Posted by xbunny on December 1, 2005, at 7:44:36
In reply to Living on antipsychotics - a retrospective, posted by jclint on November 30, 2005, at 17:03:36
> *I can't believe anyone can lead a normal life while on them!*
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> Now I'm not saying that people who take them don't lead normal lives, or shouldn't, only that the HUGE way they affected me made it so hard to lead a normal life. If you are taking them, and living normally, hats off to you - you have more strength than I had!I havent taken seroquel but I have taken zyprexa, amisulpride, risperdal, sulpride, thioridazine, chlorpromazine, stelazine and currently take flupenthixol and pericyazine.
Im sorry to hear you had such a bad time with antipsychotics I certainly agree that they arent for everyone and many people have severe side effects from them.
For me they are godsend. I guess I fall into that category of people who must take antipsychotics and I am quite happy to do so. For me the benefits far out weigh the down sides. I think I am very lucky in this regard however, I have an illness which responds best to antipsychotics and I can take antipsychotics without too much difficulty.
I'll take yer hat though ;-)
Buns
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