Psychotropic medication discussion thread

heavy doses of Seroquel😁

Kenneth Scott41 said:heavy doses of Seroquel😁

Honestly, so many people who have messed around with antipsychotics say it’s a total nightmare. A buddy of mine was telling me about this time he and another friend took some Haldol; they were riding the subway when the train suddenly jerked to a stop. They were both holding onto the overhead rails, and once the brakes hit, they just couldn't let go—their arms stayed stuck up there, completely locked in place.😲 It was terrifying, honestly, they couldn't believe what was happening to their own bodies. And then there was this close friend of mine—we were really tight—who passed away a few months ago. She was on all sorts of meds, antidepressants and a whole cocktail of other pills, and then she started taking Zyprexa and Lexapro... I think she mentioned Haldol too. It happened while she was having lunch; she just started choking. The paramedics rushed her to the ER, and she ended up being clinically dead for five minutes at the hospital before falling into a coma. She passed away right on Christmas.😢 I miss her so much, it's just awful.

Oh boy, let's not go scaring everyone with all this talk about choking and clinical death.

Eric Jackson11 said:Oh boy, let's not go scaring everyone with all this talk about choking and clinical death.

I really wasn't trying to freak anyone out, honestly. I was just sharing what happened with a dear friend of mine who passed away—she used to take all her pills at once, and it ended badly. There’s a massive difference between following your doctor's orders and taking your meds exactly as prescribed versus, you know, just swallowing every single pill you can get your hands on. Correct me if I've got that wrong.

I used to be absolutely reckless—just drowning everything in whatever was within reach, whether it was booze or weed... honestly, looking back, I’m just incredibly lucky I didn't end up in a ditch or worse, but I've finally come to my senses. It was all just a desperate attempt to escape reality, I suppose.

Larry Lewis said:I used to be absolutely reckless—just drowning everything in whatever was within reach, whether it was booze or weed... honestly, looking back, I’m just incredibly lucky I didn't end up in a ditch or worse, but I've finally come to my senses. It was all just a desperate attempt to escape reality, I suppose.

Well, there you go! caveman😍

fadedbear92 said:Well, there you go! caveman😍

I’ve never gone on such a pill-fueled bender before
but hey—the grass belongs to me, and I’ll burn it how I please...

Just kidding. Mostly. 🙂

Larry Lewis said:I used to be absolutely reckless—just drowning everything in whatever was within reach, whether it was booze or weed... honestly, looking back, I’m just incredibly lucky I didn't end up in a ditch or worse, but I've finally come to my senses. It was all just a desperate attempt to escape reality, I suppose.

Yeah, I've been there a few times myself. It was just how my crowd lived, always partying, you know? Thankfully, I never had any major issues, thank God, but this friend of mine... she’s been acting like this constantly lately. It's probably the same thing, just trying to escape her own life, and unfortunately, she actually managed to do it.

For fifteen years, I was cycling through all sorts of—to put it mildly—psychotropic medications. It started with Melvil, and then followed a long, disorganized parade of Prozac, Xanax, Paxil, Faverin, Cerson, Misar, Effexor, Normabagel, Catapres, and so on... On top of all that, I was also taking Phemiton (which is a pure barbiturate) to manage epilepsy. Well, about two and a half months ago, I just stopped everything overnight—at my last stage, I was on Cerson, Effexor, Xanax, and Phemiton—and honestly, you wouldn't believe it, but I am alive. I know, it sounds a bit reckless; I could have easily suffered an epileptic seizure, a stroke, or even a heart attack, but luckily, I didn't. The only thing is, I am currently fighting a small battle with my primary condition, though that is a whole different story. What I really want to say is: stay away from those "scams." No one is ever going to save you unless you take matters into your own hands. Most of it is just the placebo effect, manipulation, and deception by the pharmaceutical industry—they make such beautiful profits off of you while poisoning you. To be perfectly honest, you aren't even truly yourself anymore. I am speaking from my own lived experience. After fifteen miserable years, I am finally searching for myself again—and I know it will be a long journey. Once they put you on psych meds, no psychiatrist is ever going to say, "Okay, you're doing great now; you can stop EVERYTHING." Don't wait for that moment; I waited fifteen years. You'll never see it coming. They will just swap one pill for another or add more to the mix. I've experienced both. Fortunately, my "ironclad" constitution handled it all remarkably well, including the sudden withdrawal. Now, I'm not exactly recommending this approach, but I've always been an "all or nothing" type of person. I just want to say: if I could go from seven pills a day to zero overnight, you certainly can too, given enough time. Sure, I had a fever for a month, but what is one month compared to fifteen years? I am still battling my mental health issues, but the physical crises are almost entirely gone.
Hi everyone, just stay brave. If I could do it, you can too. 🙂

Larry Lewis said:I started on the 300mg Seroquel XR yesterday—finally back in the game, so let's see just how much this thing can actually do.🙂

I honestly think it’ll help. For me, it was a total lifesaver—it really did wonders.
As far as the weight gain goes, my psychiatrist told me that I probably won't pack on much more than people on other meds. I guess it’s not as big of a deal as everyone makes it out to be, maybe. At least, that's what he says.

