Antipsychotics (depakote and olanzapine) literally killed my gains

[WhenTheyCry]

Ever since I stopped taking these pills I've felt more energetic in the gym.

 

[crystal_meth97]

Antipsychotics are poison. I have a terrible experience with these drugs and even since I quit, about 3 months ago, it's like I woke up after 8 years of confusion. I was misdiagnosed with bipolar and had to take several antipsychotics over the course of the last 8 years, including olanzapine, quetiapine, aripiprazole, and risperidone. My sleep schedule is perfect now, I wake up after 6-8 hours of sleep fully rested, my anxiety is lower, no more brain fog, everything is so much better. It's like I've been dead inside all these years and now I came back to life. I still want to CTB because I despise life and people in general, life is still difficult for me, but my life has become so much more comfortable and easy now that I'm off psychiatric drugs. I was taking Depakote (similar name where I live, same substance anyway) as well, 1,200 mg a day. It was supposed to help me have a stable mood, but my mood is now as stable as it can be with BPD. It was paradoxical how these drugs worked against me and were causing me more harm. I'm not bashing psychiatry as a whole, it sometimes helps, but I hate it with a passion. It was a form of oppression for me and most psychiatrists see us a subhumans. The only help I got was from mirtazapine, when I was only taking this drug, but it also came with awful side effects. Enjoy being free from side effects!

 

[Life_and_Death]

i find it interesting to read about the different reacts people have.
personally when i was on the olanzapine it was only for 2 days.
day 1 i took 10mg and slept 15-20hrs and day 2 i took half of that and still slept for 10-12.
that was good enough for me to say nope.
and my f'en psychiatrist "you have to give your meds time to work". when im having severe reactions like that? you can shove it.
i absolutely love that the 3 he gave me failed meanwhile the 1 i did the research for and suggested, im still taking a couple years later without side effects.

 

[AnxiousLlama]

Aromatase inhibitors and enclomiphene helped me after I stopped taking corticosteroids.

 

[penguinl0v3s]

Not discounting that they may work for people with BP or schizo, but I hate this shit. I don't see why it's even a secondary treatment for depression at all, when depression causes apathy and mood stabilizers cause you to feel less emotion. I wish more doctors were okay with using stimulants as treatment. Those are the only things that I like: none of these depressants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, antihistamines, and hallucinogenics are good, and antipsychs are the only thing I won't touch.

 

[WhenTheyCry]

Not discounting that they may work for people with BP or schizo, but I hate this shit. I don't see why it's even a secondary treatment for depression at all, when depression causes apathy and mood stabilizers cause you to feel less emotion. I wish more doctors were okay with using stimulants as treatment. Those are the only things that I like: none of these depressants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, antihistamines, and hallucinogenics are good, and antipsychs are the only thing I won't touch.

It's all about making money in the end

 

[penguinl0v3s]

It's all about making money in the end

It's illegal for doctors to make money from prescribing certain drugs. Doctors get paid for the appointments you make with them, but not the scripts that they send. I don't know the amount of doctors breaking the law though.