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Originally Posted by still_crazy
hi. i may be in the minority here, but...in my limited experience, if a tranquilizer/antipsychotic is causing depression, dysphoria, etc. early on, it might be good to talk about a different tranquilizer, maybe something outside of the tranquilizer/antipsychotic class of drugs.
although the 'atypicals' are being used for everything, the core uses are still ongoing treatment in Schizophrenia, mania or severe depression, and daily maintenance for a select group of people with Bipolar I. These drugs really should -not- be mega-bestsellers, no matter how 'atypical' they may seem.
and now...end rant, lol. if you need a tranquilizer, maybe abilify or one of the new D2 partial agonists? I think vraylar and rexulti are both approved for mood disorders, and for -some- people, they're easier to tolerate and less toxic than many other options.
sorry you're suffering.
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I don't know in what way you think antipsychotics and tranquilizers are interchangeable. Abilify, Vraylar, and Rexulti are all antipsychotics. Tranquilizers are things like benzodiazepines (Xanax, Ativan...); they're for anxiety not depression or mania.
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Anyway I was going to say that usually antipsychotics kick in pretty quickly unlike SSRI's which can take even up to two months. But of course it does what it's going to do. The first two times I tried Wellbutrin it really depressed me, and right away. When I went on to Latuda from Seroquel I didn't notice any change in mood and the only (only!) side effect I had was akathisia. I hope the depression clears up and it ends up working for you.