. But i feel like i shouldn’t have hallucinations that someone is trying to get into my bedroom while unable to move and having thoughts ill be murdered sometime soon in a brutal way.
So whats it feel like to be on the right meds?
Unfortunately everyone is a special snowflake.
Some meds work better for others, some symptoms are managed better then others and some are more resilient to treatment.
Keep trying medications.
I feel generally normal, apart from some negative symptoms and some hallucitory symptoms are starting to peak in, I dunno what will work for you.
I’m not yet on the perfect cocktail of meds, I’m hoping the tapering down the haldol and the addition of abilify with the rest of the meds
I am a different person. Off meds I am angry and ready to fight constantly. I believe everyone is plotting against me. My brain is like a laptop running 10 browsers tabs, a music plauer, and writing a novel all at once.
On meds I am calm, a little anxious and insecure, and never angry without a LOT of prodding. My brain slows down and I can keep one train of thought easily. I only have my regular inner voice that everyone has. I also don’t hear things like doors and bells and knocking and people mumbling.
Being on meds makes me very unmotivated but I am much happier as a whole.
I don’t hear voices or see things when I’m off meds.
But off meds I do :
The right med combo for me gets rid of all that. Unfortunately one person’s miracle med is another’s downfall. And abilify isn’t working out for you (possibly) and I just got lucky with it.
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On Latuda, I do not hallucinate at all. It changes everything. Sadly, that doesn’t happen for everyone. But it’s worth trying meds u til you find the right one.
I’m on the best medicine in a while although it is not perfect at all and I still have tons of issues. The one med I hallucinated all these needles sticking all over my body, my mom heard me screaming because it was so painful. She asked me at family therapy what my dream was like that day, and I said exactly what she heard when it was happening. I also had years of terrible experiences like that, some I couldn’t wake out of until hours later and just had to play it out, caused me to sleep in and miss school/work
I found my miracle med fluphenazine about ten years ago…been fine ever since…no way I would switch unless I had to…
Being on the right cocktail is freedom.
Well first of all I’m gonna have to say no side effects. Second of all, your symptoms should be either nonexistent, or so mild to where they dont really impact your life anymore. That’s how my meds are. I rarely get psychosis symptoms anymore and when i do they are very brief and generally not that bad.
I wouldn’t worry about what a nurse said. I had a similar thing happen to me and I think it’s safe to say the nurse who told me I would be on benefits for the rest of my life was completely wrong.
You can be an exceptional example and prove these people wrong for their hasty judgements.
It’s stability and feeling healthy. Enjoying things again and having ambitions again. Wouldn’t trade it for the world.
I take Zyprexa, Lamictal, and Lexapro for sza depressive type. The Zyprexa has eliminated all my psychotic symptoms and also my paranoia. Even my pdoc thought I’d never get rid of my paranoia, but here I am feeling completely normal and looking for a job. It takes some experimenting to find the right med but when you do, it changes your life.
On my meds (amisulpride and olanzapine and Lamotrigine) I am pretty stable with not much symptoms, maybe just mild avolition and thought insertion.
Off meds I’m all agitated and jumbled up and hearing voices and severely depressed and terrible avolition
(This is something I must remind myself when I am tempted to come off my meds!)
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