Guest Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I believed the stigma(is there really one?) of typical antipsychotics that they have horrible side effects and inevitablely cause TD. I was marching on the spot the fluanxol depot. It WAS horrible. Can anyone else relate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaBanana Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) Why are you so very black and white about everything? I'm sure there will be some that refute your statement. Edited April 16, 2015 by AnnaBanana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Haiku Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Like anything else, the loudest people about any given thing are the ones who are complaining. Yes, they have side effects, but so does EVERY OTHER CLASS OF DRUGS ON THE MARKET from heart medication to painkillers. Are typical antipsychotics really any worse than the other meds we take? No. Are the side effects scarier sometimes and get a lot of talk-time because of that? Yes. There should be no stigma. They save fucking lives the same as atypicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larkspur Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I took low dose Thorazine for anxiety and it was great. I have mad love for the typicals. Your bad experience is not universal, and it isn't logical to extrapolate that the FGA's are terrible from your experience with one drug that (per Sylvan) isn't even used as an antipsychotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax15 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) I questioned and was unsure of the stigma hence the ????? Stelazine has great reviews from more sane sites like drugs.com. Perphenazine has good reviews too. IDK why Melleril was discontinued it WAS actually meant to be a pretty good typical. Edited April 16, 2015 by itchandscratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterRosie Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 In your thread on atypicals you mention having tried all the typicals. In this thread you mention trying one that, according to Sylvan's research, isn't considered a typical in the US. Have you tried others? Which is it? Does being caught in a lie make you want to start a new account again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax15 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) In your thread on atypicals you mention having tried all the typicals. In this thread you mention trying one that, according to Sylvan's research, isn't considered a typical in the US. Have you tried others? Which is it? Does being caught in a lie make you want to start a new account again? Flupenthixol is Fluanxol. ONE of many I've tried. Haloperidol and largactil aswell. Edited April 16, 2015 by itchandscratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Haiku Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Why is this conversation a rehash of something we talked about a few weeks ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifluous Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) I believed the stigma(is there really one?) of typical antipsychotics that they have horrible side effects and inevitablely cause TD. I was marching on the spot the fluanxol depot. It WAS horrible. Can anyone else relate? I've believed a lot of things about my meds over the years, which has often led to discontinuing them. Overall, looking back, the biggest problem with my meds was my not taking them consistently or stoping them entirely, and then when I go back on they don't work as well or give horrid side effects. I think whatever stigma there is isn't entirely unwarranted, because there can be difficult side effects. But then psychosis has some pretty difficult side effects as well. I've just accepted that there will be side effects from most everything and some are themselves more treatable than others. Of all the typicals I've taken I've found something that manages the side effects well enough. I saw your post about stelazine and that worked fine for me. Also loxapine and navane. Prolixin was good until the maximum stopped working, but it had a decent run. I'm on haldol depot now and cogentin fixes the current side effect issues. There've been others and other fixes for side effects (EPS) and they've been decent enough. Nothing fixes everything. The side effect problems are there with atypicals, too, they're just different. The single worst for me was clozaril, but I know it's good for others. I would say maybe don't let whatever stigma you perceive dissuade you from trying something if you're at a point where nothing's working. I take one of each now and it's good enough for the moment. I've reset my expectations though and just accepted that there will be symptoms and side effects and that's just how my life is. Edited for spelling issues Edited April 16, 2015 by mellifluous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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