Posts by Brandon Lopez6

Jason Vaughn482 said:Is anyone else out there battling debilitating constipation thanks to these psychotropic meds? I am honestly at my wit's end here; even the strongest over-the-counter laxatives don't seem to touch the problem, it's like my digestive system has just completely gone on strike.

I actually dealt with the exact opposite for the longest time. Nothing worked for me either until it just... stopped on its own, just like how it started.
Hang in there.

silentpuma3, I think you’re just fighting a losing battle against the wind. I wanted to slide into your DMs to tell you what happened to me, but since you’ve got your private messages locked down, I guess I'll just lay it out here.
Back then, what really got to me was how certain people would take every single one of my posts and turn them into these gross, low-brow sex jokes. It was brutal reading that stuff when I was already hitting rock bottom—this forum was pretty much my only outlet and my only support system. I tried being polite about it, asking them to leave me out of the jokes, but nothing changed. Once I started getting "edgy" (okay, fine, I became rude in a nasty way), they just started deleting my posts instead of actually dealing with the trolls. No one ever got sanctioned. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if they handed out some "educational" disciplinary cards to everyone involved... I even got told to just get lost if the jokes bothered me so much. So, I did. I left.
I tried talking to the mods, the sub-mods, even the admins—but it was like shouting into a void.

Adam Chase98 said:Uh...I've done everything. It's not even true dizziness; it's more like this cloudiness or instability in my head...like I'm looking through water, if that makes any sense. I really tried giving it a chance, but it's been almost two and a half months now and there's zero progress.

I actually had some changes show up on my EEG, so they put me on an anti-seizure med, and since then, those symptoms you're talking about have totally cleared up. You asked if anyone else deals with this? Yeah, me too. It was exactly what you described.

Adam Chase98, sometimes those antidepressants just take forever to actually kick in.
About the dizziness, though—have you gone in for an EEG yet?

Kevin Bailey2 said:Oh, one more thing... my Xanax was shaped like a triangle, so there wasn't a line to break it. If yours has a score mark on it, just snap it in half.

Yeah, that's the one I'm on too. The triangle ones without the line.
I was supposed to start tapering down my dose yesterday, but my brain totally glitched and I took 4. Way to go, me. 🙄

fadedbear92 said:Wait, why can't you go cold turkey? It's not like it's your heart or something...🤔

honestly, I have no clue.🤷

Starting my taper off amozyl this weekend. Right now I'm at four tablets every night, and the plan is to drop one pill per week (which is basically how I scaled up originally, adding one tablet each week). I know most antidepressants allow for a slower taper, but you just can't—and shouldn't—cold turkey amozyl. Honestly, I’m second-guessing myself already. Is dropping one a week going to be too much of a shock to the system? Should I maybe play it safer and only drop a pill every two weeks instead? Or should I stick to the seven-day window? Any advice would be huge.

Kimberly Morris said:Day 5 on Zoloft. Just tried to go for a quick walk to clear my head, but I could barely even move because there’s this weird pressure behind my eyes. It feels like I can't focus on anything—honestly, it's like my eyes don't even belong to me.

Is this what derealization feels like? And can Zoloft actually pull this kind of stunt?

Yeah, maybe. It's definitely possible.

urbanskipper4 said:I mostly hang out on the OKP forums, but I pop in here every now and then.
I finally managed to get myself off Ambien.
Honestly, I thought it was going to be impossible, but I actually did it.

I used to take 10 mg of Ambien.
My doctor told me they wouldn't prescribe it anymore because I’d been using it way too long—apparently, the new rules say you can only get it for maybe two or three weeks max.
So, I started cutting my dose in half to 5 mg and took some 0.25 mg Valium along with it for a week.

After that, I dropped down to just a quarter pill of Ambien and kept taking the Valium for another week.

Then I moved on to just taking the Valium. Now? I'm not even touching that anymore.

I'm just sticking to my regular prescribed meds now.

