Do you take medication?

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I once took... something, for anxiety, but it made me a ton worse. Same with Zoloft, at first it worked and then I got really bad even on it.

Nowadays, I take Risperdal and Tenex to fight off my combined Asperger's/PANDAS (or Tourette's or Sydenham's Chorea or whatever I do have). Risperdal, I have no clue what it does, but Tenex is a blood pressure medicine that makes me really tired, but reduces the pressure I feel from my tics.

I never required meds in my life. No shame in meds though, but doctors do overprescribe sometimes.

I'm on Wellbutrin and Lexapro, just quit Abilify cuz it made me fall asleep in school.

I used to be on all kinds of psych pills until I started taking narcotic painkillers (legally prescribed to me). Someone mentioned Loxapine (which is highly unusual because that med isn't prescribed all that often now a days) , that was the most recent anti psychotic I was on. Was only on it for a few days or weeks. But before that I was taking something called Moban, which made me unbelievably psychotic, and it was supposed to be an ANTI psychotic! I hallucinated 24/7 and had severe delusions and even bizarre behavior. I was taking anti psychotics for my schizoaffective disorder. I also took Zoloft for depression and Buspar and Valium for anxiety. I have been on countless others over the past few years. Don't ask me which ones...pretty much all of them. Ever since I've been off the pills is when my DID started up again, but its got to be a coincidence! Its because of the severe stress and anxiety (which is situational based, not chemical so its like the pills really didn't help anyways). I have gained so much weight over the past 3 years due to meds. I mean around 80 pounds, and I'm not exaggerating! I've heard of people gaining more than 100 pounds on psych meds! They ain't good for you unless you can't live without them. I just love poison! Mmmmm, poison! Does a body good!

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At the moment, Effexor & Mirtazapine for depression, Zyprexa for "psychosis". Also Valium, on occasion.

None for me, thanks!

Used to, but only for a little while...
I don't think it did much, or else it made me lazy, I forget. D:

But I was already lazy, so I guess they realized I didn't need any more help in that area.

Yes to control my seziures but have been on it for 6 months but i don't like being on it though as it has leaded me to having too many side effects i almost gave up because it made me depressed at times.

There are so many people on this board that has a psychotic disorder...very interesting. Is there a connection to autism?

I tried Concerta for my ADHD, then Strattera. I decided to stop the Strattera for no reason at all. I also tried melatonin for my sleep for a little while but I didn't keep that up either.

I take Aripiprazole for my Bipolar Disorder diagnosis.
I take Sertraline to give me motivation and to reduce AS-related obsessions.

I was on Seroquel for the (off label) usage of a sleep aide.
I was on it a very short amount of time before I stopped taking it, because I didn't like what it was doing to my emotions and brain. Not to mention I found out that it's an antipsychotic... which my doctor neglected to mention to me. Lovely, right?
Didn't tell me, didn't warn me, didn't even hint to me. Was not happy, not happy at all.

I'm pretty sure that stuff is what set off my bouts of apathy/not-feeling-anything-at-all.


Doctor did same thing to RL friend. Friend gained bunch of weight. Had trouble breathing because of it.
Friend is better now, though.

Strattera for ADHD
Fluvoxamine for OCD
Haloperidol for Tourettes
Risperdal for general psychosis
Gabapentin for "freezing" when startled, it helps me drive
Rozerem and Temazepam to sleep, because I'm so wired from the other stuff
Various laxatives to combat med-caused constipation
I take ibuprofen at night because I'll sleep on one side of my body all night and wake up in pain

That's it. That's a lot. I used to hate meds, in fact I still do, but my comorbids got so bad that it became either kill myself or get help. So I got help.

I do think that psychosis is common among auties/aspies, I seem to hear of a lot of aspies going absolutely bonkers around age 20 and getting arrested. That's about the time I sought help.

for anxiety and depression, I've been taking wellbutrin, it seems to take the edge off so that I can remain a little more rational

Citalopram and amitriptyline for panic attacks and cluster headaches, will have to be on something for DD-NOS and/or schizophrenia at some point