So, I’m on Zoloft, and please, feel free to tear me apart—I know I’ve been incredibly irresponsible with how I’ve been taking it. I’ve basically been popping it every other day, which I realize now was a terrible idea. I can't go back in time and fix my mistakes, no matter how much I regret it. What kind of fallout am I looking at here?
I can't even mention that my doctor brushed off the whole Zoloft thing like it wasn't even a big deal. Honestly, he didn't seem to care one bit. To him, the only thing that actually matters is that I stay consistent and on schedule with my Seroquel. That’s his bottom line, I guess.

slylynx79,
Look, there are plenty of us out here who know damn well that this isn't just some placebo effect. For a lot of us, these meds are exactly what turned us back into functioning human beings...
Without them, things get pretty dark, pretty fast.
If you managed to pull it off without them, hey, good for you, really. But don't go trashing the meds—for a ton of people, they're an absolute lifesaver.

slylynx79 said:For fifteen years, I was cycling through all sorts of—to put it mildly—psychotropic medications. It started with Melvil, and then followed a long, disorganized parade of Prozac, Xanax, Paxil, Faverin, Cerson, Misar, Effexor, Normabagel, Catapres, and so on... On top of all that, I was also taking Phemiton (which is a pure barbiturate) to manage epilepsy. Well, about two and a half months ago, I just stopped everything overnight—at my last stage, I was on Cerson, Effexor, Xanax, and Phemiton—and honestly, you wouldn't believe it, but I am alive. I know, it sounds a bit reckless; I could have easily suffered an epileptic seizure, a stroke, or even a heart attack, but luckily, I didn't. The only thing is, I am currently fighting a small battle with my primary condition, though that is a whole different story. What I really want to say is: stay away from those "scams." No one is ever going to save you unless you take matters into your own hands. Most of it is just the placebo effect, manipulation, and deception by the pharmaceutical industry—they make such beautiful profits off of you while poisoning you. To be perfectly honest, you aren't even truly yourself anymore. I am speaking from my own lived experience. After fifteen miserable years, I am finally searching for myself again—and I know it will be a long journey. Once they put you on psych meds, no psychiatrist is ever going to say, "Okay, you're doing great now; you can stop EVERYTHING." Don't wait for that moment; I waited fifteen years. You'll never see it coming. They will just swap one pill for another or add more to the mix. I've experienced both. Fortunately, my "ironclad" constitution handled it all remarkably well, including the sudden withdrawal. Now, I'm not exactly recommending this approach, but I've always been an "all or nothing" type of person. I just want to say: if I could go from seven pills a day to zero overnight, you certainly can too, given enough time. Sure, I had a fever for a month, but what is one month compared to fifteen years? I am still battling my mental health issues, but the physical crises are almost entirely gone.
Hi everyone, just stay brave. If I could do it, you can too. 🙂

I'm glad you're feeling better... but every body reacts differently. For a while, I was taking medication just so my family wouldn't worry... but if I had just thrown everything away and tried to live like a "normal" person, my illness would have spiraled out of control very quickly. I honestly don't think I've ever been worse than when I tried that. 😢

@slylynx79

I'm really sorry you had such a rough experience—but tell me, did you ever actually try psychotherapy? Medications are vital when they're needed; they aren't just some placebo... honestly, without my meds, I wouldn't even be able to roll out of bed in the morning... so, let's avoid those broad generalizations, shall we?🙄

And please, take a second to look at what you actually wrote:"Now I'm still fighting with my mental state. But the physical crises are almost entirely gone."🙄

Larry Lewis said:I’ve never gone on such a pill-fueled bender before
but hey—the grass belongs to me, and I’ll burn it how I please...

Just kidding. Mostly. 🙂

You're too much with our Elon—he actually has a knack for putting rhymes together... here's another favorite of mine...

Oh, goodness, no—you’ve completely misunderstood me. I was actually the very first one here to struggle with long-term medication dependency. I truly understand how much they can help during those darkest moments. And look, I’m not saying I’m in a perfect state right now, but it isn't nearly as catastrophic as I had feared it would be. That is precisely why I used the term "placebo." Honestly, until yesterday, I absolutely hated it when people threw that word around. But how else am I supposed to explain to my friends that I didn't suffer an epileptic seizure simply from abruptly quitting all those pills—including my anti-epileptics? In the past, whenever I tried to stop, I’d end up dizzy and unsteady for a day or two, feeling like a seizure was imminent... though, to be fair, back then I was desperately craving more medication (since, by the way, I am a former addict). This time, however, for the first time in my life, I genuinely wanted to get rid of everything—all of it—and my mind simply did its job perfectly. It's just what a high-performance machine like the human body is designed to do. So, that is why I said "placebo"—please forgive my choice of words. I have zero intention of hurting anyone's feelings here. But if someone honestly believes that psychiatrists who spend five minutes with a patient just to pile on more prescriptions are doing a good job, well, that's their prerogative. Personally, I think they're absolute scoundrels.

