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What was it? Like many of us, I have been on a bunch. Probably the worst for me, though, overall, has been Naltrexone--an opiate antagonist I had to take a million years ago. Had the worst psychosis of my entire life--and that is saying something. Just hideous. I know it is a life saver, but not good for me.
I would also say that Seroquel has been pretty close to the worst for me at times. Gave me some kind of crazy, wacky, buzz-high thing for awhile. Weird. __________________ When I was a kid, my parents moved a lot, but I always found them--Rodney Dangerfield |
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Any anti-depressant that includes trazodone that a pdoc put me on saying it's not an antidepressant but to help sleep. Lier!
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Seroquel
Over the 7 years I took it I gained over 100lbs. As a result of the weight gain I have health problems. It never helped me in any way, except to sleep. When I finally refused to take it anymore and did stop taking it, I titrated it down slowly. Nevertheless, I have never been able to go back to the quality of sleep I had prior to Seroquel. My sleep back then was not perfect, but it was much better than post-Seroquel. __________________ |
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Depressakote... Uhhhh, I mean Depakote. Or was it the combo of Depakote and Invega? In any case, though that happy duo did end four years of frequent manias, they left me hopelessly depressed and I gained about 25 lbs in a short period of time. Then I had ECT, and was put back on that marvelous combo only to become depressed again. Other lovely side effects included high cholesterol, extremely high triglycerides, pre-diabetes, hormonal issues (unwanted hair growth), bad hyperprolactinemia (no periods, lactation so bad that I had to put panty liners in my bra) and a pituitary microadenoma, that an endocrinologist said would have to be removed via brain surgery (through my nose) if it got much bigger. Invega was surely the culprit for the pituitary-related stuff.
On a happier note, after my medications were overhauled from the above, I lost 40 lbs, normalized my blood work, got rid of the hyperprolactinemia, my hormonal stuff eased, and even my pituitary microadenoma miraculously disappeared over time. That was 8 years ago. I have maintained half of the weight loss these 8 years, and have not had any other long-term negative side effects except the increase in my cholesterol and sometimes triglycerides. |
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I haven't tried more then several but among those Geodon was the all time worst. I had dental issues including teeth grinding, biting of buccal membrane and weird oral sounds I couldn't control. Also I couldn't sleep at all on Geodon. By far the worst side effect was the perineal muscle tensing. So glad I stopped it and went on Seroquel which I tolerate well.
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As for the Invega, it's very similar to Risperdal. I know that some men can get bad side effects from them (breast size increase), but not all do. I don't think all women do, either, but from stories I've heard, hyperprolactenemia from these two meds is not rare in women. I did find both great at fighting mania. When I took Risperdal (a couple years before the Invega), it did not make me depressed, and the weight gain was minor. The only reason why I went off the Risperdal was probably because of the hyperprolactenemia, or maybe because of the usual medication overhauls we often get during hospitalizations. [I tried quitting meds a couple times during that period with disastrous results.] They are the only two antipsychotics that ever gave me that side effect. |
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Effexor... I was on it both times I tried to remove myself from this level of reality.
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Latuda for sure. It was the first time and worst time I had akathisia, which I had no clue about and the doctor's never mentioned it as a possible side effect so I kept saying I had severe anxiety and they kept giving me Ativan. Latuda never helped with any of my symptoms so I was dealing with that on top of being psychotic. It only took about four days of Latuda for me to become suicidal. Expensive as hell too.
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St. John's Wort.
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Well BP, I tapered off of prozac, which had always worked well for me, to try the more “natural” St. John’s Wort. Once it built up a certain level in my blood I began to feel very hyper-emotional and couldn’t control my crying, weepiness, and just general upset. Once I dc’d it I returned to my usual dysthymia low level of functioning.
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Zyprexa. I am prediabetic and very high triglycerides and along with Depakote gained a total of 80 pounds. I just went off Seroquel because of the prediabetes and because its only helping me sleep according to my pdoc. Well we shall see since my last dose was two days ago. I hope to lose more weight- Ive lost 40 pounds.
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As I post earlier, Seroquel was my worst med. But I'll toss something else in here.
A few years ago my pdoc prescribed Trazadone for sleep. I took it the first night, didn't notice anything much. The second night I took the prescribed dose and had what was probably the most frightening experience I've ever had. The feeling was that I had overdosed on a medication. I saw all sorts of flashing, whizzing lights, spark things when I closed my eyes, felt extremely disoriented, and the most terrifying of all was that my breathing was suppressed. I had a strong feeling that I was going to black out. I had been lying down, but made myself sit up, remain calm, and do my best to take good, deep breaths (which was difficult). About twenty minutes passed until the weirdness stopped. Wow, was that a creepy experience! As a result, I'll never use Trazadone again. I've wondered if I had an allergic reaction. __________________ |
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Lithium. My psych NP at the time put me on a ridiculously high dose for my weight, 1800 mg, and I ended up in the ICU for a week with lithium toxicity (had a lithium level of 4.3) kidney failure, and seizures. I'm not saying Lithium is bad, but I will never touch it again, it was just a horrific experience though I know it's very helpful to some people
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