Are you destroyed because of psych drugs / meds ? (poll)

[madameviolette]

I don't know if I'm destroyed by psych drugs, but I think I'm probably affected by them. I've been taking Valium and Klonopin for many years. I don't know if my memory loss is due to taking those benzos, or if it's natural for me, being that I'm in my later 70s. It could be a combination.

Oh you're the first 70's I encounter here

No. I've been on plethora of psychiatric medications and don't really have any lasting side-effects, they just weren't that effective.

You're so lucky I wish

Neurotoxic antibiotics that cross the blood-brain barrier and destroyed pretty much everything else too. Bactrim and ciprofloxacin. I no longer want to end my life, sadly, the cardiac damage is never going to go away even though I made tremendous drives in every other area of damage. It took five solid years of something beyond hell, but I'm just glad I'm not going to have to kill myself anymore. There's nothing more evil on earth than pharmaceuticals. Nothing.

What cardiac damage did it give you ?

Got destroyed by ofloxacin as well

 

[SailorBlue]

My psych meds destroyed my vision, now I have to wear glasses and my eyes don't adjust like before.

 

[Irisse]

Not sure about being destroyed, but... There are certainly side effects I could do without. I am on aripriprazole and clozapine and they made me gain weight so now I'm around 200 lbs. I also sweat a lot more (though that might be due to the weight). Another problem is that I am basically non-functional until 11AM so if I don't have places to be I can easily sleep until 3PM. On the other hand, those meds helped with my psychosis and paranoia. In conclusion, some things are better while others are worse.

 

[unluckysadness]

Medications have fucking ruined me. Have been off and on them for over 20 years….. have tried every combination imaginable. Nothing works anymore. I'm currently on 400mg (!!!!!!!) of seroquel and it has destroyed my quality of life. Gained over 65lbs in less than a year, I'm now technically pre diabetic and have high cholesterol. I will be 42 in December. Way too young for this bullshit. This is all because of the medications. Have chronic dry mouth and can barely swallow or talk at times. It has made me an emotionless zombie empty shell of a person. My brain is mush!!!!!! Not to mention the permanent tartive dyskinesia that is fucking embarrassing. Irreversible. Then more meds to treat the side effects. That Don't even help!!!!! I want to CTB due to these issues alone! All caused by these poisons!!!!!!!!! And my med lady doesn't care. Doesn't think that the medications are causing these issues. But hey I'm not manic!!!!!!!!!!' So I must stay on them. I'm on so many meds it's not even funny. I'm so fucking pissed about it. What the fuck happened to me!!!!!!!!!!

We have the same age (I'm just 1 year older than you) and yes, it's too young to live like a zombie. Yesterday I increased my treatment because of too much anxiety. I know how is goes : when you increase the dosage, the fucking brain wants more and more of this shit... That said, I wish you peace

 

[X-sanguinate86]

Not sure about being destroyed, but... There are certainly side effects I could do without. I am on aripriprazole and clozapine and they made me gain weight so now I'm around 200 lbs. I also sweat a lot more (though that might be due to the weight). Another problem is that I am basically non-functional until 11AM so if I don't have places to be I can easily sleep until 3PM. On the other hand, those meds helped with my psychosis and paranoia. In conclusion, some things are better while others are worse.

Oh yeah, i forgot about weight gain. I have that too. Sometimes I wonder whether it's worth it...

 

[telekon]

I've never taken them because I research a lot and refuse to take them, but my best friend from high school was destroyed by monthly injections of Invega Sustenna. She can't watch a movie for more than 5 minutes and is not the same person at all anymore. I remember the first time I started to notice changes when she came over shortly after getting the shot and she was basically a vegetable. It's so heartbreaking.

Don't take antipsychotics. I've heard horror stories about almost all psych drug classes but antipsychotics are not for human consumption.

 

[unluckysadness]

I've never taken them because I research a lot and refuse to take them, but my best friend from high school was destroyed by monthly injections of Invega Sustenna. She can't watch a movie for more than 5 minutes and is not the same person at all anymore. I remember the first time I started to notice changes when she came over shortly after getting the shot and she was basically a vegetable. It's so heartbreaking.

Don't take antipsychotics. I've heard horror stories about almost all psych drug classes but antipsychotics are not for human consumption.

My previous psychiatrist prescribed me a lot of antipsychotics 3 years ago but I didn't take them when I read all the side effects. I'm really anxious about it. I only take benzos and now an anxiolytic. I try to take the less I can but I need to take something as I don't drink or smoke. Doctors should warn patients about side effects but they don't care. They just give it and if it goes wrong, they change the drugs. But I can understand doctors in some cases because they are not God, and human brain is so complicated...

