Posted by vanessa33 on November 15, 2003, at 16:09:46
In reply to Re: Has anyone had luck restarting pooped out AD? » ace, posted by Ilene on November 11, 2003, at 16:29:05
> > > The plan is to augment it with an anti-psychotic, probably risperidone (Risperdal), if necessary, to stop the intense circular ruminations.
--------This is just one amateur opinion, but I would never let someone prescribe me an antipsychotic unless I was actually psychotic.
Someone tried that on me once, many years ago, prescribing an antipsychotic for a reason other than psychosis (since I don't have that). And I will actually never forgive that doctor. It "messed with my mind" in a way that no mood supplement like antidepressants ever has. And I felt we should have had MUCH MORE of a conversation about what antipsychotics really are and really do before he just went handing me one like, "Here - try this. Even though you don't have psychosis, it might help with the anxiety etc." If I'd known how serious a drug this was, I would have said NO.
That's just one person's experience! But to me, the antipsychotic was a WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME from the antidepressants. It messed with me in a way that was completely unacceptable to me. I would never let someone give me something like that again. It still makes me mad.
I'm not saying people who suffer from psychosis shouldn't take them. Not at all! I think people should use what's out there, that can help. But prescribing them to non-psychotics for "other reasons"? .....all I can say is that for me, that was unforgivable thing to do. It was a SERIOUS drug and I was not well-informed about how serious it was.
What that doctor tried giving me was NOT the same drug you just mentioned - it was just in the same family. And I don't want to say what you should do! But as a total amateur with one bad experience, I would recommend taking more caution and expressing more concern over an antipsychotic than with simply a new antidepressant or anxiety medication.
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