Posted by Christ_empowered on March 4, 2019, at 18:47:31
In reply to Re: neuroleptic dosage » Christ_empowered, posted by beckett2 on March 4, 2019, at 12:39:49
hey, beckett. how are you?
yeah, I think I'm just now making peace with whole "life with severe mental illness" -thing-, you know?
as...I dunno..."Schizoaffective, manic type" individuals go...I"m considered "high functioning," and also (somehow...) "extremely intelligent," so I cannot really complain. The "extremely intelligent" deal kind of takes me by surprise, given how destroyed I was by the (not voluntary!) shock 'treatments,' etc., so...
yeah. As much as I'd like to -not- take a neuroleptic or take less or...blah blah blah...I think the name of the game might be working with a prescriber to select -less- toxic neuroleptics and also keep on the Orthomolecular, to further reduce toxicity and the risk of TD.
I don't feel mega-tranquilized on 20mgs/Abilify, no. I'm glad I"m on Abilify and not, say, risperidone or zyprexa. I don't do well with most neuroleptics, especially the more sedating ones, and I tend to gain weight during times of stress and depression, anyway, so...yeah. Abilify has been a good psych drug, for me.
thanks for your reply, and I"m glad you found my explanation helpful. It was straight "off the top of my head," pretty much how I understand things, too (as a non-science person, also).
:-) thanks.
poster:Christ_empowered
thread:1103342
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20190206/msgs/1103477.html