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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
So olanzapine and clozapine both cause huge weight gain, have you ever considered different coping mechanisms since you describe the hallucinations as mild? In some places you can get cbt for psychosis, in others you might have hearing voices groups etc.
My understanding is only 25% of people respond completely to APs with another 25% partial and another 25% a complete failure, the remaining 25% have a worse outcome....now those numbers are for schizophrenia so the number for bipolar may be different but I’ve never seen them as there is just less research in bipolar.
For me I quit increasing my AP dose due to side effects and still had a handful of voices, but eventually those went away....but my bipolar is also under control, I just haven’t had more mood episodes past the first. But I mention this because I was willing to settle for a few voices for example over the lactation side effect of risperdal.
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I'm deathly afraid of going to group therapy. I'm in the closet about the BP stuff because I'm afraid of losing my job if/when people find out. My job is nice because I get to work from home anytime I want. Hell, I can work from home for an entire year without ever stepping in the office, if that's what I really wanted. But of course, it looks bad on you if you don't go into the office.
I don't blame you on the Risperdal, though. I wouldn't want lactation either!
I wish my voices and stuff went away. Sometimes I get hallucinations where things start moving around and warping. Like, things will spin in spirals and I will see things change shape. It's really weird.