Anybody here due to damage from psychiatric meds?
Yes, I'm not sure I would have ever ruined my life so bad as once I was prescribed adderall. I had no idea what I was in for. Completely derailed. I was addicted to other stuff too but nothing quite like Adderall.
Redt2go
flower child
- Jan 5, 2019
- 1,643
Yeah I was forced medicated with Abilify in my 2 week stay in the psych ward. Ever since I'm suffering severe insomnia, loss of interests and motivation, anhedonia, sexual dysfunction, etc. all due to Abilify's effects on the dopamine system. I never had those pre-abilify. It basically ruined my life. I wish I was never put on it. I was totally fine before I was admitted I was just a little anxious/depressed. I was put on something that was made for schizophrenics. I'm 4 months off and no improvement.
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Redt2go
flower child
- Jan 5, 2019
- 1,643
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happygolucky
- Feb 10, 2019
- 36
I'm not here for that reason, but psych meds def fucked me up.
Lithium in particular was like poison to my body. Miracle med for bipolar supposedly, totally wrong for my body chemistry. I basically got every shitty side effect with no benefits. Psych kept insisting it would get better, it doesn't cause weight gain, side effects were probs a dif drug, etc.
Finally off that fucked pill and all side effects mostly gone. Acne clearing up, losing weight finally instead of steady gaining, hair stopped falling out and actually looks healthy, no longer practically pissing myself everyday, lethargy lifted and I'm not a fucking potato anymore...
Lithium in particular was like poison to my body. Miracle med for bipolar supposedly, totally wrong for my body chemistry. I basically got every shitty side effect with no benefits. Psych kept insisting it would get better, it doesn't cause weight gain, side effects were probs a dif drug, etc.
Finally off that fucked pill and all side effects mostly gone. Acne clearing up, losing weight finally instead of steady gaining, hair stopped falling out and actually looks healthy, no longer practically pissing myself everyday, lethargy lifted and I'm not a fucking potato anymore...
NorthAmericanQc
Experienced
- Feb 5, 2019
- 227
justabouttobedone
No Longer Human
- Feb 21, 2019
- 72
I started with Prozac, then continued with Buspon 15 mg and Efexor 150 mg a day, and then Efexor was raised to 225 mg a day (If I am not wrong it is the maximum dose possible). But it was not enough and as my mental and physical health was getting worse day by day because of meds, they started to give me dozens of different meds to find the best medicine possible for me. I used Sormodren, Arifay, Citol, Aripa, Misol, Rexapin, Lustral, Depakin etc. after Efexor and Buspon, all with highest dose possible. Nothing changed in a good way. My mental health totally fucked up. I made a suicide plan. I bought a rope and went to the laundry of my dorm. I tried full suspension but failed miserably. I confessed what I did to my psychiatrist. My psychiatrist suggested that it will be better if I continue my treatment at a psych ward, and I accepted it. But it was the worst decision of my life. In the psych ward, they started use me as a Guinea pig, they gave me tons of different injections and pills. I stayed there for two weeks, then I escaped from there by pretending as if I was recovered. But I couldn't take it anymore, my mental health was totally fucked up, so I lost all my hope and finally attempted suicide by taking two boxes of Rexapin and Misol. It wasn't enough of course, so I am here hoping to recover...
Not me, though I went through some hard times with them. I wanted to blame them, but I was doing just as bad before them honestly, though with a bit more optimism at the time.
Trisolaris
Arcanist
- Dec 11, 2018
- 447
I believe that psychiatric meds caused permanent damage in a form of chronic fatigue, dysphoria, brain fog, and agitation.
favourite
Student
- Feb 15, 2019
- 191
Meds never really worked for me, except maybe wellbutrin amd xanax. In two (TWO) years I went through: escitalopram, alprazolam, hydroxizinum, alprazolam sr, sertraline, mirtazapine, quetiapinum, chlorprothixen, paroxetine, wellbutrin, pregabalin, trazodonum, mianserin, venlafaxine, and zolpidem.
How I ended up with only weight gain (significant tho) and slight brain fog (which I try to cure by reading and learning languages) is beyond me.
How I ended up with only weight gain (significant tho) and slight brain fog (which I try to cure by reading and learning languages) is beyond me.
