Anyone else on anti psychotic drugs?
Is anyone on Aripiprazole?(what I'm on), or any other anti psychotic meds? I would like to talk about the problems I'm experiencing with it.
I'm on an aripiprazole depot, yeah 
EDIT: I should have said when I replied this, that I don't have any side effects from it - so I may not be the best person to talk to!
EDIT: I should have said when I replied this, that I don't have any side effects from it - so I may not be the best person to talk to!
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Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd
I'm on an aripiprazole depot, yeah
EDIT: I should have said when I replied this, that I don't have any side effects from it - so I may not be the best person to talk to!
EDIT: I should have said when I replied this, that I don't have any side effects from it - so I may not be the best person to talk to!
Oh ok fair enough. Glad you have no side effects. I have experienced more tiredness and a deadening of sexuality.
Original post by SaucissonSecCy
Oh ok fair enough. Glad you have no side effects. I have experienced more tiredness and a deadening of sexuality.
Really sorry to hear this. Antipsychotics can have all kinds of debilitating and awful side effects
Have you spoken to anyone in your mental health team about it? 
Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd
Really sorry to hear this. Antipsychotics can have all kinds of debilitating and awful side effects Have you spoken to anyone in your mental health team about it?
Have you spoken to anyone in your mental health team about it? It's not too bad it's just a bit frustrating. I can speak to the team but basically, despite my psychosis being isolated incidents, two of them, they consider it a lifetime problem needing constant medication. Hard to convince them out of this view. I could try and write a letter maybe. And, I don't know what you feel about this but for me Aripiprazole is the best in terms of side effects. I'm on 10mg a day currently. Boost myself with caffeine but it's not the same as when I genuinely had more energy.
Original post by SaucissonSecCy
It's not too bad it's just a bit frustrating. I can speak to the team but basically, despite my psychosis being isolated incidents, two of them, they consider it a lifetime problem needing constant medication. Hard to convince them out of this view. I could try and write a letter maybe. And, I don't know what you feel about this but for me Aripiprazole is the best in terms of side effects. I'm on 10mg a day currently. Boost myself with caffeine but it's not the same as when I genuinely had more energy.
Ahhh that is very annoying that they consider it a lifelong problem. I guess there's no knowing when/whether the psychosis might pop up again, but it's still very frustrating for you and yeah, def hard to persuade them otherwise
Yeah I've found aripiprazole to be the best antipsychotic for me out of the ones I tried. I've been on it since 2011 (though I wasn't always taking it that whole time. Obviously now that I'm on a depot injection, I am!) and I'm very reluctant to try anything else
Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd
Ahhh that is very annoying that they consider it a lifelong problem. I guess there's no knowing when/whether the psychosis might pop up again, but it's still very frustrating for you and yeah, def hard to persuade them otherwise
Yeah I've found aripiprazole to be the best antipsychotic for me out of the ones I tried. I've been on it since 2011 (though I wasn't always taking it that whole time. Obviously now that I'm on a depot injection, I am!) and I'm very reluctant to try anything else
Yeah I've found aripiprazole to be the best antipsychotic for me out of the ones I tried. I've been on it since 2011 (though I wasn't always taking it that whole time. Obviously now that I'm on a depot injection, I am!) and I'm very reluctant to try anything else
Yeah I'll have to see if I can convince them. Some other side effects seem to be some dehydration, night urination, even when I don't drink before bed, and feel dehydration, and nightmares.
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