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Jun 01, 2013, 03:54 AM
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I told my pdoc that sometimes I feel like I've been switched off. I really don't care about anything and I don't enjoy my favourite activities much. I become awfully distant and feel like nothing's actually real. Other than that, I told him that I believe this world is like a great big computer and our souls are somewhere outside of it controlling our bodies like the characters in a video game. Sometimes this belief is so powerful that I feel trapped inside my own body. Now what I want to know is whether you guys think this is a form of psychosis and I need an antipsychotic because of it. The side-effects from Zyprexa/Olanzapine are almost intolerable. I'm drowsy all the time. My body seems to resist my will to move it around! I've become so slow that I feel like I'm underwater. AND I gained 5 or 6 kilos the last time I was on it.
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Jun 01, 2013, 10:06 AM
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Sounds like a delusion to me and yes that's what APs are for but zyprexa is horrible for weight gain....try switching to another AP....I like abilify it's a partial antagonist for the dopamine receptor so it's a little different than the other APs.
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Jun 01, 2013, 10:55 AM
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I don't believe it's a delusion. You might be feeling something like depersonalization and you might be explaining what you feel with an example. I've got this feeling with some meds. Maybe it's a side effect of some other med you're taking?
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Jun 01, 2013, 11:08 AM
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The belief being so p powerful. You feel trapped inside your body is what bring this thought outside the norm. There are many antipsychotic mess out there. Insist on another. Keep trying different ones till u find the right and perfect one for you.
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Jun 01, 2013, 11:13 AM
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Is that belief somehow distressing to you or causing you trouble in everyday functioning?
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Jun 01, 2013, 11:14 AM
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Don't settle for intolerable side effects. If you don't enjoy anything and are tired all the time, that isn't much of a life.
I notice you're all on Effexor (from your siggy). That drug makes me not care about anything, feel distant and enjoy little.
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