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TheFemaleSmokey

Updated 1y ago

Share Your Experience: Medication That Didn't Work

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

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crash101

2y

Ritalin
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iwalker3

2y

Risperidone
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GothOnToast

2y

Abilify
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OddPilot

1y

second this
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abnormal

2y

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

2y

yep!!!
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EnsuingAutumn

2y

Zoloft is the worst medication I’ve ever been on! But Effexor XR saved my life. It’s interesting how meds affect each individual so uniquely
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Starlightie

2y

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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mmm

2y

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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joyjoytsak

2y

oh my gosh! That stuff is awful!
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dearestdoe

2y

YESSS OMG i had the exact same experience
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xtaylorx

2y

EFFEXOR AND EFFEXOR XR screw that med, ruined my life
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TheFemaleSmokey

2y

I didn't like Seroquel or celexa either
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mrsking0322

2y

Depakote
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xtaylorx

2y

oh yea nope, was on this for like 2 days and had CRAZY symptoms
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Lin92

2y

that made my mood swings worse and my hair started falling out. Took it for seizures
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lillypod21

2y

Paxil since everyone named my other one already. I had only 2 meds that didn't work.
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cbear22

2y

Ativan it gives me seizures
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joyjoytsak

2y

it makes me crazier
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VolcanoMama

2y

Abilify.....no bueno
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joyjoytsak

2y

migraines
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Vibesbyangel

2y

Effexor
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phia1111

2y

i forgot how to spell it but it’s pronounced “ simbulltah “ i had non stop nose bleeds
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joyjoytsak

2y

that was my first one. Awful.
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aevyn

2y

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

2y

I’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 wouldn’t wish on anyone.
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QueenElsa931

2y

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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Flood_Damage

2y

Lexapro
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iam.__.nina

2y

Same here. I’m currently being weened off
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Lin92

2y

Lithium
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Lin92

2y

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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crys

2y

Wellbutrin
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dearestdoe

2y

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

2y

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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Belontine

2y

Zoloft was great for me since I was 18 but this year it started giving me wild brain fog and I had to switch. It’s crazy that it can just change after so long 😭
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Vee92

2y

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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Nemma

2y

Zyprexa
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Nemma

2y

The one that helped me the most was my Seroquel. God I miss my meds!
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ghostgirl33

2y

Strattera 💀
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Emma13

1y

Zoloft-made me manic Abilify-made me more angry

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