 

[PyolaR]

Medications have fucking ruined me. Have been off and on them for over 20 years….. have tried every combination imaginable. Nothing works anymore. I'm currently on 400mg (!!!!!!!) of seroquel and it has destroyed my quality of life. Gained over 65lbs in less than a year, I'm now technically pre diabetic and have high cholesterol. I will be 42 in December. Way too young for this bullshit. This is all because of the medications. Have chronic dry mouth and can barely swallow or talk at times. It has made me an emotionless zombie empty shell of a person. My brain is mush!!!!!! Not to mention the permanent tartive dyskinesia that is fucking embarrassing. Irreversible. Then more meds to treat the side effects. That Don't even help!!!!! I want to CTB due to these issues alone! All caused by these poisons!!!!!!!!! And my med lady doesn't care. Doesn't think that the medications are causing these issues. But hey I'm not manic!!!!!!!!!!' So I must stay on them. I'm on so many meds it's not even funny. I'm so fucking pissed about it. What the fuck happened to me!!!!!!!!!!

I guarantee you're more sane than the ones who prescribed you the meds, they're the ones that should be in the psych ward.

 

[58Alice85]

No, I avoid psychiatrists like the plague.
Even before finding this forum I had already heard lot of stories about people's lives being ruined by psychiatry.

 

[madameviolette]

I've never taken them because I research a lot and refuse to take them, but my best friend from high school was destroyed by monthly injections of Invega Sustenna. She can't watch a movie for more than 5 minutes and is not the same person at all anymore. I remember the first time I started to notice changes when she came over shortly after getting the shot and she was basically a vegetable. It's so heartbreaking.

Don't take antipsychotics. I've heard horror stories about almost all psych drug classes but antipsychotics are not for human consumption.

Why can't she watch a movie ?

 

[telekon]

Why can't she watch a movie ?

It's like she can't follow anything going on or her attention span is really short.

 

[TwistedNightmares]

Antidepressants/ssri's have definitely destroyed me. I was a long term user (15+ years). I was never warned about the side effects they can have on the body and mind after long term use. I stopped taking mine earlier this year and I am fairly certain I suffer from antidepressant discontinuation syndrome.

 

[London2005]

I've never taken them because I research a lot and refuse to take them, but my best friend from high school was destroyed by monthly injections of Invega Sustenna. She can't watch a movie for more than 5 minutes and is not the same person at all anymore. I remember the first time I started to notice changes when she came over shortly after getting the shot and she was basically a vegetable. It's so heartbreaking.

Don't take antipsychotics. I've heard horror stories about almost all psych drug classes but antipsychotics are not for human consumption.

is she still taking it

 

[telekon]

is she still taking it

Yes, she doesn't have a choice. It's court-ordered since she tried to commit suicide and her parents became her conservators.

 

[London2005]

Yes, she doesn't have a choice. It's court-ordered since she tried to commit suicide and her parents became her conservators.

for me it's not court ordered but I was given invega and deeply deeply regret it, I got two shots and worry it might be permanent

 

[telekon]

for me it's not court ordered but I was given invega and deeply deeply regret it, I got two shots and worry it might be permanent

We've done a lot of research on the permanence of Invega Sustenna, and if you only got two shots then you are fine. Even for my friend it is not permanent, but for her the effects will last for 10+ years after she stops taking it whereas for you, the effects will only linger for ~1 year.

 

[gardenhouse]

yes risperidone severely damaged my intelligence, emotions, smell and vision.
it also gave me severe anhedonia, akathisia and severe insomnia. lost the ability to sleep too
i was suicidal before this damage but i had the intelligence to execute my ctb. now i'm left with lots of issues that will prevent me from studying about and executing my ctb

Did you lose your ability to sleep??

 

[azad]

Did you lose your ability to sleep??

yes i can only sleep with olanzapine. otherwise i cannot sleep or nap

 

[Fadenself00_]

Neurotoxic antibiotics that cross the blood-brain barrier and destroyed pretty much everything else too. Bactrim and ciprofloxacin. I no longer want to end my life, sadly, the cardiac damage is never going to go away even though I made tremendous drives in every other area of damage. It took five solid years of something beyond hell, but I'm just glad I'm not going to have to kill myself anymore. There's nothing more evil on earth than pharmaceuticals. Nothing.

(psych med damaged person here)

One thing I always see, and especially weirds me out in regards to hearing stories here about antibiotics causing brain damage, is how this seems to stem from the fact that the individual drug tolerance is almost never accounted for..

Like, why is it not standard practice to adjust the dose range more gradually/and perhaps slowly fade-in the drug in question (if it's not a life or death emergency, I don't see why this isn't done more often)

 

[HopelessScientist]

I see a lot of posts here from people telling they were destroyed by psych drugs / meds.
Is it your case ? When I read all these posts, I'm afraid of trying new treatments.
Thanks for your answers.

not sure, if I have, i didn't notice.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

Any experiences with Latuda/lurasidone?

I just stopped 60mg without a doctor's OK, I'm already bedridden but I wonder if I'm hurting myself more.

