Anti-Psychotics

I’ve had good luck with antipsychotic meds. Really, they stabilized me when the mood stabilizer drugs failed miserably.

Ryn: I’m on Seroquel (that’s my antipsychotic). I currently take six hundred mgs per day, but five years ago I needed at least 800 mg per day. The amount I need waxes and wanes. There are periods of time when I don’t take it at all though this isn’t one of them. I’ve been on several mood stabilizers, currently i take neurontin but I don’t think it does anything. (c)

My main side effects with seroquel are daytime drowsiness. If it is getting too bad, that usually means it is time to cut back on the dosage because when I truly need high doses of seroquel they don’t make me drowsy. I take 100 mg in the morning. 200 mg at five pm, and 300 mg at bedtime. Doing it this way I sleep very well but can get up in the am w/no problems.

I think there has been some weight gain. I weigh more when I’m on higher doses and less when the dose decreases. I hate it…but at this point in my life I’m so tired of the craziness and the mood swings that I hardly care anymore about the weight gain, I’m just glad to have my mood under control and be able to sleep at night. Also, it might cause diabetes. My doc makes me get tested regularly

I am taking sleep meds. My therapist wants me on anti-anexity meds but my md has been pretty stubborn about it. I am just tired of going to the doctors.

I never know what to think about that kind of medication. I think I’d be very hesitant to take anything of the type, but I can see why it might be necessary. Hopefully things will work out for the best. ~WEAVER

I hope that they help you. *hugs*