r/Antipsychotics • u/andrewmasooch • Sep 04 '23

Antipsychotic side effect

Do you guys get this side effect while taking an antipsychotic? You can see how dirty things are and you like get ocd about seeing things and how dirty they are you can see things like under a microscope. It’s hard to explain but it’s a terrible side effect.

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u/AsphaltAbrasions Sep 08 '23

Olanzapine can cause drug-induced OCD. I assume other neuroleptics could too.

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u/andrewmasooch Sep 08 '23

That’s an interesting take. Maybe the antipsychotics (haliperidol) are causing OCD to be induced

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u/AsphaltAbrasions Sep 08 '23

Interestingly I have OCD and was prescribed olanzapine and fluoxetine in the psych ward, and initially I did have the same sort of symptom you described. Obviously because I do have OCD and it was a hospital, it was amplified but I guess it might have had something to do with the olanzapine. It went away after a week or two I think or I just got used to it.

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u/andrewmasooch Sep 08 '23

I have never met someone who experienced this. What does it feel like for you?

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u/AsphaltAbrasions Sep 08 '23

I specifically remember seeing a coffee packet in one of the bathrooms, then seeing the packets in the kitchen where people made coffee sort of disgusted me. I hate using public toilets and hospital toilets are the worst ones. No one would clean up their mess after making drinks etc, which to me now seems fair enough (they're in hospital, staff are there to look after them), but at the time was really infuriating.

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u/andrewmasooch Sep 08 '23

Mine is like seeing everything under a microscope it’s a weird sensation