 

[fightclub17]

An antidepressant gave me severe akathisia and I attempted suicide

 

[meddle]

i gained like 25 kg i wasnt pretty even before my weigth gain, but now i absolutely despise how i look

 

[Topaz111]

(psych med damaged person here)

One thing I always see, and especially weirds me out in regards to hearing stories here about antibiotics causing brain damage, is how this seems to stem from the fact that the individual drug tolerance is almost never accounted for..

Like, why is it not standard practice to adjust the dose range more gradually/and perhaps slowly fade-in the drug in question (if it's not a life or death emergency, I don't see why this isn't done more often)

The "fast and intense" approach is taken to prevent the development of antibiotic resistance. You want to wipe out the bacteria before it has the chance to adapt to the drug. Bacteria are some of the fastest evolving organisms in the planet and if you were to slowly increase the dose, the bacteria that stayed behing and didn't get killed would develop a resistance to the drug and pass it down to next generations.
I do think antibiotics are overperscribed though and a lot of people misuse them.

 

[Fadenself00_]

The "fast and intense" approach is taken to prevent the development of antibiotic resistance. You want to wipe out the bacteria before it has the chance to adapt to the drug. Bacteria are some of the fastest evolving organisms in the planet and if you were to slowly increase the dose, the bacteria that stayed behing and didn't get killed would develop a resistance to the drug and pass it down to next generations.
I do think antibiotics are overperscribed though and a lot of people misuse them.

Ahhhh, yes, right.. Then take everything I said and apply it to psych meds.. (I almost forgot how antibiotics are real medicine xD)

 

[Topaz111]

Ahhhh, yes, right.. Then take everything I said and apply it to psych meds.. (I almost forgot how antibiotics are real medicine xD)

Yeah, there is no reason do to this approach for psych drugs. It's pretty crazy the stuff they do, I got perscribed benzos as a 12 year old because I was anxious (divorce and bullying due to autism).

 

[hurts2b]

I see a lot of posts here from people telling they were destroyed by psych drugs / meds.
Is it your case ? When I read all these posts, I'm afraid of trying new treatments.
Thanks for your answers.

Selection bias, mate. People who successfully completed treatment don't hang out on the suicide website. Generally speaking at least.

I've been in therapy. Therapy significantly reduced my self hate. But I haven't been on any psych meds long term because my problems come from my environment and not any diagnosable mental state.

But if the options are between trying a pill and offing yourself, I say try the pill for a few weeks.

People can and do have shitty experiences with meds. There's no downplaying that.
But any psych worth listening to will only prescribe a particular medication if they believe the potential benefits outweigh the potential risks.

Permanent psychological damage from prescription drugs can happen, depending on the drug. But most unpleasant experiences with psych meds are 1) reversible and 2) fairly mild.

A LOT of unwanted medicinal effects can be reversed, mitigated or simply more tolerable compared to the illness that's being treated.

I'm not a pro lifer, if you wanna die that's a decision you have a right to make. But don't let upsetting anecdotes dictate your choice for you.

Long-winded winded response. I guess what I mean is that in terms of mental health treatment, medication is the least effort intensive option on your part. At the very least, it's somewhat effective, some of the time.

Leaving MH issues completely unmanaged comes with it's own set of risks. Suicide itself presents risk.

There's no good option or good as in ideal life. You just gotta weigh your own shit, as far as I can tell.

 

[Frxtagooox]

no, yes, and now no. why? because the first pshychiatrist i went is so good and said "you have illness youre not possessed youre not bewitched" but somehow i ended going to him and the second one is a mess they prescribe me seroquel and sertaline and it sucks as hell so its messed my brain and my eyes. the third one as in right now is best with risperidone and lorazepam almost the same like the first one~

 

[Painforever]

Seven pills of effexor destroyed me. I already had CFS/ME so adding severe PSSD is unbearable. I've waited about 15 months to try and stabilize but I'm only getting worse. Crippling anhedonia, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, akathisia, and neuropathy like symptoms. Death doesn't seem so bad when you're already a corpse.

I have very similar issue, Post finasteride syndrome. Im just completely destroyed

 

[xXSufferingXx]

they tried putting me on anti depression pills when i was 14 after a very traumatic thing happened to me,
which was intentionally caused by another human,
and the fucking asshole "school doctor" suggested i started popping pills, because i felt sad after someone did something bad to me.

like it's fucking my fault.

i guess he was like the principal or whatever, i just said "school doctor", i guess because he was yapping his mouth like he was a doctor.
with all his pill talk.

glad i refused that!!!!!!!!!

i know a girl who to this day has big physical problems because the same thing happened to her when she was younger,
and she accepted the "treatment" and started using the pills,
and now she only shits every week.
semi-permanent constipation i guess it's called?
she walks around with a full stomach for 6 days a week.

and it's a side effect of those pills they pushed on her back then