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Re: Did Vraylar make anyone feel worse? » Christ_empowered

Posted by bissie66 on October 18, 2018, at 15:24:37

In reply to Re: Did Vraylar make anyone feel worse?, posted by Christ_empowered on October 18, 2018, at 13:38:06

> i kind of find it surprising that Abilify and its children have such a strong market in treating depression. i take 20mgs/abilify daily. i tolerate it well, especially with all the high dose antioxidants on board (Orthomolecular), but..
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> its still -very much- a tranquilizer/neuroleptic. that means...heavy artillery.
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> i get hardcore dysphoria when i take too much Abilify or when drugs added on board boost blood levels. I don't know much about Vraylar, but...the D2 partial agonists are odd, in that they can zombie-fy you, shut down your emotions, and cause -intense- drug induced dysphoria...without EPS. No twitches, but all sorts of other kinds of drug-induced misery.
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> i don't recommend ECT/EST either. mine was not voluntary and it was a disaster. The mental health people now say "you've recovered!," when what they really mean is...you survived and now your people have money. :-(
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> but seriously...be careful about shock treatments. its a big industry, but it can seriously damage people. mine was a disaster. i had a family member who had it back in the day (voluntarily), and it wasn't disastrous, but he always needed a mood drug and a benzodiazepine, indefinitely. is that really "optimal treatment" ? to me it just seemed that they fried his brain and then kept him on the right drugs to keep him from feeling the pain of his life, ever again. :-(
>
> ok. do be careful, please. :-)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WARNING ABOUT ECT!!
I really do appreciate it and will definitely reconsider!


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