I am on Lamictal, Seroquel and haloperidol.
Lamictal doesn't seem to have any side effects on me.
Seroquel XR makes me really sedated so I am on Seroquel, to help me sleep. It causes me to feel hungry all the time so I gain weight.
Haloperidol makes me twitch involuntarily sometimes and I'm afraid
of tardive dyskinesia and NMS so I stopped taking a few days ago.
Was on Prozac, which landed me in hospital 3 times with severe mania
despite being on Lamictal, so I learned the hard way that I *cannot* be on anti-depressants.
My friends with schizophrenia and bp also said that antipsychotics
make them gain weight. It's a common side effect.
I personally think that depression is the lesser of 2 evils.
When I'm depressed I don't do anything.
When I'm manic I do lots of crazy and destructive things, which
I think is worse.
Others might disagree though. I guess it depends on the individual.
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