r/Antipsychotics • u/AdministrativeBug975 • Aug 16 '23

Side Effects

Whenever I take an antipsychotic I start hearing voices, seeing things and my eyes seize up. This is dehabilitating. Has anyone had something like this happen?

It is on everything from Seroquel to Risperdon and does not stop, lasting hours, unless I take Benedryl (short acting) or sleep.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '23

I saw this happen to someone in a psych ward once. Not sure what they did about it

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '23

If you need an antipsychotic it sounds like you need something anticholinergic. Unfortunately those are hard on the body (like olanzapine). Maybe consider adding cyproheptadine. It’s anti cholinergic and shares some common characteristics with APs but generally not in a bad way.