[RunningEagleRuns]

i think my meds make me feel not alive.. this happen to anyone else?

[costello]

Sorry, hon. Never been on the meds myself, but I've heard such comments from others. My son has said they make him feel like he's not himself. And I've noticed that at higher doses he's flat, dull, sleepy, depressed, etc.

[fishsandwich]

"Dead" isn't the word I'd have used . . . more like, I felt like I was behind a screen, somehow separated from the rest of the world and unable to fully interact with it. But I think I know the feeling you're describing.

Yeah I've felt totally disconnected from both myself and the world around me. I describe it as not feeling real, which I guess is the same as feeling dead. It's not a nice feeling Personally I've felt it both on and off meds, so I think it's also brought on by my depression getting bad.

*Willow*

[Tsunamisurfer]

Originally Posted by RunningEagleRuns

i think my meds make me feel not alive.. this happen to anyone else?

It took me a day to think about my response.
Like Fish and Willow, there is definitely a schism or disconnect I experience on antipsychotics, but not necessarily on other drugs.

It feels like my means of relating to the outside world is interfered with - like when I had oral injections for root canal treatment - I couldn't feel my face or control my eyes properly, and I felt I was going to do something harmful through having no feedback - like biting my cheek or tongue.
- Only when its your brain that is tranquillized, your enthusiam goes flat, and your response to jokes goes numb, and you cry and don't understand what's going on cos you can't feel the sadness very clearly.
I became very uninspired. Even the purpose for living and loving seemed to hold less influence on my motivation to get up and do things or do them well.

When doctors blame non-compliance on a symptom of the illness, they just don't get the above.

[likewater]

I feel dead but not from my meds. For funzies though my meds make me feel like bugs are biting me all over especially when I shower or go in the sun. I take them anyway so I have less migraines and I won't get suicidal. Tell your pdoc and maybe you can
change your meds a little. Good luck.

[optimize990h]

Originally Posted by RunningEagleRuns

i think my meds make me feel not alive.. this happen to anyone else?

I was on an antidepressant that made me feel that way. I felt very flat.

[emmamental]

I relate to some of whats been said here, for example not getting jokes and not feeling in a good mood. Its like a numbness that never goes away and affects me greatly as i would love to be able to laugh and cry like normal people do but i dont, i just feel flat.

I'm on Haloperidal and have been now for 6 months. I would do anything to feel alive again. I've asked my doctors to lower the doseage of my medication but still found i have the same feeling. I'm hoping that if they keep lowering it with the aim to gradually come off it then i will regain a more vibrant life experience other than this flat one.

[newtus]

haldols a bit##
im about to be on THREE ANTIPSYCHOTICS at the same time

[volatile]

that's why I stopped my meds to begin with.

[fishsandwich]

Me too actually. I would rather be fully "here" and madbonkers in the nut than checked out but stable.