Posted by Caedmon on March 25, 2006, at 13:41:25
In reply to Antipsychotics on mentally healthy people., posted by Boogie on March 24, 2006, at 16:01:53
If your doctor is considering using neuroleptics, you are probably not "mentally healthy". Neurotic states such as depression and anxiety would fall under the vaguely-defined area of "not-quite-mentally-healthy", else why even take medications or go to therapy?
I believe that atypical antipsychotics will *not* provoke psychosis in the vast majority of people, regardless of being mentally interesting or not. I am sure that there are cases of it happening, but it probably isn't common. A more common negative result is that one finds the side effects too much to handle. But this isn't always the case. (I respond well to risperidone.)
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