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

[unluckysadness]

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.

 

[azad]

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

 

[capi]

Maybe, recently i got serotonin syndrome by accident (new meds/dosages)
It was horrible, my whole body felt like it was seizing
Im still recovering

 

[nobodycaresaboutme]

I took meds only several times (prescription psychotropics, not including the antitussive I used to abuse). Nothing happened. I'm sorry for those who have siginificant problems due to them.

 

[idiotmother]

I got hit with protracted withdrawal from Effexor and was later forced onto risperidone, klonopin and seroquel. These "meds" that are supposed to help my anxiety have made me ten times worse and are the reason I am on this site. I can't just stop taking them either and I don't think I'll be able to taper them safely so I think I'm just gonna have to die. It truly feels like I have been cursed by some horrific force. I have a child and a family that loves me but I'm suffering all the time, I barely sleep and I feel on the verge of a panic attack all the time. I also feel not joy. I used to be so vibrant and talented, but now I'm a shell of a human. I'm so scared to die, mostly for my family's sake, but I can't survive this.

I hate when people tell me I can heal or it will get bettet. It's not getting better, it just gets worse and worse. The doctors do not acknowledge what I'm going through as being from medication, they blame it on pre existing conditions. My mental health had NEVER been this horrible. I never wanted to abandon my child, but now I feel so terrified and horrible that I fear it's my only choice. This is truly a nightmarish curse, please research medications and don't just take them because a doctor tells you too. They seriously have the capacity to demolish your brain and body. It's so fucking sick. I just can't stop whining about it..

 

[Higurashi415]

I took them for about a month, realized they weren't right for me, doctor refused to change them, I gradually stopped but nevertheless suffered from the side effects for a couple of months after that (I think, but it's hard to say). Being absolutely non functional for a couple months due to the side effects triggered a spiral of bullshit that lasted for about a year, give or take, but I don't think I have permanent damage from them.

 

[whybother2002]

I feel like I had it easy (without knowing it) before switching from anti-depressants/alprazolam to quetiapine. Now my whole life went to shit.

 

[idiotmother]

I feel like I had it easy (without knowing it) before switching from anti-depressants/alprazolam to quetiapine. Now my whole life went to shit.

Quetiapine/seroquel is a terrible freaking drug. Sorry you are on it too. It's so bad for the entire body, it blows my mind that it is even legal.

 

[elenaboo25]

On Risperidone I got ticks.

After quitting my last med, Escitalopram, it took me a full year to be able to be happy about things.

Luckily, these effects were not permanent in my case, I am now refusing any more psych meds and am doing ok without them.

 

[UserFromNowhere]

I'm lucky to have not suffered any physical side effects (yet), but I believe they've still had an effect on me. I find myself unable to function without taking them. When I started taking them, they gave me a semblance of happiness, a false hope that things would be better. I'm tired of chasing after it, of trying medication after medication or increasing the dose to try and be the productive person I once was; that I'll never be again, not for a meaningful period of time.

 

[LittleSunshine]

Yes, serverly damaged. It's my main reason for cbt. Statistically I'm just one of the unlucky ones. I guess, sharing my whole story will not help you any further. Just be very careful and get well informed.

 

[enough of this]

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.

 

[User111885]

It's hard to say. I was assaulted when I was younger and that caused injuries. Everything after has been a disaster.

But actually, I was on psych meds when the assault occurred, and maybe had I not been I would have had the caution to avoid that fate.

I certainly think psych meds have never done anything positive and have been an expensive waste. I often think of psychiatrists and psych meds like ravens ripping into carrion. I was already weak and nearly dead from dismay, they just financially exploited my suffering, ripping out chunks of flesh from an animal almost dead.

 

[lilies.in.heaven]

It's hard to say. I was assaulted when I was younger and that caused injuries. Everything after has been a disaster.

But actually, I was on psych meds when the assault occurred, and maybe had I not been I would have had the caution to avoid that fate.

I certainly think psych meds have never done anything positive and have been an expensive waste. I often think of psychiatrists and psych meds like ravens ripping into carrion. I was already weak and nearly dead from dismay, they just financially exploited my suffering, ripping out chunks of flesh from an animal almost dead.

Psychiatrists are the legalized drug dealers.

 

[User111885]

Psychiatrists are the legalized drug dealers.

I feel like wirh drug dealers, they mostly deliver on their promises. Like, if they say "this is really strong," it usually is. I feel like the percent of time drug dealers deliver on their marketing is like 90 percent of the time, and 10 percent they are just flat out lying. With psychiatrists, I don't feel like the shit they pushed ever lived up to the promises, it was like someone was trying to market a plate of shit to me, and then when i took a bite and felt disgusted, they said "those are just side effects that will go away, keep eating." Like, pretty much all of it was unpaltable and unhelpful for me personally, and preyed on my hope and belief that anything based on "science" woukd be rigorously effective and not snake oil.

 

[RunDown]

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.

 

[Mr. Snrub]

I'd love to see what I'm like off effexor after taking it for close to half my life now. If only skipping it for even a day didn't feel like coming down with the plague.

 

[Nightfoot]

I feel destroyed by the failure of any of them to help me.

 

[User111885]

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.

Are you running/jogging every day?

 

[RunDown]

Are you running/jogging every day?

For sure. I also drink lots of water and take multivitamins. Can't forget to stay positive and get a dose of sunlight too.

 

[divinemistress87]

I did from electroshock therapy

 

[innere]

For sure. I also drink lots of water and take multivitamins. Can't forget to stay positive and get a dose of sunlight too.

Are you ironic or are you still able to do so?
I love your same hell with your same symptoms, but I wouldn't run even if a bear appeared to me.

 

[divinemistress87]

For sure. I also drink lots of water and take multivitamins. Can't forget to stay positive and get a dose of sunlight too.

Flinstone vitamins are what cured my depression

 

[RunDown]

Are you ironic or are you still able to do so?
I love your same hell with your same symptoms, but I wouldn't run even if a bear appeared to me.

I'm being facetious

I'm being facetious

If a bear appeared I would run toward it

 

[microwaved_dawg]

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.

I feel really sorry for those who unfortunately get long lasting effects and disorders. Thank God I only got yawning and vivid dreams when I started taking escitalopram, I don't know if it works tho. Depression is still shit haha.

 

[X-sanguinate86]

Destroyed is a strong word but I think my cognitive abilities and memory might have been negatively affected from years of lots of med recipes for different things including psych stuff.

 

[orbwithinorb]

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

 

[kitkat9234]

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!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Light_]

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.

 

[innere]

I'm being facetious

If a bear appeared I would run toward it

Totally agreeable. Remember that breakfast is the most important meal and willingness can solve every problem whatsoever.