i think dosage can be a big issue, too. 20mgs abilify is good for me. shrinks often pushed for higher doses. thankfully, im in a position to haggle...not all "mental patients" can, especially at clinics.

i really do recommend some kind of antioxidant supplementation to -all- people on psych drugs, especially the tranquilizers. i take massive doses because...well, why not?...but even lower amounts can often have some benefits, in terms of tolerating the drug(s) and not developing adverse effects. anyway...

the protocol i do was developed in the 50s. then in the 70s and 80s, it became clear that the massive doses of tranquilizers popular back then were causing brain damage. and then...it became apparent that a lot of the nastiness from psych drugs is because they somehow produce a lot of oxidative stress+free radicals...

so, the sort of thing the orthomolecular people in the 50s and 60s were pushing was way ahead of its time, and its still somewhat controversial, for whatever reason(s).