Which APs have you tried?

Medications
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Where did you get indian snake root?

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Amazon.com. I was very concerned during the 2018-2019 first generation antipsycothic shortage and discontinuation in the US, and I was looking for something that would work that I could legally grow myself, if need be. I bought seeds too.

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I see, i would like to take it with my antipsychotic but i was researching now and it gives you more side effects with the antipsychotic, there is a risperidone shortage right now where im at so i bought 3 boxes of it.

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I don’t recommend Indian Snake Root. I’m not medically qualified to do so.

It has an almost completely different and complementary method of action, as I understand it, and an extract of it was still used a few years ago in some countries to increase the effectiveness of antipsychotics when used together.

When used separately (yes, I came off of my Haldol for a little while, because it looked as if all first gen APs were being discontinued anyway, at the time) I got a very different feeling than I did on other antipsychotics.

It made my pupils small and made it feel like I had exhausted my brain with thought or stress; but, I could still muster up quick bursts of thought before running out of energy, unlike on other AP’s. I became witty again.

COVID hit, the pharmaceutical industry made money off of vaccines instead, and Haldol became available again, so I got off the root and got back on Haldol.

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I’ve been on everything…now I’m just taking clozapine and haldol. I think the worst one I’ve ever taken was Geodon, cuz it gave me crazy akathesia. I don’t like how the clozapine makes me want to sleep all the time or how it’s hard to lose weight on it, but I’ve only had one hospitalization this year on it, whereas I was in 3-4 times a year on the other meds, so that’s good. I’d rather be fat and sane than thin and crazy!

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Respiradone
Olanzapine
Abilify

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I’m also starting to gain weight because of white bread and cheese so I gone on lacto
pescetterian diet where I still eat chees and white bread but where I avoid any kind of meat with the exception of seafood. I also add stevia to foods that need to get sweetened instead of sucker.

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I’ve tried
Olazapine
Seroquel
Lurasidone
Haldol
Abilify
Invega(pills)
Risperidone (pills)
Geodon(current)

Also take AD, anti anxiety and mood stabilizer.