For me its anger and irritability. I don’t mind some positive symptoms. I was doing fine on 3mg Risperdal no positive symptoms. Reason I went up to 6mg is anger and irriatability issues. Is there meds other than APs that can fix anger and irritability issues?
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My anger and irritability are caused by anxiety and sensory overload.
So, depending on why you have anger, could be worth looking into?
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I don’t have anxiety or sensory overload. I think my irritability is caused by sz as it started when I was diagnosed with psychosis and its worst when I am off meds. 6mg Risperdal does the trick and fix my irritability/anger issues but I ended up with worse negative and cognitive symptoms because of the higher dose, 3 vs 6mg risperidone. Maybe I should try Clozapine like one pdoc recommended me.
Yeah, that’s pretty much the same as me.
I didn’t have issues until my psychosis started. It’s a lot worse when my meds aren’t adequate, I never feel like I’m anxious about anything I just get irritated and yell at everyone.
It wasn’t until a random Internet person mentioned that that’s how they experienced anxiety that it clicked maybe that was what I was dealing with.
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I get irritable and snap at my father a lot when I’m not on a mood stabilizer like Depakote.
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I told my Drs maybe I have sza but they said no so they won’t prescribe me mood stabilizers. I guess my anger and irritability is caused by sz as I read that sz can cause these.
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This was fixed through therapy for me. It’s the negs that are the ongoing bugger. It feels like I’m dragging an anchor around most days and it occasionally becomes demotivating.
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I got angry at my therapist and we yelled at each other. I am looking for a medication, one pdoc suggested Clozapine.
Hard to say what the worst ones are. For me not being in control of behavior and acting strange or irrationally in public or in social settings.
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Did you ever try Clozapine? Was it better for irritability?
I haven’t. I like perphenazine best birth negatives and irritability.
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I asked for this too and was given a mood stabilizer as a stop gap. Was told by pdoc to get it sorted thru therapy as the pills would get cut off in the future. My wife also made it clear I would work at the therapy as she was tired of me flipping my lid.
I gave the therapy an honest effort and it paid off. Completely changed my attitude towards it and got me trying to apply it to other problems, often successfully.
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I started clozapine almost a year ago, and one reason I asked for it is that it has mood-stabilizing actions as well as antipsychotic action. It allowed me to get off the Seroquel and depakote, basically taking me down to only 3 total meds (clozapine, cymbalta, and prn Haldol). It really helped even things out for my mood instability.
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I know you always talk about therapy like if its a magic cure but that wasn’t the case for me. Good for you that it works.
My friend that’s a doctor has aggressive patients injected with Haldol. If there still aggressive then more Haldol lol.
That’s for acute aggression though.
Maybe an anti anxiety prn would help.
Does your anger purely stem from the illness or do you have any situation or subject that is particularly angering?
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Its from the sz. Started since I was diagnosed with psychosis, its much worse off meds.
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Yeah I got the explosive rage and violent thinking from the mental illness. I don’t really know what brings it on.
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My pdoc is so cool, I explained I might have SZA instead of SZ, and she actually agreed and gave me Abilify rather than invega sustenna.
I hated invega🙁
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Abilify isn’t for me. I was on it for 8yrs.
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For me, my voices are less frequent and the negatives are better. I don’t take much mood stabilizer s now, just for PRN, when I feel irritable and start cursing out loud.
Almost to the point I feel guilty applying for disability
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