Anyway, I just wanted to reach out and encourage anyone else here who's trying to kick Ambien. Just wanted to say that it really is possible.

major props to you🙏 🙏 🙏

Charles Wright said:Is anyone taking Eglonyl alongside an antidepressant? I'm curious to hear about your experiences.

there's an entire thread dedicated to that somewhere, so maybe go dig through that.🙂

silentpuma3 said:My brain fog finally lifted after I completely stepped away from all my medications. I also overhauled my entire diet—cut out the sugar, caffeine, alcohol, and all that processed junk. Throw in enough sleep, staying hydrated, and just avoiding people and content that trigger stress... it actually worked.

I know I can’t really fix the hand I was dealt with bad genetics, but let's be honest, nothing else would have made a long-term difference anyway...

Since you used bold, I'm gonna assume you aren't currently doing 😁

Look, I’ve got all the support in the world from my family and friends, but without my meds? I'm basically nothing. Zero. I'm completely non-functional and honestly right on the edge of needing to take medical leave from work.

Questions about you? What kind of divine questions are we even talking about? You’ve got one single post on this forum, so technically, you don't even exist here yet.

Carol Barrett2 said:Look, I didn't say they always cause depression—just that they *can*. It doesn't happen to everyone.
I take my APs just so I don't end up fighting with anyone (especially my family).
My supposed "psychosis" was actually triggered by an overdose of Advil combined with elevated Morphine levels in my toxicology report.
Since I stopped taking Advil based on my doctor's advice, I wouldn't be considered Psychotic.
You don't know enough about my specific situation to claim that I'd be Psychotic if I weren't on APs.
Sometimes I forget to take them for a day or two, and I don't have any episodes—honestly, I never even had them to begin with.
My case is a bit weird—the first time I was Hospitalized, it was over these psychosomatic issues and arguing with the staff at the hospital where I was staying for liver problems—weight dropping from 175 lbs down to 140 lbs, being unable to go to the bathroom for over ten days, pain in my groin, stomach, and the fact that I hadn't slept for maybe three or four days straight because of the pain.
The second time, it was the same symptoms, but this time I just snapped. I didn't want to kill myself, but I did want God to take me, so I stood right in the middle of the street. A car didn't hit me head-on, but when I tried to step back, a car clipped me because I wasn't walking far enough onto the shoulder. I survived without broken bones or anything crazy, but I had deep wounds that should have needed stitches, and I had to try and treat them myself with creams and ointments while stuck in the psych ward.

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, but I still think your previous post was just unnecessarily clunky and poorly written.

Carol Barrett2 said:What exactly am I "making up"? Since I started taking these, they've triggered this mild depression—I feel like absolute crap because of them. And what, you're going to tell me depression doesn't lead to psychosis and psychotic attacks?
Depression and psychosis
https://www.google.com/webhp?ie=utf-...ses+psychosis+
Psychotic Depression
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotic_depression

So, what, antipsychotics ALWAYS cause mild depression, which ALWAYS spirals into worse depression, which ALWAYS leads to psychosis? Because that’s basically how your post read—don't take them or you'll end up psychotic.

Brandon Mitchell said:So, antipsychotics are meant to treat psychosis, but can someone actually explain the mechanics behind how they work? Also, is it normal to feel this total lack of emotional intensity while on them? It’s like this constant emotional dullness where every single day feels identical. Nothing really excites me, and I can't even distinguish between feeling sad or happy because I don't feel either—it’s just an endless sense of emptiness. Since I've been feeling this void for two years now while on my meds, does that mean I should start tapering off, or is it time to switch to a different medication entirely? My psychiatrist keeps insisting she'll start lowering my dosage once my concentration improves, but I have no clue when that's ever going to happen since I feel exactly the same every day—neither better nor worse—and my psychotic symptoms are gone. If anyone here actually knows what they're talking about, please weigh in. Thanks in advance! (edit) Honestly, I'm starting to lose faith in psychiatrists. It feels like they just treat you like a machine to be fixed rather than actually trying to understand the quality of my life, even though I've been completely open with her. I keep telling her repeatedly that this emptiness is bothering me, but she just sticks to the same line about waiting for my focus to improve before tapering. I'm seriously considering finding a new doctor, but at the same time, switching providers after three years feels like a massive risk...

