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Antipsychotic Medications
Antipsychotic medications are associated with a wide range of side effects. Around two thirds of people in controlled drug trials discontinue antipsychotic medications, partly due to adverse side effects. Extrapyramidal rections include tardive psychosis, acute dystonias, akatheisia, parkinsonism (rigidity and tremor), tardive dyskinesia, tachycardia, hypotension, impotence, lethargy, seizures, intense dreams or nightmares, and hyperprolactinemia. In my book, Posioned Love, I discuss the onset of my side effects of antipsychotic medications.
From a subjective perspective, antipsychotic medications heavily influence one’s perceptions of pleasurable sensations, causing a severe reduction in feelings of desire, motivation, pensive thought, and awe. Antipsychotic medications also have a detrimental effect on short term memory.
The atypical antipsychotic medications (especially olanzapine) seem to cause weight gain more commonly than the typical antipsychotic medications. Diabetes, which can be life threatening, is often associated with this weight gain. In my book, Poisoned Love, I complain about the weight gain side effect of antispsychotic medications.
Clozapine has a high risk of inducing agranulystosis, a potentially dangerous reduction in white blood cells.
Typical antipsychotic medications also cause tardive dyskinesia, repetitive, involuntary purposeless movements often of the lips, face, legs or torso.
Antipsychotic medications also tend to lower a person’s seizure threshold and cause deterioration of the teeth due to decreased saliva production.
Some people suffer few side effects from taking antipsychotic medications, while others may have serious adverse effects.
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