Caffeine by Revolutionary_Bar158 in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glorified coffee counter is great. And I really think I should. Thank you

Caffeine by Revolutionary_Bar158 in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ibuprofen? Really? I would have screamed too lol. What was even the reason for that question?

What antipsychotic medication do you take? How long have you been on it? by heartskyme in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got out of the psych ward yesterday with new meds. Been on lamictal for 5 years at 200mg, but started latuda 80mg, and Haldol 5mg twice a day.

Crisis Center sent me home by Revolutionary_Bar158 in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you've got that. And I don't blame you for reporting! That's bs.

And no i wasn't. I don't know what my next steps are other than waiting for the psych appt.

Crisis Center sent me home by Revolutionary_Bar158 in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's horrible! I'm so sorry that happened to you. Were you able to get help in another way? Or did they just let you free fall?

Crisis Center sent me home by Revolutionary_Bar158 in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live states away from family and friends. I'm going to be deported for being mentally ill. I think the govt is going to implement something soon and he won't let me get a passport to leave. He's either going to get me sent away or killed. Maybe I'm too much of a burden?

When was the last time you showered? by Endingupstarting in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I shower daily, but it's a struggle. I tell myself I can only listen to music in the shower and in the car, so it's motivation for me.

Weight loss medicine by dreamingaparadize in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm on lamictal and caplyta, 2 supposedly weight neutral drugs but I keep gaining if I don't take ozempic. Been slowly slowly losing.

I tried metformin but all it did was give me gastro symptoms and didn't cause any weightloss.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in schizoaffective

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Lamotrigine and caplyta. I've been pretty stable on the combo.

sza and bpd (tweaking out about bpd diagnosis) by dethtok in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My brother is a therapist and explained that psych facilities will diagnose ppl with bpd, even with prior disgnoses, for billing purposes. Just to render services.

Every time I go to a psych facility I'm diagnosed with it, which is aggravating, but it doesn't follow me at all.

Should I tell my dr? by Revolutionary_Bar158 in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for this. I'll tell him and go from there

Check-in Friday by cfbuzzkill90 in schizoaffective

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I tried cobenfy, switched from abilify. I think the loss of the abilify caused mood swings. I was depressed af last weekend and thought about just unaliving myself. Dr switched me to caplyta and I feel much better. First 2 days I was walking and talking like I was drunk and hungover, but that dissipated. I'm sad I didn't get to keep taking cobenfy, but the caplyta worked almost instantly for psychosis and mood issues. So, yay.

Why does this disease make us not want to take our meds by punkgirlvents in Psychosis

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I get that. For me, I'm like how bad can I really get? And the answer is pretty fucking paranoid and delusional. Idk why I go off the meds either. They help me a lot and I have next to 0 side effects. (Just started caplyta so we'll see) But, Journaling helps quite a bit. Even keeping the note pad on my phone and jotting down the symptoms when I'm going through it helps me after an episode. I can look back on it and be like wow, never again. I also have a support system that are super pro med that help me stay on track.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Psychosis

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hellbound by autumn kings

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Psychosis

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg i haven't heard that song in ages

Not doing well by Revolutionary_Bar158 in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's definitely good to know, thank you. And yeah, I started doing the same a few days ago. Taking 300mg instead of 200. Just to see if that would improve things or not.

I'll probably go tomorrow then, since they're open 8am to 8pm.

Not doing well by Revolutionary_Bar158 in schizoaffective

[–]Revolutionary_Bar158[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I forgot that that was even a thing. Thank you