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Once I was prescribed low-dose antipsychotics to help me fall asleep. They made me energetic, productive, I actually started enjoying life. Then my dr said it wasn't supposed to happen so cut them off.
I mean, what if the better quality sleep was causing those effects? That does seem unfortunate you had to stop using something making you feel better. I wonder if there was a different, more dangerous side effect they were worried about.
"euphoria" was among possible side effects. I guess the worry was it was getting me high.
Oh fuck that. I would get a second opinion. At least now you know to underplay it. "I think it's working, yes. Sleeping better and feeling a little better, no side effects that are bothersome, this one seems good, thanks."
Oh no, they shouldn't make you feel too good!
The goal of antipsychotics is to stabilize your brain that has been fucked by a big ass dopamine imbalance. Euphoria is actually a state of mind that can worsen your psychosis. So yes, they shouldn't make you feel too good because feeling too good creates more delusions
Sometimes antidepressants can unmask bipolar disorder and cause manic episodes but I've never heard of anything similar with antipsychotics. In fact they're often used as sedatives as OP alluded to.
Unless mania or hypomania was present previously in a patient, this would be more about the drug's effects than revealing a pre-existing condition.
Doctor was like, I am sorry but you are not supposed to enjoy life.
I'd find a new doctor and tell them what was working for you
uh thats stupid? what even was the logic?
The underlying reason is that someone who has a dramatic shift to either extreme often comes with negative behaviors. Bipolar mania for example could result in blowing through money or seeking pleasure outside a relationship and a bunch of other stuff with negative outcomes.
I would hope their decision making was more nuanced than basic correlation.
You don't have to blindly accept what the doctor is saying, challenge them. It is after all your body and your life
LOL have you ever challenged a doctor? Expect more empathy from ICE.
Most doctors I've spoken to have been quite happy to work with me rather than against me.
The unfortunate trick is you need to self educate to speak a bit more in their language. You also need to accept they are often working within rules that are unintuitive.
E.g. I prefer a particular brand drug Vs the generics. (The delivery method was slightly different) I had to cycle through the generics so they could tick them off in the system. Otherwise it would try to automatically shift me to a generic.
You're adorable.
I'm guessing you just mouth off at doctors, and so get treated like an idiot.
Guess again! I hope you never have to deal with what I deal with, but in a way I do. Suffering is a great teacher.
If you smell dog shit, check the ground. If you constantly smell dog shit, check your shoe.
Most doctors are trying to help as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. 80-90% are fine to work with you, within their workflow. If every doctor you encounter is in the 10% then either you're VERY unlucky, or you are the problem element.
I am an atheist, but I am summoning any and all deities or demiurges to visit a disease upon you, hopefully chronic, hopefully painful, hopefully trivially easy to treat, that you have this knowledge, and that every doctor will simply shrug and ignore you.
This seems to be the only way people learn. It is unfortunate.
Been there done that. How do you think I learnt to self advocate properly?
I don't blame the doctors. They did their best in the time and with the information available to them. I didn't fit the mould so they missed it again and again.
I could have done with the right treatment 20 years earlier, but I got there.
You might also be male, having health issues while being female seems to have a side effect of not being treated properly much more often. But that's anecdotal, because I don't want to search for statistics
Women definitely have it harder. I've seen statistics that back that up too.
Women have more variance in their health, mostly linked to their hormonal cycle. That drastically widens the range of 'normal' for them as a group. An individual patient might be highly abnormal for herself, but within the bounds of 'average normal'. A good doctor, with time will account for that. Unfortunately most lack the time.
The fact that doctors are traditionally male doesn't help. Add in a few women overreacting to feed the stereotypes and we end up with the current situation.
It seems to be improving slowly, based on what I've seen, but it's still got a long way to go.
You're pathetic
You're a psychopath. An excellent candidate for medical school. Did you apply?
Doctors are the last people who care about you. They have procedures they memorized and their job is to fill out forms and push you along the system.