I dealt with the exact same thing. I stopped taking the antipsychotics and the problem was gone. For me, the original reason I was even on them had cleared up, so there wasn't much point in staying on them. Not sure if your situation is the same.

Carol Barrett2 said:They also tend to intensify mild depression, and depression can trigger psychosis and psychotic attacks.

Stop making stuff up that doesn't make sense. You're just spreading unnecessary panic. 🙄🙄

brightviper22 said:Can you describe those episodes? I had two in two years, both for good reason. The first was after a breakup—I hadn't eaten or slept for weeks, just cried constantly. My entire routine was trashed, and then I went to take three finals in one day😲. Naturally, I didn't pass the first one because I blacked out and started seizing. Ended up in the ER on an IV, got brain scans, and then sent home. Then there was the second time; I hadn't slept, and I ended up taking eight 400mg Seroquel pills—that's 3200mg. Instead of passing out, my grandma woke me up and I was just completely drained. Total shutdown. One minute I'm at the emergency room, the next I've got knots on my head from hitting the radiator and my heart racing at 150 BPM. Honestly, it doesn't even feel like epilepsy to me. More like a total brain power-down. I tend to push my body past its limit, so maybe that's just how it shuts off. My labs aren't great either, but I can say the anti-epileptic helps. It calms me down and helps me sleep better. Starting tomorrow, I'll be taking two 🙂
And then there's the other thing. Every once in a while, when I'm exhausted, I get these tremors. Like a bolt of lightning hits me. I'll be walking on flat ground and almost collapse because everything flashes white for a split second🤷

Mine are kind of like derealization, but not quite. Not sure how to best describe it, so I'll just tell you what happened the other day.
I worked from 7:30 to 4:00. Took my last Xanax at 1:00 PM and stayed awake until about 1:00 AM. I couldn't even follow a show (was watching Family Guy, nothing that needs heavy focus), just some random junk with subtitles. My brain literally just turned off. Like falling asleep with your eyes open. It only lasts a second, so I don't fall on the floor or anything like that, which is why my epi is considered mild. Afterward, though, my coordination is shot, and sound and vision get all distorted—like I'm seeing and hearing through a tunnel. I'm aware of everything, but also... not. Time stops feeling linear; it’s more like being stuck in one terrible moment. And it lingers for a bit, you know?
Now, the recent stuff might be fatigue, but sometimes it happens in the middle of the day for no reason at all. Tired, well-rested, hungry, full, happy, pissed off—doesn't matter. Ever since I started the meds, it happens way, way, way less often.

Glad the anti-epileptic is helping you; it's been a lifesaver for me.

restlesstrucker15 said:I was wondering, if I'm prescribed this for those other issues, does it cause heavy sedation by the second day? For my current condition, they suggest taking 10 or 25 before bed. The problem is that by the next day, I struggle with anything that causes drowsiness; I just couldn't adjust to it with things like Xanax or Seroquel. If it does cause sedation, does that eventually wear off after a while?

Man, 😢 I wasn't aware you both dealt with epilepsy. It isn't easy, though it seems you both have things under control. 😉

Skickas FR

It doesn't make me feel drugged, at least not personally. I take mine at night, and yeah, getting out of bed in the morning is a struggle, but honestly, that’s just how my body works. It takes me a good few minutes to actually feel human once I'm up. I don't feel loopy or high or anything like that.
Sure, it might bug you at first—my doctor gave me a heads-up about that—but it usually settles down after a week or two. As for me, I didn't feel any of that initial fuzziness at all.

brightviper22 said:I take Depakote Chrono 300mg before bed, then 600mg plus 800mg of Seroquel; they've pretty much stripped everything else away... my dad keeps suggesting Xanax, but honestly, I have no idea how to get hold of anything without risking another overdose. My first question to the neurologist was how that antiepileptic would affect my sleep 🤣 I'm terrified of being wide awake all night. The psychiatrist suggested some kind of injections, but from what I gather, that means staying in the hospital. I need to find out if I can just get those at the local clinic in my small town instead of lying in a hospital bed wasting what little life I have left surrounded by old ladies.

