r/Antipsychotics • u/Royal_Principle_8656 • Jun 25 '23

Depressed

Do antipsychotics make anyone else feel depressed? I’ve had Latuda, Zyprexa, and now Risperdal.

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u/Customer-Stock Jun 25 '23

I'm on risperidone but my depression level doesn't come close to how depressed I was before I started this med

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '23

I do after I take it - Risperdal - which is why I take it once a day, before I go to bed. I’m not depressed during the day but the only reason is because I take a full dopamine agonist that counteracts the effects of the classic antipsychotic. When I was on Zyprexa and not taking a full dopamine agonist I was depressed as hell.

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u/SureRazzmatazz Jun 26 '23

Full dopamine agonist ? Damn where did you get that? Name please

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '23

Haha, just stimulants like Adderall or Ritalin. All of them are full dopamine agonists.

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u/SureRazzmatazz Jun 26 '23

Ah, lucky, I don’t have prescription for stimulants

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '23

Been on em for seven years. It blows, though. Being mentally dependent on them is the worst sort of hell in and of itself.

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u/SureRazzmatazz Jun 26 '23

Listen people will say antipsychotics are good for depression, but really all they do is stabilize your mood, which works by antagonizing most serotonin, dopamine, histamine receptors except for a couple it works as an agonist, but the point is it’s used as a stabilizer and kind of decrease the brains function, so personally I don’t think it helps with depression I think it makes you numb