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Sometimes psychotic · May 25, 2013, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by maxny

Started hearing voices at 20, 10 yrs ago. I told a therapist after a few months, ut no one else for 6 yrs or so. Meds didn't help. Functioned off and on for a while, then had a bad couple years recently. Diagnosed Depression w/ Psychosis.

I might never have told anyone else abt the voices, but the depression and drinking led to hospitals last year, and eventually I just unburdened myself and let the Dr's and my family know.

Meds still don't help w/ the voices much. They're useful to me just in acute situations, short term. The short and long term negative side effects of neuroleptics/antipsychotics are just too severe for me to consider being on them for longer than a couple months, and then only at low dosage, like 100 or 200mg seroquel or equivalent.

I was just hospitalized after a drinking binge activated my depression, so I'm on zyprexa 10mg now. Had to fight them against raising it higher, but it was giving me bad achathysia, as they usu do.

I meet with my Doc again Thurs, and I'll ask to go off the zyprexa. All I really need is the antidepressant.

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I'm sorry the meds don't work well for you. Thanks for posting!

Atypical_Disaster · May 25, 2013, 10:40 AM

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Meds still don't help w/ the voices much. They're useful to me just in acute situations, short term. The short and long term negative side effects of neuroleptics/antipsychotics are just too severe for me to consider being on them for longer than a couple months, and then only at low dosage, like 100 or 200mg seroquel or equivalent.

I'm in essentially the same situation. They're useful short term but long term..? I can't stay on them.

maxny · May 25, 2013, 02:19 PM

Yah luckily my voices are generally pretty low in volume, like a sitting in the backseat of a car with talk radio at a low volume coming out of the rear speakers. I've been coping with it for a while, so usu it doesn't bother me. But they are usu quite negative, and can get 'louder' when I'm stressed or depressed. At the moment I don't hear them at all. Often it's worse at night, and when I'm alone.

I've ,met other people who have them worse, so I try to look at things optimistically.

Some things that cphelp are taking a shower, distracting myself w/ music, TV/film, conversation, etc. And 'cbt' like positive, rational , healthy thinking that challenges the negative messages.

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