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#1
Jan 14, 2016, 08:09 PM
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Just curious what ap ppl are on. And if you have any side effects from it.
I'm on zyprexa and weight gain has been my side effect... |
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#2
Jan 14, 2016, 08:16 PM
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Rexulti and no side effects!
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Jan 14, 2016, 08:18 PM
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Right now I'm on haldol. No side effects yet. I've only been on it a couple of weeks.
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#4
Jan 14, 2016, 08:18 PM
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I took zyprexa for a week and gained nine pounds! It also put me in a weird unsettled anxious upset place.
Now I take seroquel but only after a few days of no sleep. It's so sedating its torture. My bf basically has to hold me down and force feed me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Jan 14, 2016, 08:53 PM
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I'm on Invega and I have no side effects. Only soreness at the injection site for a couple of days afterward.
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Jan 14, 2016, 11:23 PM
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Jan 14, 2016, 11:24 PM
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Jan 14, 2016, 11:27 PM
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Jan 14, 2016, 11:34 PM
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Jan 15, 2016, 12:31 AM
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I take Respiradal PRN which means that I don't touch the stuff.
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Jan 15, 2016, 01:43 AM
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[QUOTE=AlwaysChanging2;4874354]I take Respiradal PRN which means that I don't touch the stuff.[/QUOT
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Jan 15, 2016, 01:47 AM
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Jan 15, 2016, 02:48 AM
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I'm on Zyprexa and Geodon. The latter made me lose weight, which I promptly gained back when I added the former. I've been on the two APs for a couple of years now so I think the weight fluctuations have leveled off. I seldom weigh myself but I can tell by the fit of my clothes if I gain or lose. And they've fit the same for more than a year.
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Jan 15, 2016, 03:25 AM
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I'm on Abilify. The only side effects I experienced were when I first started it (at 10mg) a few years ago. I am pretty sensitive to medications so the first day after I took it for the first time (I take it at night) I felt like I was going to die. It was like I had the flu. So we cut down to 5mg and worked our way back up to 10.
Anyway, after about 2 or 3 weeks back at 10mg, I started to fee like a zombie. That lasted for a few days. I've gained a hell of a lot of weight since I've been on medication, but I think that's mainly due to lethargy which I don't know if it is caused by the Abilify or Citalopram. That's about all the side effects I had. Oh! Back in Sept.-Nov. when I went hypo, I stopped taking my meds (for 5 weeks) and after about 3 weeks I did feel minor shakes in my hands, which I assume are some kind of withdrawal side effect; at least, I read somewhere that it is a side effect of stopping Abilify and other APs.
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Jan 15, 2016, 08:47 AM
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Currently only on zyprexa. I did gain a lot of weight on it but I'm losing that without trying now that I'm tapering off.
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Jan 15, 2016, 08:57 AM
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Invega Sustenna and zyprexa, no side effects
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Jan 15, 2016, 09:02 AM
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I'm on Saphris. The only side affect I've had and its a good one is that it puts me to sleep. I take it right before I go to bed.
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Jan 15, 2016, 10:28 AM
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I'm on haloperidol and seroquel. My hair is brittle and thinning like crazy, but I'm not sure which medication is causing it, since I'm also on Lamictal and that may be why. Otherwise, I don't believe I've had any side effects.
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Jan 15, 2016, 11:20 AM
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Jan 15, 2016, 12:43 PM
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I'm on Latuda. It makes me nauseous and sometimes vomit when I don't eat enough before taking it, and it makes me tired so I have to go to bed, but that's really it in terms of side effects.
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Jan 15, 2016, 01:02 PM
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Abilify 10 mgs for the last 2 weeks.
No side effects yet and hoping for a miracle... |
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Jan 15, 2016, 01:12 PM
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After being on a lot of APs I'm now on Abilfy again. i think the others worked better but they caused prolonged QT heart rhythm. I'm still on Thorazine at night so my pdoc still has me do EKGs just in case. My main problem with Ability is that I sweat profusely, so there's now Cogentin in the mix to see if it counteracts that.
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Jan 15, 2016, 01:21 PM
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I was recently on Abilify but it made me gain weight and it also made me restless now im on risperdal and so far no side effects yet.
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Jan 15, 2016, 01:32 PM
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I have taken many. I currently take a low dose of Abilify (I'm being weaned off of it) which I had no side effects that I am aware of. I was just weaned off of Haldol, which the only side effect I had was weight gain. I am now on Clozarl (Clonapine). The side effects of that are terrible constipation, drooling, and weight gain (I crave carbs ridiculously and my appetite is insasiable).
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Jan 16, 2016, 03:16 PM
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Thanks everyone for your responses.
I've been on some mentioned. I want off zyprexa so bad bc of the weight gain but I'm scared to come off it. It seems like the weight neutral ones have all given me akathisia. I might look into invega and saphris. But I knew someone on saphris and they got really bad akathasia. Idk, idk....
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