Random
Member
- Apr 30, 2018
- 40
No. I was on olanzapine and seroxat for a good while. Pinned a lot of my hopes on giving them up. Thought I could expect improvements, regain some clarity and just function better in general. But I'm still an extra in the walking dead.
FoxtrotOscar
Member
- Nov 13, 2018
- 32
Not meds but psychiatry in general ruined my life completely
Jenna
Experienced
- Nov 21, 2018
- 234
Jenna
Experienced
- Nov 21, 2018
- 234
Anxiety, depression, sucidal thoughts, agoraphobia, tinnitus, vision, depersonalization, insomnia etc. I don't have physical pain. Cognition issues too.
That's partially the reason I'm here. I was on Effexor 150mg and Trazodone, which eventually got up to 400mg prescribed. The trazodone was for sleep, and I kept upping the dose in an attempt to get to sleep. I went past the prescribed 400mg and sometimes took up to 600, which is a dose only prescribed for inpatients. Plus there were benzos that I took for too long, both lorazepam and temazepam. It's left my brain pretty messed up. The damage done for the drugs combined with a lifetime of isolation from chronic pain and illness have made it impossible to hold a real conversation, connect with people, or find any meaning in life.
Made4TV
A hopeless hope junkie
- Sep 17, 2018
- 574
If there's one thing all my shrinks in the past have ever told me it was "of course you gained weight" with Lithium. That drug is well-known for that. That kind of shit just pisses me off.
I love the psychiatrist I have now - and he doesn't put much faith in a lot of meds. But in the past I've had a lot of fucked up shit and doctors telling me things like there was "no withdrawal" from Paxil, when it's well-established there is and you need to be titrated off of it carefully, got permanent hand tremors from Ability, weight gain...etc. I was taking Remeron/mirtazapine and was having all these binge eating episodes. Couldn't figure out what was causing it. I take my ill cat to the vet, and the vet prescribes her...mirtazapine....as an appetite stimulant. FML.
Pentobartbital
Crumbling
- Feb 25, 2019
- 183
PSSD caused by Effexor. On top of that a total lack of pleasure, emotional flatness and embarrassing cognitive deficits. I do not consider myself a human being any longer, for I am little more than a neutered homunculus incapable of meaningful connection with others.
Psychiatric iatrogenesis is its own unique kind of Hell.
Psychiatric iatrogenesis is its own unique kind of Hell.
Jenna
Experienced
- Nov 21, 2018
- 234
It is. I'm so sorry it happened to you.
Pentobartbital
Crumbling
- Feb 25, 2019
- 183
@Jenna
It's not your fault. Yet I thank you for the commiseration. It means an awful lot seeing how nearly everyone denies that such powerful drugs can result in adverse drug reactions ("side effects.")
It's not your fault. Yet I thank you for the commiseration. It means an awful lot seeing how nearly everyone denies that such powerful drugs can result in adverse drug reactions ("side effects.")
Jenna
Experienced
- Nov 21, 2018
- 234
@Pentobartbital I know. I know someone that was here heavily affected by two doses of seroquel. He had on his profile the luckiest unluckiest person ever. That stuck with me. I would have been better off doing street drugs than seeing a dr for anxiety. The medical community won't acknowledge it. It still just breaks my heart.
NoOneKnows
Specialist
- Sep 12, 2018
- 323
favourite
Student
- Feb 15, 2019
- 191
"No withdrawal from paxil", lol, indeed a good one. Withdrawal from any SSRI almost always causes constant brain zaps, dizziness and irritability.
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happygolucky
- Feb 10, 2019
- 36
Damnnn. Part of the reason I was on it so long and got so fat was bc my doc absolutely insisted it was not known for weight gain
Yep. Was forced to take Olanzapine/Zyprexa and have felt lobotomised ever since. Apparently it shrinks the brain by up to 15%, criminal how these scum psychiatrists get away with it.
I feel pretty much the same way. Sorry this happened to you.
Which medication caused you this and what symptoms do you have?
justabouttobedone
No Longer Human
- Feb 21, 2019
- 72
The pipe that I tied to rope wasn't strong enough. I actually just tested the pipe by hanging with my hand before attempting and I realized that it isn't strong enough to do the trick. There was no any other pipe or anything in the dorm that I could use to hang myself, so I gave up.
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