@fadedbear92
Yes, I didn't mean to imply that my mental state is fine while my physical health remains okay. After fifteen years and taking up to ten different medications a day, I fully expected a much more severe physical crisis.

I’ve been through the psychiatric system myself—spent time in hospitals, cycled through all sorts of medications—but honestly, nobody could actually help me until I decided I wanted to be helped. Not to say I wouldn't benefit from psychotherapy right now, but if it just boils down to a few minutes of talk once a month combined with a mountain of pills... well, I'll pass. And let's face it, private therapy is way out of my budget. I know you shouldn't generalize because everyone's biology is unique, but I think there's a common thread among us: we don't want to live without the meds. They provide a sense of security—a lifeline—just like they did for me. In fact, just the day before yesterday, I had this sudden, terrifying urge to take twenty pills instead of just one. I knew that, in that exact moment, everything would feel better—like the world was suddenly bright and colorful again—but I also knew that isn't a long-term solution. Again, I'm just saying—let's be real here—since I've been three months clean, I still get those impulses to just swallow them all and go back to the way I used to live. You know, with that vacant, glassy-eyed stare. It’s a struggle, but that’s just the reality of it.

a btw (and this is my final word on the matter because I can see you all are ready to tear my eyes out) — have none of you ever watched a documentary about psychiatry? Have you never heard that they sign contracts with "certain" manufacturers, ensuring those specific drugs get pushed to almost everyone for a while? It’s just like a financial advisory firm where they only push one insurance provider for a whole month. We all know why that happens. They go on those exotic trips sponsored by pharmaceutical groups while you're stuck sitting on your couch. It pains me to say it—and honestly, it feels terrible to write—but that’s just the reality of it. Do you really think he cares about you? Not really (barring a few exceptions). And don't you notice how the same medications seem to circulate through this forum at the exact same time for most people? Look, I'm not trying to hurt anyone here; I just want to open your eyes if possible, though I highly doubt I can. Right now, you're all so tied to your meds that you refuse to let go, but just think about everything you're missing out on because of this mess. You are perpetually tethered to whatever medical institution issues your prescriptions. Sure, we have e-prescriptions now, but for stronger stuff like Phemiton, that doesn't even work—so Joe still has to sit in a waiting room every two weeks just so some pharmaceutical executive can enjoy the sun in the Bahamas. I am done participating in this illusion. Do whatever you want.
Anyway, please don't lash out at me with anger or whatever else; I won't be commenting anymore. I've already done my time with the meds, and I just wanted to make it clear that getting off them is actually possible. Most of you will probably hate me for saying this, but if even one single person reading this from the darkness of their room realizes that there is truly a way out, then I'll be happy. Bye-bye, people, and good luck to you all. Mwah! :P

I am CONVINCED that doctors—and I mean ALL of them, not just psychiatrists—have these little side deals with Big Pharma... my own physician swapped out a whole bunch of my medications at once, not just one or two little things. There's this rumor that private practitioners don't get these kickbacks, whereas the ones working at public hospitals do, though I can't say if that’s 100% factual.
you're talking about those tiny five-minute check-ins, which isn't actually psychotherapy. Honestly, you sound like a reformed addict trying to preach the gospel to the rest of us now...

fadedbear92 said:You're too much with our Elon—he actually has a knack for putting rhymes together... here's another favorite of mine...

Spot on. I've always had a soft spot for their stuff.😉

This Seroquel has actually woken me up a bit—I don't feel quite as much like a walking zombie as I did with those other antipsychotics. Sometimes my mind just starts racing through these endless loops of thoughts, which can be a lot to handle, but at least it's better than the alternatives. Currently sticking to 300 mg XR daily.

And just because I'm not packing on massive amounts of weight right now doesn't mean I was ever safe from the Zyprexa—that stuff turned me into a balloon.🙂

@deoksi
This is nothing more than trolling. If you actually have evidence that a psychiatrist has signed a deal with a pharmaceutical company, report them to the Chamber of Commerce, Medicare, and the FBI. That wouldn't just be grounds for termination and losing their license; it would also lead to criminal prosecution.
Psychiatrists are supposed to prioritize patient welfare when prescribing medication, not backroom deals with Big Pharma.
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