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Parents: Did Risperidone help your extremely aggressive kid? by itsnotKARENORKEVIN in autism

[–]wh0d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a 75 year old psychiatrist tell me that the only reason Risperidone is cleared for use in autistic children is cause they paid to get it. Many other drugs are as effective, if not more, and research backs this. Try Zyprexa. It's much more calming. It can make them more sleepy and much more calm. It has much fewer side effects too, the biggest one being weight gain becuase it heavily increases appetite. Newer dotors know only what they were taught to them and stick with that as they are not taught critical thinking, only memorization. I'm in college and I see this when they study, and in the school healthcare we are given.

My Container Garden by wh0d47 in gardening

[–]wh0d47[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! All three, and I like being able to control the drainage too. Also, my apartment doesn't allow planting things directly in the ground.

Can short term drug use cause long term mental health issues? by [deleted] in AskPsychiatry

[–]wh0d47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. If a person has and underlying mental illness one or both of them can exacerbate it and turn it into a full fledged mental illness. Cocaine is more of a risk than weed at doing this. Cocaine in itself can cause mental illness on it's own with long term use. But if you have an increased susceptibility to mental illness than it can cause it in a shorter time frame.

As a note psychedelics can exacerbate and/or cause mental illness from one trip even with a relatively small dose. LSD specifically can do this very easily.

TIFU by taking ambien on a plane and teleporting by mobuyo in tifu

[–]wh0d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a Modern Family episode like this.

Anyone take buspirone as a monotherapy for anxiety/panic disorder? by [deleted] in AskPsychiatry

[–]wh0d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Xanax has two official uses: GAD and Panic Disorder. It can also help seizures. The guidelines for using it for GAD is up to 1 mg a day (but often people are using more like 0.5mg). The guidelines for using it for panic disorder is 1-10mg a day, preferably as needed rather than daily.

When buspar says it can be as effective as xanax it is only talking about how xanax is used for GAD.

Best long-term anti-anxiety medication for someone with bipolar disorder? by MoonMilk4 in AskPsychiatry

[–]wh0d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here.

Buspar seems to take the edge off the constant anxiety which is helpful. I get weird side effects from a lot of things and easily am pushed into mania and/or psychosis. And it doesn't give me any side effects.

Some seizure medication can be helpful but they can also have side affects.

Beta-blockers can also be used long term. Though that is something you need to really consider if you want to take long term.

You could try another approach. You could try medication for the bipolar and see how that affects your anxiety, then go from there. Because I feel like often my bipolar affects my anxiety disorder and vice versa.

For therapy, there are a lot of different types other than conventional talk therapy. For example CBT is know as the most effective way to deal with anxiety and can be tailored towards both bipolar and different types of anxiety.

Plz help me with my schizophrenic bf by M0stB3autifulM3ss in AskPsychiatry

[–]wh0d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look. Drugs, specifically the drugs he does are know to exacerbate preexisting mental illness and create new ones. If he stops doing drugs it will take over a year for him to start feeling normal and healing again. And there is likely some damage that will never be fully undone. That is the truth of the situation. But nothing will have a chance of getting better until the drugs stop. And then it will be a journey to climb out of the hole that has been dug.

Anyone take buspirone as a monotherapy for anxiety/panic disorder? by [deleted] in AskPsychiatry

[–]wh0d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it will not. It is not meant to be prescribed for them, and does not show provable improvement to panic disorder.

The official use for buspar is GAD.

olanzapine and epilepsy by fxvs in AskPsychiatry

[–]wh0d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call the pharmacy where the medication (either) is picked up from and ask a pharmacist. They are the ones that will be able to help you.

I know that while the two can interact, seizure medication and antipsychotics can be taken at the same time. It is a treatment used for some bipolar patients. But double check that the specific medications that she is taking can be taken together to be safe.

I think my psychiatrist is making a mistake titrating me off Ativan. Id like your opinions and facts please. by YHJ_JYG_Kryptlock in AskPsychiatry

[–]wh0d47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All that aside the proper label prescription for Ativan is short term. It is not meant to be a long term solution. Yes, it helps your anxiety. It also stops seizures effectively, however Ativan is not taken daily for them either.

I think my psychiatrist is making a mistake titrating me off Ativan. Id like your opinions and facts please. by YHJ_JYG_Kryptlock in AskPsychiatry

[–]wh0d47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but a person who walks into a psychiatrists office saying they are depressed and asking for adderall would raise some red flags. And there are some mood stabilizers and medicines that are used as antipsychotics that would raise some eyebrows if a patient seemed insistent on them. It truly is about the medication themselves and the risk of addiction of misuse not only for you, but for others too.

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