A lot of people said it didn't work for them and that they had involuntary movements from it. Some said they didn't stop when they stopped taking it. There were only a few people that said they gained weight while on it. Weight gain is why I'm coming off of respirdal. I weigh more now than I ever have and my carb cravings are out of control.

As for my conversation with my mother -- it centered around memory. She, of course, asked me if I was forgetting things because I was over medicated. I told her that My doctor was actually backing me off one of my meds. She asked which one and then went into the spill about how she hated that medication. She'd seen one of her foster children gain a lot of weight while on it. When he was old enough to make the choice to take meds or not, he got off and lost a lot of weight. I told her that my memory and attention span seem to be getting worse as the days pass. Her response was that i had to get off of those meds though. I just needed to search in myself for happiness and I would be fine. Yeah, wish it was that easy.