Posted by crabcakebenny on September 19, 2014, at 16:46:06
In reply to Re: Neuroleptic Brain-shrinkage, posted by linkadge on September 6, 2014, at 11:26:06
bleh, I forgot about this thread. I hope I get responses, I'll try to respond to all of you.
@linkadge I've long since been off them (3 months?). Let me preface this by stating I'm pretty biased concerning this matter, but I view antipsychotics as mental poison now. For one, I had the zombification/blunting and possessed no clarity, but I also felt like it negatively altered my behavior. I became really impulsive but apathetic; my driving became reckless, I didn't know when to respect somber situations(f*ck*d around and joked all the time) while on the drug. I feel like my executive function is back while being off zyprexa, I've lost 30 pounds, I work out daily, my intellect seems to have returned. I'm just concerned those dopamine circuits, or whatever intricate system it might've f*ck*d up, will be damaged forever. I won't feel the same way I did before the drug, for the rest of my life.
To be fair, this has turned into a unhealthy obsession/paranoia all its own recently. I can't stop thinking about it. It's making me depressed.
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