Psychotics or Antipsychotics?
Posted: April 18th, 2024, 8:36 am
As you may have noticed, some of my posts have been a bit weird lately. I was misdiagnosed as psychotic 15 years ago and put on antipsychotic medication. For much of that time, on and off I have been trying to get off them. They truly are dreadful 'medications' to be on, they blunt your mind and ruin the chemical balance in your brain. I have now been off them mostly for the best part of a year and things still aren't back to normal for me although I am coping mostly.
The problem is when you come off them your brain goes a bit haywire and you get psychotic symptoms. To the average NHS Psychiatrist (and average is the biggest compliment I can pay some of the ones I have known) it just proves that you need them and they try to force you to take them again, for life. I understand from the reading I have done that these withdrawals may last years, especially since I have been on them for so long.
This time having been off them for over a year mostly I actually started to hear voices which is a really weird experience when it happens to you for the first time although, once again I learnt to cope with it. They had also started to abate. However, I also felt a lot sharper mentally and was amazed how quickly I could think again, I had forgotten the man I once was.
If you or a loved one are ever encouraged to take these I urge you to do a lot of reading first if possible and tread carefully and if deemed truly necessary try to keep their use as short as possible.
The problem is when you come off them your brain goes a bit haywire and you get psychotic symptoms. To the average NHS Psychiatrist (and average is the biggest compliment I can pay some of the ones I have known) it just proves that you need them and they try to force you to take them again, for life. I understand from the reading I have done that these withdrawals may last years, especially since I have been on them for so long.
This time having been off them for over a year mostly I actually started to hear voices which is a really weird experience when it happens to you for the first time although, once again I learnt to cope with it. They had also started to abate. However, I also felt a lot sharper mentally and was amazed how quickly I could think again, I had forgotten the man I once was.
If you or a loved one are ever encouraged to take these I urge you to do a lot of reading first if possible and tread carefully and if deemed truly necessary try to keep their use as short as possible.