Help Medication 5+ months

[Life_and_Death]

Has anyone that's been on medication for an extended period of time have to go through a "getting use to" period?

Every medication I've tried has MAJOR side effects and my doctor is telling me that I have to wait through them until my body adjusts to it. I'm wondering how credible this is and if anyone else had to go through this.

FYI everything I've taken and am currently on is an antipsychotic but I'll take just about any advice just let me know if it's an antipsychotic, antidepressant or antianxiety med.

 

[Passerby]

I am on a antipsychotic called Olanzapine,

I've been getting 'used' to them for months now, i only take them so i don't get sectioned again.

My opinion, having been on many different types of mental health medication throughout the years, if you have not seen a difference by around a month, it's just never going to get better, that medication is not for you.

Like i said it's my opinion, i'm not a doctor, just a fucked up guy who has doctors experiment with me like a lab mouse for years.

 

[Life_and_Death]

I am on a antipsychotic called Olanzapine,

I've been getting 'used' to them for months now, i only take them so i don't get sectioned again.

My opinion, having been on many different types of mental health medication throughout the years, if you have not seen a difference by around a month, it's just never going to get better, that medication is not for you.

Like i said it's my opinion, i'm not a doctor, just a fucked up guy who has doctors experiment with me like a lab mouse for years.

Olanzpine was the second medication I was on. It made me sleep for 15-20hrs so I stopped taking it 2 days in. I tried it the second day at half dose and only slept for half the time lol.

I'm looking for opinions rather then a doctor's "knowledge" no offense to them, they go through all that schooling and whatnot but everyone is different and no one knows me better then me so I'll fix myself thank you lol

 

[kovkay]

Had an antipsychotic injection for two years, side effects only went away after I stopped taking it. I think it's bs that your body gets used to it. My antipsychotic raised prolactin levels and that doesn't just level out on its own unless the medication is stopped.

 

[mathieu]

I've been on meds for most of the last 14 years. Some side effects go away as your body adjusts to the med some stick around. I would listen to your doctor and try to ride them out if he thinks they will pass.
This applies to antipsychotics, mood stabilisers, antidepressants and anti anxiety drugs.

 

[Life_and_Death]

Had an antipsychotic injection for two years, side effects only went away after I stopped taking it. I think it's bs that your body gets used to it. My antipsychotic raised prolactin levels and that doesn't just level out on its own unless the medication is stopped.

well i wouldnt say it bs that your body gets use to it. it would gain a tolerance to it after awhile like any other drug but that doesnt mean the side effects go away because they will just up your dose which is the question im looking into. the side effect im having is im basically going insane. im going to try to work with it but if it doesnt go away after awhile im going to see about getting an antidepressant, i already pitched this idea to my psychiatrist so now im basically waiting to see what happens

 

[Deleted member 1465]

Short term side effects tend to go away as your metabolism gets used to the drug. Long term effects are not side effects, they are profound endocrine changes that your body and brain go through. They are chronic and can be permanent.
These drugs also suffer from tolerance effects so you will have to have a higher dose at some point and more additional effects. Eventually, these medications will often stop working and you will have to go through withdrawal.

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[IrRegularjoe]

Has anyone that's been on medication for an extended period of time have to go through a "getting use to" period?

Every medication I've tried has MAJOR side effects and my doctor is telling me that I have to wait through them until my body adjusts to it. I'm wondering how credible this is and if anyone else had to go through this.

FYI everything I've taken and am currently on is an antipsychotic but I'll take just about any advice just let me know if it's an antipsychotic, antidepressant or antianxiety med.

The "mental health professionals" will consistently tell you their is an adjustment period. Although a pharmacist told me if you don't feel better within a month it probably wouldn't change. I took seroquel for a year with no improvement to symptoms. Just to be obedient I suppose. The pharmacist also told me if you don't feel good on the drug you shouldn't be taking it. It's hard to find a good doctor who will try various medications to get a medication that works and has minimal side effects. I have only met two who have been conscious of drug administration. All the others have been pill pushers who don't listen.

 

[Sarahlynn]

I found that many side effects goes away after 3-4 weeks. But if they last longer than a month, then they will not go away in my experience.

I had way, way more side effects on APs than ADs. If you tolerate low AP doses, you could ask to stay on the low dose, and combine it with a low dose of an AD. Or just switch to ADs in the first place, but I guess there is a reason why you are on an AP in the first place? Some disorders should mean caution with ADs, such as bipolar, as they might increase the risk of mania.