Amyzal 👍

The thing is, my MRI, CT, and EEG don't actually show classic epilepsy—just "brain waves." Supposedly my brain is just burnt out from everything, which caused the seizure, or whatever...

My CT scan came back clean, and the EEG is fine too, except for one tiny detail, which is why I get these "awake seizures." I don't pass out or convulse, I just get hit with these massive episodes that feel a lot like derealization.

brightviper22 said:Here I go again (dayria). Banned until four months from now. Things have been hitting rock bottom lately, so I figured I’d share what the last few weeks have looked like. Ended up back in the hospital—this time at a facility in Memphis. I felt half-dead, just waiting to sign the discharge papers so I could get out of there. Since then, everything has been dark. Suicidal thoughts won't leave me alone. I told my psychiatrist today, but of course, my idiot father had to barge into the office and turn it into a massive drama. Now I’m stuck on Prozac, they left me Seroquel, and xanax. To make matters worse, my doctor snatched 😠 right out from under me. On Tuesday the 24th, I was just sitting at my laptop when suddenly I was surrounded by EMTs. My heart rate shot up to 150 beats per minute 😲. Apparently, I collapsed, started shaking, and hit my head on a radiator. Long story short, after all the tests, they think I might have epilepsy 🙂. Just what I needed. Now the psychiatrist is pushing for me and my old man to check into the hospital for two weeks of injections. Absolutely not happening. I barely survived those 14 days last time. Waking up at 6 AM, forced exercises when you'd rather gouge your eyes out, food that tastes like sludge, people who don't even shower, others who just pass gas... no chance. Unless they can arrange for me to get my shots locally here in Nashville, I'm not going. And yeah, they gave me some brutal anti-epileptic med that gives me splitting headaches. I'm exhausted. Maybe third time's the charm if I can finally manage to end it. I need to find a new way. They hid my ☕

Not sure which anti-epileptic you were prescribed, but those often act as mood stabilizers too, so if you're dealing with epilepsy (like me), it's a win win.
Personally, I didn't deal with any side effects when I started the anti-epileptic.

restlesstrucker15 said:I find myself returning to this question: is anyone here currently taking Lyrica? It’s typically prescribed in lower doses for generalized anxiety or neuropathy. I was on it quite some time ago to deal with nerve damage following spinal surgery, but I only managed to tolerate it for about two months. While it worked wonders for my anxiety, it left me feeling wired—almost like I was on speed—which made sleep impossible. As for the neuropathy, you really need a higher dose and longer-term use to see results, so the pain persisted regardless. I am curious to hear if anyone else is using it and how you are managing.
Also, I know Amyl is sometimes prescribed in small amounts, though I will need to consult with my neurosurgeon and coordinate that with my psychiatrist.
If you are struggling with anxiety, feel free to ask about Lyrica, though unfortunately, it can be quite expensive. Just keep in mind it isn't indicated for epilepsy.

Skickas fr

What specifically do you want to know about Amyzol? I've been on 10mg four times a day for almost a year now. 🙂

Jeremy Scott said:It’s not my fault you’re misinterpreting everything. I doubt you even read the whole thing.

I'm done here. I can't help you anymore.

Was the question really that complicated?

I'm sorry, but I can't make it any simpler than that.

Jeremy Scott said:I am not sure who you think you are arguing with or which specific part of my posts you find inaccurate.
My memory was impaired by Lorazepam, and that is a fact confirmed by a specialist.
At no point did I say anxiolytics should never be taken.

I suspect you are reacting aggressively just to mask your own weaknesses.

Panic can be overcome without anxiolytics. Anyone can do it. Some people just prefer an instant fix for all of life's problems.
Why bother working on yourself when there is a pill 🙄

See, I get the feeling you're just out here throwing hate at anyone taking meds without consequences, just because things went south for you. Besides, looking at what I bolded, did you even ever take anything? 🍿