Normal day off meds

Been off meds for a couple days and I feel great...like my NORMAL self. Also, a little about all the meds I've taken.

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[A08041988]

I was on abilify and had trouble swallowing. I felt like an object was in my throat when in reality nothing was there. Can anyone relate to this?

[A08041988]

@A08041988 I was also on seroquel and could not stop eating. I would eat like 10 bowls of cereal for breakfast.

[BipolarStateofBeing]

@A08041988 Wow, I haven't heard of that happening with seroquel, but zyprexa definitely makes you gain weight.

[BipolarStateofBeing]

@A08041988 Sorry, I never had that happen to me, dunno about others though.

[SoulsAre4Jesus]

Would you ever consider going off meds? I'm on zyprexa right now and the only thing that annoys me is the fact that i can hardly eat anything or else I gain weight.

[BipolarStateofBeing]

@SoulsAre4Jesus I have the same problem with weight gain. However the zyprexa has worked so well that I don't really want to go off it and risk having another episode.

[tragictravisty]

my doctor wanted to put me on abilify but i refused.

[balbanes1]

@guitarobsessed85 L-Dopa which is used to treat Parkinsons is synthetic dopamine and acts as an agonist for dopamine, people who use this drug hallucinate until the drug excites the neurons to death and the person becomes catatonic again.The catecholamines all act together and indirect effects are possible due to a lack selectivity but L-dopa only acts on dopamine so it has been firmly established that high dopamine lvls cause hallucinations and very low levels cause Parkinsons

[guitarobsessed85]

@hh73 Recent studies show that the anti-psychotic properties of dopamine lowering drugs are to to their indirect effect on nor-epinephrine. Dopamine itself does not cause hallucinations. In fact if you dose someone with too much nor-epinephrine they will become psychotic

[lgvmd]

Come on get naked!

[TheAngeltoDemon]

Psychiatrists should be forced to take the medications prescribed, then they would know how crippling and terrible these drugs are. I've been depressed before, but since my cycle of diagnosis hospital stays and medication, i feel like a complete zombie and wish death would take me away. Like she says, the medication has made me worse.

[motboth7]

Of all the medication I took, I thought that risperdal was the most sedating. I took it for 2 years and slept 20 hours a day.

[hh73]

@guitarobsessed85 wouldnt raising dopamine levels make psychotic symtpoms worse? thats the whole point of an antipsychotic.

[classicalnut1]

@BipolarStateofBeing seroquel works amazing for me, but it does make me very hungry. zyprexa really made me gain weight and risperdal gave me horrible akathesia and urinary retension. I also take depakote which levels out my moods and zoloft helps my depression and anxiety. I take cogentin to counteract the side effects of seroquel.

[FairyLea12]

I am thinking about going off meds completely, my dr actually made suggestion about this because of how much worst the meds made me. Before meds, I never thought about killing myself seriously and planning it. Etc. Great video

[tooldrummer]

You talk about feeling great when coming off your meds but there must have been a reason why you were diagnosed and started meds in the first place. It just seems like you attribute being med free to feeling great so why start them at all?

[tooldrummer]

@VinkoRajic Wtf are you talking about?