its...scary. Orthomolecular, the high dose b-vitamins and antioxidants thing I do, seems to reduce the TD risk considerably. It stands to reason that if its protecting the brain from TD, maybe it'll also reduce some of the other long term risks (/).

With the vitamins, I don't have twitches, EPS, drug induced depression, anything terrible. Without the vitamins, I had a touch of the "Thorazine Shuffle," and I've only taken "atypicals," long term. I don't think the new(er) drugs are necessarily as clean and safe as the doctors make them out to be.

ugh. at least its Abilify, not massive doses of Haldol or something, lol. At least I'm not on those long acting injections, or in a hospital, or living in real, true poverty. My life is much, much better than it was. What bothers me is...as "mental patients" go...I'm now something of an "exception to the rule."

maybe that's why I'm struggling with all this mental health sutff? I've seen what they do to poor people, "trouble makers," what the drugs can do over the long haul, etc., and yet...

I -still- need "treatment." LOL.

Thanks for letting me vent a bit. :-)