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TheFemaleSmokey

617d

NAME A MEDICATION THAT DIDNT WORK FOR YOU... ONLY ONE THO SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A CHANCE (mine is Zoloft)

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    • Emma13

      191d

      Zoloft-made me manic Abilify-made me more angry

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    • Emma13

      191d

      Zoloft-made me manic Abilify-made me more angry

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    • ghostgirl33

      588d

      Strattera šŸ’€

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    • Nemma

      588d

      The one that helped me the most was my Seroquel. God I miss my meds!

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    • Nemma

      588d

      Zyprexa

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    • Vee92

      589d

      All I found out I'm not a pill taker. I will make my self forget. I set alarms, notes, pill organizer, I have tryed everything to remember my meds nothing helped.

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    • Belontine

      596d

      Zoloft was great for me since I was 18 but this year it started giving me wild brain fog and I had to switch. Itā€™s crazy that it can just change after so long šŸ˜­

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    • dearestdoe

      598d

      ABILIFY - i didnt even last three days before i just stopped taking it, everything was so bad

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      • crys

        592d

        @dearestdoe what was it like for you? I've been taking abilify since it first came out, about 20 years ago. It's the main medication that keeps me sane.

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    • crys

      598d

      Wellbutrin

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    • Lin92

      598d

      Lithium

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      • Lin92

        598d

        @Lin92 Made me into she hulk. I was in a mental facility, they put me on lithium, and my reaction was to throw a tantrum. I ripped out a metal desk that was bolted into the wall and floor and used it to barricade myself in my room. Good times

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    • iam.__.nina

      599d

      Same here. Iā€™m currently being weened off

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    • Flood_Damage

      599d

      Lexapro

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    • QueenElsa931

      606d

      Abilify ... made me lose it to the point I attempted something that I may have had thoughts about but never do

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    • RogueDream

      606d

      Iā€™ve been treated since I was 18 for my mental health but we knew I had problems since I was 6 years old i have taken almost every medication for mental health my psychiatrist is at a loss right now of how to help me but for me the one that was the worst was clozaril it gave me such bad migraines and did nothing for me at all. Also it ended up making me worse with paranoia for my schizophrenia. Just awful experience that I wouldnā€™t wish on anyone.

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    • aevyn

      606d

      Haha you all named all the ones I tried that didn't work for me! I'll add Vistaril though.

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    • phia1111

      606d

      i forgot how to spell it but itā€™s pronounced ā€œ simbulltah ā€œ i had non stop nose bleeds

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      • joyjoytsak

        606d

        @phia1111 that was my first one. Awful.

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    • Vibesbyangel

      607d

      Effexor

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    • VolcanoMama

      614d

      Abilify.....no bueno

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      • joyjoytsak

        606d

        @VolcanoMama migraines

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    • cbear22

      614d

      Ativan it gives me seizures

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      • joyjoytsak

        606d

        @cbear22 it makes me crazier

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    • lillypod21

      614d

      Paxil since everyone named my other one already. I had only 2 meds that didn't work.

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    • mrsking0322

      614d

      Depakote

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      • Lin92

        597d

        @mrsking0322 that made my mood swings worse and my hair started falling out. Took it for seizures

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      • xtaylorx

        613d

        @mrsking0322 oh yea nope, was on this for like 2 days and had CRAZY symptoms

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    • TheFemaleSmokey

      614d

      I didn't like Seroquel or celexa either

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    • xtaylorx

      616d

      EFFEXOR AND EFFEXOR XR screw that med, ruined my life

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    • mmm

      616d

      Vraylar. I felt horrible. I have restlessness and it just multiplied it by like 100. I was rocking back and forth violently most of the time i was on it. And it took a bit to get out of my system. I'm sure it would work great for other people but it wasn't for me.

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      • dearestdoe

        598d

        @mmm YESSS OMG i had the exact same experience

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      • joyjoytsak

        606d

        @mmm oh my gosh! That stuff is awful!

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        • mmm

          606d

          @joyjoytsak At the time I was misdiagnosed, 3 months postpartum, and new ro taking meds so idk if that had anything to do with it? It's definitely made me hesitant to try any antipsychotics. Also there was a problem with the pharmacy and I had to pay $400 for a whole new bottle after I stopped taking it.

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    • Starlightie

      616d

      100% Risperdol. It gave me a pregnancy scare bc I started lactating and I missed my period after an... eventful... Valentine's weekend. The whole experience was terrifying.

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    • EnsuingAutumn

      616d

      Zoloft is the worst medication Iā€™ve ever been on! But Effexor XR saved my life. Itā€™s interesting how meds affect each individual so uniquely

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    • abnormal

      616d

      There is one medicine I will REFUSE for the rest of my life: Effexor XR. I was on it as a teenager. Sometimes my mother would forget to refill it and I'd go into withdrawal. I didn't even know what it was called back then. I just knew that it felt like electricity racing from one side of my brain to the other and that I *hated* it.

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      • Vibesbyangel

        607d

        @abnormal yep!!!

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    • GothOnToast

      616d

      Abilify

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      • OddPilot

        197d

        @GothOnToast second this

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    • iwalker3

      617d

      Risperidone

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    • crash101

      617d

      Ritalin

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