Seroquel - worked for a while, but then slowed me down too much
Olanzapine - didn't really work, but i only took it when i was really unwell, so maybe nothing would have worked. Stopped it pretty quick because of fear of weight gain.
Abilify - had to stop because of akithesia
Saphris - worked well for a while but was very sedating and ended up flattening my emotions. Difficult withdrawal coming off of it
Now all i'm taking is seroquel 50 mg for sleep, but not at an antopsychotic dose. I still take lamotrigine and wellbutrin too.
If i need to restart on antipsychotics the next one i would like to try is probably Latuda. But i'm hoping not to need to do that
Anyways, despite the issues with each one, antipsychotics really helped me when i was acutely ill, and for quite a while after that. I think they have been more positive than negative overall
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