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Re: Overuse of antipsychotics

Posted by iamhappy on February 10, 2006, at 13:29:48

In reply to Overuse of antipsychotics, posted by Maxime on February 10, 2006, at 12:23:14

> Is it just me, or does anyone else think that antipsychotic are over prescribed?
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> Zyprexa is often prescribe as a sleep aid. Seroquel is also prescribed for the same thing. Don't these doctors realise that these meds are affecting the chemical make-up of our brains? If there is a heart medication out that causes drowsiness you wouldn't be prescribed that.
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> I don't know. I just don't know why doctors are so anxious to add antipsychotics to one's med regime.
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> BTW, when I was in the hospital there was a young man who was taking 40 mg of Zyprexa for bipolar disorder. After one year he developed type 1 diabetes. Weeks before his admission into the psych hospital he had fallen into a diabetic coma. Makes you think twice about what these meds are doing to our bodies.
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> Maxime

I am not sure if antipsychotics are overprescribed, however 2mg risperdal at night makes me fall right asleep. Also, I am overall pleased with the effects risperdal gives me.


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