What do other patients take for PSYCHOSIS?

iGuard.org has more than 4,510 users on treatment for PSYCHOSIS. Learn more about what medications they are taking to treat psychosis from the table below...

Commonly Used Medication Name*
(Hover mouse over name to see medication class)		 % of Patients Average Risk Rating Generic Patient-reported Severity
Abilify 44 % NO
Seroquel 32 % NO
Risperdal 11 % YES
Geodon 5 % PENDING
Zyprexa < 5 % PENDING

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.
**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.
EXAMPLE: 44 % of iGuard.org patients that use medications for PSYCHOSIS regularly use Aripiprazole as part of their treatment.


Comments for PSYCHOSIS

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Question/Comment:

My Psychologist is considering recommending Abilify for me. I'm not some raving lunatic, no "Seeing things"..."voices in head" etc...but my stress and anxiety is SOO severe that they've found the standard Zoloft, Prozac, type stuff ain't doin it for me.

I'm VERY concerned about side effects etc....(always scared to try something new in the pill world anyways). Just hearing him say "Anti-Psychotic" drug makes me wonder "what the heck??!! I'm not "psychotic" am I?

He thinks with all that runs through my head is exhausting me. He's thinking this will "tone things down" a bit for me. I sure hope so.


Can anyone tell me what to expect?

Can I drive? Do my job? I don't want to walk around in some dazed-stupor all day long either.

HELP!

Thanks for anything you can add......


Lloyd (44 male, Idaho)

44 year old male
Posted: 2008-11-12 03:01:54     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

Question/Comment:

I Have Paranoid Schizophrenia, and have to take 3 antipsychotics to manage it. I take Abilify, Seroquel, and Thorazine, Does the Abilify cause weight gain too? I was told it didn't,but I have gained some poundage.

41 year old female
Posted: 2008-08-05 14:55:19     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

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