ARIPIPRAZOLE vs QUETIAPINE

I was re-diagnosed with bipolar disorder (unspecified) again last week. I didn’t stick to meds the first time around, but decided to just believe and take it seriously this time. Been taking Aripiprazole 2mg for a week now, and while my body still feels sick like a common cold, I am doing some motio

# General Info Antipsychotics are a type of psychiatric medication available with a prescription to treat psychosis (delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, or disordered thought). Sometimes referred to as neuroleptics or major tranquilizers, They are licensed to treat specific mental health problems w

I can’t go on another medication because the other meds make you gain weight and I am already overweight. I am on a combination of aripiprazole and sertraline for my bipolar and ocd. It is hell. I would rather be off my meds completely. I am crying as I type because I have lost all hope for myself.

I've been used for trials in the past. However, not to this extent. My family thinks this is too much for a single dose. My psych says it's fine to take this many meds. I've been on these for a month now. Should I keep going or change my doc? Any recommendation from anyone who's been through too ma

TW: mention of drug abuse, also a long post. Lol I’m 20, female, struggling with BD type 1. Got accepted into a great university at 17 right after high school, spent 3 years suffering, dealing with drug addiction (got hooked on to m*th which made me more energized for a while and helped with studies

17f. I’m on aripiprazole and sertraline, for bipolar and ocd. I’ve made posts about it but to put it simply it’s making me feel worse than when I was off them. No option to quit medication or change meds because other meds make you gain weight and if I gained any more weight I would be classed as o

Can anybody relate? Being off work for the holidays and staying home at my apartment is a surefire trigger into a mixed episode for me, almost within three days off work, every time. I'm a research assistant at a university, so I get two weeks off for winter break, which I should be grateful for, b

I turned 26 last year and got booted off my dad's insurance. I was still in school at the time and not working. I looked for coverage on the exchange and none of the plans would cover my antipsychotic (quetiapine/seroquel). I had to go on COBRA which meant I would be getting the same coverage that I

Yeah, it's been a bit weird. My psych and I are lowering my quetiapine in the hopes to get off it entirely because frankly, I'm suffocating under it. I knew I'd be signing up for some discomfort through this process; the balancing act is keeping it in the green and not tanking into someplace scary.

I finally started medication (quetiapine + lamotrigine) today, after a really long mental battle, so I was feeling pretty proud and good after my psych appointment today. Then I came home, decided to tell my Mum (because she always complains I don’t tell her enough, I still live with her as I’m stil

I'm so tired. I've been suffering for months due to medication side effects. Olanzapine triggered my POTS and I haven't recovered since August. I'm constantly dizzy and I can barely leave the house. Ive only been to the store 5 times since then. I constantly have anxiety and panic attacks fearing I'

I feel a weird sense of relief having a name to this perpetual cycle of sadness and mania. I was apprehensive at first to seek help since there would be times I'd be happy and I used to downplay my sadness as being overreactions to heartbreaks or failures. I'm excited to start my medications (lamot

I've lived in the same place for about 2 years and there's a pharmacy right across the street where I go to fill my prescriptions. They have low turnover so it's always the same people who see me. And of course by now they know what I have since I buy all the classic stuff: lithium, lamotrigine, que

I need to share this with someone because if I tell my family they will freak out. I am currently travelling Asia, in Vietnam. Last night a depressive episode hit me like a ton of bricks despite slow release venlafaxine, 500mg quetiapine and propanol in my system. I went to the 8th floor of my hote