Started hearing voices at 20, 10 yrs ago. I told a therapist after a few months, ut no one else for 6 yrs or so. Meds didn't help. Functioned off and on for a while, then had a bad couple years recently. Diagnosed Depression w/ Psychosis.

I might never have told anyone else abt the voices, but the depression and drinking led to hospitals last year, and eventually I just unburdened myself and let the Dr's and my family know.

Meds still don't help w/ the voices much. They're useful to me just in acute situations, short term. The short and long term negative side effects of neuroleptics/antipsychotics are just too severe for me to consider being on them for longer than a couple months, and then only at low dosage, like 100 or 200mg seroquel or equivalent.

I was just hospitalized after a drinking binge activated my depression, so I'm on zyprexa 10mg now. Had to fight them against raising it higher, but it was giving me bad achathysia, as they usu do.

I meet with my Doc again Thurs, and I'll ask to go off the zyprexa. All I really need is the antidepressant.

Sent from Winterfell using a Raven